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Granny

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Running two poles from one reel
« on: August 01, 2012, 02:24:13 pm »
Hi
Sometimes I think it would be easier and lot quicker on small properties with a long hose run if we could run just one hose out and then run two poles off it.
Anyone done this or know what we need, if there is some kind of splitter adapter?
Although there could be flow / pressure problems I suspect with one hose and two poles ???
Thanks
G.


J.D

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Re: Running two poles from one reel
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2012, 02:51:55 pm »
To effectively clean with two poles in action you defo need a second pump, battery(Hooked up to split charge relay) another di canister and seperate varistream. Its useless any other way. In my humble experience

EandM

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Re: Running two poles from one reel
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2012, 03:08:43 pm »
We ran two poles from 2x100m microbore hosereels fed from 1x100 psi pump, 1 battery and 1xdi for two years with no problems whatsoever.
No varistream and no spilt charging either, simply used a 100mah submarine battery and had triggers on each pole.
You obviously get a drop in pressure at the brush but it worked very well indeed.

a900

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Re: Running two poles from one reel
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2012, 03:12:14 pm »
We ran two poles from 2x100m microbore hosereels fed from 1x100 psi pump, 1 battery and 1xdi for two years with no problems whatsoever.
You obviously get a drop in pressure at the brush but it works very well indeed.

Im doing the same right now with a part time helper. Could not justify spending out on another pump and controller.

Works very well. Never much time where one person is operating without the other so high water presure is not a bother. If it is to high we just turn the tap down.

Granny

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Re: Running two poles from one reel
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2012, 03:28:29 pm »
Hi
May be some kind of misunderstanding here.
We already run 2 poles using two reels of 6mm microbore from one 100 psi sureflo pump with no problems.
We had a dentists to do this morning and there are only 4 windows on the back instead of running two reels round to it cos it's a long run - I would like to run just 1 reel out and plug 2 poles into one reel.
If that makes sense!
G.

EandM

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Re: Running two poles from one reel
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2012, 03:41:50 pm »
Hi
May be some kind of misunderstanding here.
We already run 2 poles using two reels of 6mm microbore from one 100 psi sureflo pump with no problems.
We had a dentists to do this morning and there are only 4 windows on the back instead of running two reels round to it cos it's a long run - I would like to run just 1 reel out and plug 2 poles into one reel.
If that makes sense!
G.

Could do - providing you stay with in about 10 feet of each other.

Bay View WCS

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Re: Running two poles from one reel
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2012, 04:50:59 pm »
Hi
Sometimes I think it would be easier and lot quicker on small properties with a long hose run if we could run just one hose out and then run two poles off it.
Anyone done this or know what we need, if there is some kind of splitter adapter?
Although there could be flow / pressure problems I suspect with one hose and two poles ???
Thanks
G.

Just one of you reel out and clean the 4 windows on their own while the other plans the next clean/nips in to collect the cash/nips for a pi$$/goes to get the coffee and bacon sarnies/twiddles their thumbs.

Sometimes its not worth reeling both hoses out for such a small number of windows.

But if you really did want to then depending on which connectors you have you could just use this:

http://www.hozelock.com/watering/hose-fittings/connect-to-hose/y-connector-2293.html

Can't see any pressure problems either if you are running two reels off one pump anyway.

Cheers

Tom