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Title: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on December 22, 2009, 08:53:03 am
After making do with bare minimum since april, im in a better position now to keep a small stock of things.

Just wondered what you guys keep spares of ?
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: Window Washers on December 22, 2009, 08:58:31 am
Quote from: Window Wipers on December 22, 2009, 08:53:03 am
After making do with bare minimum since april, im in a better position now to keep a small stock of things.

Just wondered what you guys keep spares of ?
pump  eco flow  di vessel  recus 21 , hoselocks  hose times hose   hosereels, pole hose, y pieces, angle adapters, hose taps, ptfe tap, hoselocks, 7.5 amp fuses, resin, sub pump I am sure I will have missed a few things
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: pingu on December 22, 2009, 08:59:30 am
Pretty much every componant from fittings to poles I have spare in some form..obviously not the ro system itself...

Just last night the strainer in my cleantech pump box spilt...(flooding van ;D) luckily I have a spare but for normal hose size...so can Monkey fix it!

The only reason I carry so many spares is that over the past few years mybusiness has changed but even more so I do not have the luxery of overnight replacment of part/bits as I live in The Netherlands and buying here is just far too expensive....so I buy once a year those bits that I think I need...now it's just a question of topping up the spares box.

Cheers
Dave.
 
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on December 22, 2009, 09:20:25 am
Pretty much one or two of everything then.

Well I'm going to start investing in some CF poles. Will keep the fibreglass ones as a backup though.

Thanks guys

Must be dam expensive over there pingu. How much more is kit % wise ?
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: matt on December 22, 2009, 09:23:50 am
2 of everything for me

as a day off is going to cost me a lot more than buying the spares
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: amayze on December 22, 2009, 09:51:42 am
Quote from: windowwashers on December 22, 2009, 08:58:31 am
Quote from: Window Wipers on December 22, 2009, 08:53:03 am
After making do with bare minimum since april, im in a better position now to keep a small stock of things.

Just wondered what you guys keep spares of ?
pump eco flow di vessel recus 21 , hoselocks hose times hose hosereels, pole hose, y pieces, angle adapters, hose taps, ptfe tap, hoselocks, 7.5 amp fuses, resin, sub pump I am sure I will have missed a few things

Ian, you forgot the partridge in a pear tree !!
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: elite mike on December 22, 2009, 10:07:18 am
pretty much every thing, except resin ::)
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: Spruce on December 22, 2009, 10:25:09 am
Quote from: matt on December 22, 2009, 09:23:50 am

as a day off is going to cost me a lot more than buying the spares

Hi Matt

That's it in a nutshell.

I been there and got that tee shirt. The only parts I don't carry are RO membranes and housings - filters, RO pipe and resin obviously.

Sadly its the cheapest, smallest parts that can cost you the most amount of downtime.

Spruce
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: pingu on December 22, 2009, 10:41:10 am
A bag of resin will cost around 120 euros...say 109quid...
A 650litre tank around 650 euro's...

I have really looked at this and it's just not worth it...so I buy in bulk..

I have 2 years of resin and filters for r/o ...plus loads of other spare...

Not many wfp small time operators here...

Cheers
Dave.
Title: Re: What spares to you keep in the van / garage ?
Post by: thewaterwizard on December 22, 2009, 10:41:44 am
apart from tank and ro Ive got spares of every thing inc filters/resin