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Title: varistream on or off
Post by: prestigeclean on November 15, 2008, 09:57:34 am
i,ve started leaving my varistream on all day , saves a little time not having to keep turning it on and off also the battery seems to last a lot longer , anyone else find this is the case regards alan
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: Kevin R on November 15, 2008, 10:33:56 am
I leave mine on from start to finish - If I'm doing insides or something that will take a while I will turn it off, but window cleaning I leave it on. I have a split charge system and I operate between two towns so the battery is always getting a charge so its no problem.
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: dmlservices on November 15, 2008, 12:53:16 pm
i always switch mine on when i start first job, gets turned of at the end of the day,

if set correctly, and all connection tight , there will be no problems.

daz


Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: LWC on November 15, 2008, 02:28:59 pm
i leave mine on too, and i run mine off the main van battery, thats 2 varistreams. as said if connections are tight its not a problem as varistream shuts the pump off
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: geefree on November 15, 2008, 02:41:12 pm
Me too.... on all day...

the pump keeps having a little moan, then a whine whilst im driving though. ;D
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: LWC on November 15, 2008, 02:52:39 pm
Me too.... on all day...

the pump keeps having a little moan, then a whine whilst im driving though. ;D

yeh mine does that too

it goes beeEEEPP off beeeEEEEPPP off
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: ftp on November 15, 2008, 04:07:41 pm
I used to leave mine on all day ................ untill a connector failed whilst i was having lunch and the varistream tried to pump 650l into the back of my van and in the cab.  ::)
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: Trotsky on November 15, 2008, 08:07:11 pm
 :-\ That's very interesting, I switch mine on & off at every job!
I always thought that if you leave it on it would be working harder, rather longer and thus wearing it out quicker, I mean reducing it's life expectancy!

Am I wrong then? :-\
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: Russell Macdonald on November 15, 2008, 11:11:07 pm
I switch mine on in the morning & its left on all day.

My varistream & pump are now 3 years old
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: dmlservices on November 15, 2008, 11:24:58 pm
:-\ That's very interesting, I switch mine on & off at every job!
I always thought that if you leave it on it would be working harder, rather longer and thus wearing it out quicker, I mean reducing it's life expectancy!

Am I wrong then? :-\

if you have the mk 1 or mk2 version , leaving it on will actually extend the life of the switch,and therefore the unit itself,

leaving the digital version on should not reduce it's life either.

daz
Title: Re: varistream on or off
Post by: Trotsky on November 16, 2008, 07:49:17 pm
:-\ That's very interesting, I switch mine on & off at every job!
I always thought that if you leave it on it would be working harder, rather longer and thus wearing it out quicker, I mean reducing it's life expectancy!

Am I wrong then? :-\

if you have the mk 1 or mk2 version , leaving it on will actually extend the life of the switch,and therefore the unit itself,

leaving the digital version on should not reduce it's life either.

daz

Cheers for that, I use the digital.
I switch it off routinely because I just know I would forget at the end of the day... and then come the next day I'd have a flat battery! ;)