[Scottish Cleaning Service]

My heater was on all morning and in the afternoon I went to clean a wood merchants massive sign. It was open so I didn't want to use hypo and just went with the hot water. Guys were saying that will take ages because it was covered in alga. I think I took 15 minutes and no one could believe how quick I did it. That's the benefit of high temperature pure it doesn't take much scrubbing. Even if you don't want to run it everyday its handy to have on first cleans.

[NBwcs]

My heater was on all morning and in the afternoon I went to clean a wood merchants massive sign. It was open so I didn't want to use hypo and just went with the hot water. Guys were saying that will take ages because it was covered in alga. I think I took 15 minutes and no one could believe how quick I did it. That's the benefit of high temperature pure it doesn't take much scrubbing. Even if you don't want to run it everyday its handy to have on first cleans.

So is spending 2 minutes spraying virisol on  and  achieving the  same result only without a 5k spend on a  heater plus on going running costs. But its your money, spend it how you like, I prefer to spend it on non work things.

[dazmond]

I ran my heater for half hour this morning and checked temperature(coiled hose)and it was reading just over 59c. Too hot to leave my hand under....

I've not fired it up for 12 days as I've been away. The smaller heaters probably won't get as hot and will lose a lot of heat in winter with hose out resulting in a less than satisfactory 'brush end' temperature.

[Tam1872]

I ran my heater for half hour this morning and checked temperature(coiled hose)and it was reading just over 59c. Too hot to leave my hand under....

I've not fired it up for 12 days as I've been away. The smaller heaters probably won't get as hot and will lose a lot of heat in winter with hose out resulting in a less than satisfactory 'brush end' temperature.

The immersion heater keeps the hose warm etc in the winter so it heats your hands when moving it etc, tbh if it's absolutely freezing I'm not going out anyway, with or without hot water, I'm not loaded, but I've enough there which means me not going out in freezing conditions doesn't effect my life style money wise.

If it speeded things up and even managed to get you doing another £50 a week worth of work then I'd say it's a no brainer. For monthly domestic cleans it's not any faster.

For people who do commercial contracts on a 6 monthly basis etc, I think hot would probably shave some time from they kind of cleans.  And although there probably wouldn't be to much a difference in time, if you do alot of that type of work then all of it added up over the year would add up to quite a bit.

[the king]

i think this system will be more for the people who dont need hot water just more of a stopping the water freezing during winter and having soft hoses both are a bonus to be fair but spending that bit extra on a 9 kw will give the option for piping hot water when needed , i run mine on warm setting most of the time only use the hot setting when needed thats maby 30)% of my work

[tlwcs]

A month in and it’s still not fitted.
I use a couple of mechanics and the one who said he could do it, is suddenly becoming difficult to pin down with a date. The other guy is a better mechanic but always stacked out with work. I’m not sure he’d take it on. He will MOT the  car in a couple of weeks, I’ll ask him then.

I drive a caddy with a 350 tank with a waterworks electric reel so to fit it where I want it may mean dropping the fuel tank.
I need the expertise of a mechanic to route the exhaust. 
While there is no immediate rush, it ain’t quite plug and play as advertised.
Tony

[the king]

i spoke to my mechanic and he said he could take my heater out but not install in in the new van i ended up going back with stream line but they charge a fair wack

[robert mitchell]

https://pbautoelectrics.co.uk/shop/webasto-thermo-pro-90-diesel-12v-water-heater-with-universal-fitting-kit-9023075a9024620a/?srsltid=AfmBOorqRPsDEmC0inxqzKZq47OsiTfp8OXxt-V1osEoYbh0TnkfSd_Z

Could you not just buy that and fit it yourself?.

https://pbautoelectrics.co.uk/shop/webasto-thermo-pro-90-diesel-12v-window-cleaning-hot-water-heater-kit-pro902platenomix/

Yes , the above link includes everything you need except a 10 litre header tank for the water circuit . They are actually pretty simple to wire up and plumb in . going into van diesel tank is pretty easy on some older vans but a bit more tricky on new ones . A seperate tank means you could use heating oil or red diesel .

[Spruce]

https://pbautoelectrics.co.uk/shop/webasto-thermo-pro-90-diesel-12v-water-heater-with-universal-fitting-kit-9023075a9024620a/?srsltid=AfmBOorqRPsDEmC0inxqzKZq47OsiTfp8OXxt-V1osEoYbh0TnkfSd_Z

Could you not just buy that and fit it yourself?.

https://pbautoelectrics.co.uk/shop/webasto-thermo-pro-90-diesel-12v-window-cleaning-hot-water-heater-kit-pro902platenomix/

Yes , the above link includes everything you need except a 10 litre header tank for the water circuit . They are actually pretty simple to wire up and plumb in . going into van diesel tank is pretty easy on some older vans but a bit more tricky on new ones.  A  seperate tank means you could use heating oil or red diesel .

That was the case, but since April 2022, not any more. If you are using diesel to heat your van, then you can use red diesel or heating oil. If you are using it to heat water for window cleaning, then diesel is being used commercially and needs to be road or white diesel.

[Scottish Cleaning Service]

I have found that fitting these heaters is a specialist job, even then they get things wrong. Not many people out there who do this job. That's the reason I drove down to Cambridge to let Grippa do it. Took a week and plenty of teething problems. Now, 9Kw heater is running like a dream and get it serviced every 3 years.

Not a thing that can be done on the cheap, I have found out.