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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Pj on June 13, 2008, 02:13:51 pm

Title: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: Pj on June 13, 2008, 02:13:51 pm

Would it be best to have 2 batteries if running 2 pumps?  Or will 1 battery supply 2 pumps adequately?
Battery is connected to a split charge relay already.

Title: Re: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: Alex Gardiner on June 13, 2008, 02:22:20 pm

1 decent battery will easily supply 2 pumps.

Title: Re: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: Moderator David@stives on June 13, 2008, 02:53:07 pm

PJ

my 2 pumps are wired direct to my van battery, no problems in 2 years

Title: Re: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: Pj on June 13, 2008, 03:06:15 pm

Thanks guys.

I shall be running 2 pumps very soon then.  Well, actually 4 or 5!  I have been using one, plus backpack, plus trolley system for a while.  But I want 2 at the ready, and if I strip the old van down that'll be a spare.  So technically 5!!

To think it used to be a big decision when to buy a new sleve for my 16" applicator! ;D

Title: Re: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: Jeff Brimble on June 13, 2008, 03:59:01 pm

Maybe you needed a new sleeve at the same time as a new pump- just before the old one wears, not after its gone.

Title: Re: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: LWC on June 13, 2008, 04:23:59 pm

i got 2 pumps off one battery in back of van running off split relay

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Post by: p1w1 on June 13, 2008, 05:50:21 pm

sorry to butt in, but can i varistream control 2 pumps

Paul

Title: Re: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: NWH on June 13, 2008, 05:50:58 pm

No.

Title: Re: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: windowwashers on June 13, 2008, 06:48:37 pm

I run 2 pumps from one battery works well for me

Title: Re: Do 2 pumps need 2 batteries?
Post by: beryl on June 18, 2008, 08:54:08 pm

i run two pumps from 110 amp battery, works all day, used to be 85 amp and it started to pack in about lunch time, i think it might have been damaged. my problem is that when one pole gets switched off the pressure of the other drastically reduces, has anybody ever came across this frustrating problem?