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How many are using customers power and how many use generators.
I know what KevR uses. 

[Mr H]

Customer power or hire a generator for out of the way jobs.

Might be worth makeing your question a poll so wwe can all see the results easier........

Regards
Mr H

[ftp]

Never tried a poll before, hope it works.

[Mr H]

Yes it works and I've added my vote.....

Regards
Mr H

[Nathanael Jones]

This is one of the reason's I'm delaying buying a gutter vac,.. I don't really like either option, though a generator would be the better of the 2 IMO.

I'm looking for a petrol powered vac of similar spec,.... no leads to worry about, prob not much heavier, possibly more powerful,...

There is one on the market which looks like a leaf blower mounted onto a wheelie bin, but it doesn't look too impressive to be honest.

[Jeff Brimble]

Nat the poo vac bin is very low power unless you look at the trailer mount. The biggest Billy Goat lawn style £1600 and an Echo Bear Cat £950 where the other two I have tried, with a 6 blade fan they both produce a bit more than 2000cfm which is a lot less than a 3x1200w at 8000cfm. A water lift figure h20 is more accurate, but both machines just dont have the sucking power of the elecy ones.
For my rural situation I would love a noisy petrol vac as it would sort a lot of access problems but they are not there yet 

[Kevin R]

Nat the poo vac bin is very low power unless you look at the trailer mount. The biggest Billy Goat lawn style £1600 and an Echo Bear Cat £950 where the other two I have tried, with a 6 blade fan they both produce a bit more than 2000cfm which is a lot less than a 3x1200w at 8000cfm. A water lift figure h20 is more accurate, but both machines just dont have the sucking power of the elecy ones.
For my rural situation I would love a noisy petrol vac as it would sort a lot of access problems but they are not there yet 

99% or the jobs we do there is no access to electricity, and even if there was it would be a long walk around to then pull the lead through a window or similar. 

I wanted a petrol driven machine originally but there is nothing out there that is powerful enough in my opinion.

Also a generator is very useful for other electrical equipment and when combined with a wfp tank and a pressure washer tank it allows you to work remotely anywhere for several hours.

[windowwashers]

Nat the poo vac bin is very low power unless you look at the trailer mount. The biggest Billy Goat lawn style £1600 and an Echo Bear Cat £950 where the other two I have tried, with a 6 blade fan they both produce a bit more than 2000cfm which is a lot less than a 3x1200w at 8000cfm. A water lift figure h20 is more accurate, but both machines just dont have the sucking power of the elecy ones.
For my rural situation I would love a noisy petrol vac as it would sort a lot of access problems but they are not there yet 

Kev you use a gen ? if so why did you get a 240v vac 

99% or the jobs we do there is no access to electricity, and even if there was it would be a long walk around to then pull the lead through a window or similar. 

I wanted a petrol driven machine originally but there is nothing out there that is powerful enough in my opinion.

Also a generator is very useful for other electrical equipment and when combined with a wfp tank and a pressure washer tank it allows you to work remotely anywhere for several hours.

[billyc]

 I run the omnivac from a genarator we have bolted to a trolley- the trolley goes where we go   convenient when the custy is not at home, right down to boiling the kettle on these cold wet mornings

Had the system 3 months now started out using the custy power but holds you back if they are not in.

Did one job yesterday and picked up another 4 on the same street.

 Billy

[Kevin R]

Kev you use a gen ? if so why did you get a 240v vac 

Because contrary to popular belief you don't have to use a 110v when working out doors. Mostly my extensions are run along pathways and the connectors are splash proof, the Omnivac is double insulated and is a "wet" vac so thats Ok in the rain too. Also I use it for high level internal cleaning so we plug it into the nearest power point which are 240v standard.  Also if the generator did fail I could plug into the mains.

I don't work on building sites or sites where 110v is required so the 240v was the choice for me.