Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: sham33 on January 12, 2010, 06:44:42 pm
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Hi, the green light on the varistream controller keeps flickering and no water is coming out. Any 1 else had this problem and knows what it means? I dont know if the battery is low or the pumps going, never happened before.
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ive had the same problem today . went out all set done 5 jobs then the light started flashing i think its because the battery went flat as i have nt used it for over 3 weeks probly. Hopefully once its charged right up it will work
jay
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Hi
When I had this happen it turned out that my battery had failed. As the green light was quite bright I wrongly assumed that the battery was ok but when I checked with a meter it only registered about 3 volts. This was after being on charge for many hours. A new battery was the only cure in my case but the original was nearly 3 years old so no complaints.
So... first thing is to check the battery voltage.
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New battery is needed.
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ive only had mine 2 months
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Got the battery on charge over night hopefully this helps. Thx.
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yes this means the battery is flat
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ive only had mine 2 months
Take it back to where you got it. Should have a guarentte with it.
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You could also have a poor battery connection. Some use 'crocodile' clamps which I found don't always provide a suitable contact. I had them on my trailer unit and had no end of trouble wth them.
Spruce
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Just to back up the good advise - battery requires charging, i had this a few weeks ago and the fuse to the battery was blown so once the battery was low the flow kept stop/starting every second or two.
charge it up or get a replacement.
Darran
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The green light also flashes when the voltage is too high, so if you have a split charge relay charging an already full battery at say 15-16 volts the light will flash and the varistream not work. Thats the case for the varistream 2 anyway.
Simon.