[JSMC]

was reading the cleantech thread and noticed people talking about pump boxes and being able to remove them when cold to stop them freezing. Any links to these set ups?

i have varistream and shurflo pump but with the cold weathe rin scotland from november on things freeze pretty quick and this sounds ideal however dont you get loads of leaks with having more connectors in van etc?

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

There's one, no leaks at all. Hoselock in, hoselock out & plugged into cig' lighter socket!

[JSMC]

see mines is all plugged into van battery. i reckon some quick connectors and you could keep it that way. Also any pics of that box opened up?

[Clive McDonald]

Actually although i was off topic this was hijacked by a supplier who bit hard when i mentioned another suppliers R&D programme.I wasn't supposed to say anything, but it wasn't boxes, as the supplier who jumped in supposed, it was pump boards.

The tool for the job is a pump board- not a pump box.The pump box was designed primarily for trailers or when some element of 'outside' was involved.

As stated a pump board has an out and an in, a strainer, a flow controller, a fuse, a pump, and two wires to go to a battery.Ideally it should have two holes or similar where it can be 'hooked' in situ and then easily removed.It has several advantages over a box.

In addition but seperatly to this a system should also have an inline filter, especially for those who have a heater matrix.

[JSMC]

i need to get something sorted for being able to have mines removed easily at night i think when weather is bad.

[C.C.S.]

mine

[JSMC]

aye nice pic of yer van mate. where is the pump box

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

Actually although i was off topic this was hijacked by a supplier who bit hard when i mentioned another suppliers R&D programme.I wasn't supposed to say anything, but it wasn't boxes, as the supplier who jumped in supposed, it was pump boards.

The tool for the job is a pump board- not a pump box.The pump box was designed primarily for trailers or when some element of 'outside' was involved.

As stated a pump board has an out and an in, a strainer, a flow controller, a fuse, a pump, and two wires to go to a battery.Ideally it should have two holes or similar where it can be 'hooked' in situ and then easily removed.It has several advantages over a box.

In addition but seperatly to this a system should also have an inline filter, especially for those who have a heater matrix.

A pump box & a pump board are both the same thing Slumps. Inside that box is everything that is also on a pump board. A strainer, pump, fuse etc. On the outside is the digital varistream & on the back are two holes where two (supplied) chrome hooks can be attached for fixing/hanging. Mine is held in place against the ply wall with velcro.
Cleantech also made pump "boards" for years too.

Board, box, makes no odds really if it's inside the van. I just think the box is neater & gives some protection to the components.

[JSMC]

do you need a valve fitted to stop water flowing out or does the hozelock stop end do it ok ?

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

do you need a valve fitted to stop water flowing out or does the hozelock stop end do it ok ?

I have a "return to tank". It's actually my filler. A hoselock male with a mini torbeck float valve on the inside. I just plug the end back onto this when not in use. That's where the yellow hose goes to where it dissapears between the two vessels in the pic.

[Clive McDonald]

I agree winpoclean. I do have a pump box and three pump boards.I just gave my opinion(unasked for) via  email and in design terms i preferred the board.

[C.C.S.]

aye nice pic of yer van mate. where is the pump box

oops wrong picture.can't seem to find the right one .anyway it's behind the hose trolley.under the safety sign you can see the yellow lid.it's a pump box from polarbrite by the way.cheers

[dai]

I made this one to hook onto my trolley system, it would run a van mount just as well. The little one works well too, but here I have used a 12 volt speed controller instead of a varistream

[mci services]

this is one of peter's boxes with internal bypass as flow controller, switch fuse and pump, it can be set up to whatever fitments you need and can be used on a trolley or from a van and taken inside at night