Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Ian_Giles on March 24, 2005, 06:13:40 pm
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I said in one post that I would post a photo of my pumpbox and the bypass, so I thought I would make it a separate post of its own (for ease of reference :-\)
Here goes, lets see if I have hosted it correctly ::)
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water feed enters stage left
through 'T' piece and up to pump
Exit pump stage right and around to the four way joint.
One feeds up to a blanked off exit ready for a second (should I ever need one)
One feed goes around to the flow control valve.
One direct to the pole.
The feed coming out of the flow control goes back to the other side of the 'T' piece.
If the flow control is fully open the water comes out at max pressure and flow rate.
As the valve is closed the water is increasingly re-circulated and therebye reducing the flow and pressure to the pole.
As well as giving you control over the volume of water you use, it also allows you to protect the pump.
Although this is all enclosed inside a pumpbox, It should be relatively straight foreward to adapt to whatever sort of layout you yourself have.
Clear as mud or what ;D
Ian
Edited after a teenie-weenie mistake was pointed out to me ;D
The water of course enters from the right hand side as you look at the photo, and exits from the left hand side of the pump!
Thanks Reflective ;)
Ian (http://www.i.us)
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err,
Justin, how the heck did you do that???
I was doing an edit cos I'd gone a little awry and you had put it up there!
I thought I had gone wrong again when I saw it up there twice :-\
Though I know you are hot on the photo hosting bit as you have done so many ;)
Ian
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Nice one Ian, thats how I thought it would be done.
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Good pics, does this completely stop the pump from juddering? And where do all the small fittings and tubing come from?
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I've got that system too! It's a Peter Fogwill/Aquatec trolley system set up and it works well. If only I could get the remote to work reliably! :(
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Not quite as tasty though, and its really chewy too :'(
I miss the sauce :P
Ian
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water feed enters stage left
Exit pump stage right and around to the four way joint.
Is it me or has Ian got his left and right mixed up? :-\
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water feed enters stage left
Exit pump stage right and around to the four way joint.
Is it me or has Ian got his left and right mixed up? :-\
CONGRATULATIONS REFLECTIVE PROPERTY SERVICES ;D
Unfortunately the time limit has just run out on the prize competition to find the deliberate mistake :-[ :-[
Oops :-\ I shall go back and rectify :-[
Original error will be left, but I'll add correction at the bottom of post ;)
Otherwise Reflective's post and this reply won't make any sense!! :-\
Abashed,
Ian
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;D
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My pump box is also the same as this (this may even be a copy of the photo I posted ages ago??? Not sure)...
I have found recently that I was getting a loss in pressure, even with the pump on FULL I was only getting a 20% output in water!!
Solution - I changed ALL the pipes in the box for new pipe. Apparently, after a while, something in the pipe and/or brade, reacts with the water and eventaully the seal can go between the pipe and the T connector (or any of the other connectors for that matter), even though there isn't any movement in the pipes.
Cleantech sell the clear braded pipe from stock at a reasonable price, and you can get the thin black pipe that some use on their actuall WFP poles/brushes, from B&Q for £3 ish.
Cheers
Steve
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Hi Steve,
I think I remember seeing a pic of your own pump box, mine if you notice has the fuse removed and the wires connected with insulation tape :-\
I found that the blasted fuse casing melted away and the pump stopped working :'(
the fuse itself was fine.....how does that work ???
So fixed it by the really sensible method of cutting out the melted fuse box and twisting the the wire together and lovingly wrapping it in the insulation tape ::)
Been like it for months now.
Yeah, ok, I know it's stupid............ I didn't really need to use the insulation tape ;D
Ian
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So... I just got a flowjet pump and have fitted it exactly the same as the original pump that I got with Peters System, (and as the picture shows above) however it dosnt seem to be working.
Maily the problem is is that it isnt drawing the water through the pump.
Can anyone advise me, or has anyone fitted a new pump to Peters System that can Help.
Thanks
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ajo peter`s pump is a shurflow pump and peter put a bypass system in his, far as i know i think the flowjet pump already has a bypass built in could be you will not need the bypass system of peter`s with the fowjet, i have a cleantech backpack and it has a flowjet pump and bypass built in, how are you testing the pump