[Russ Chadd]

Hi fellas

Some of you out there may not be ready to spend a ton of money investing in a truckmount and like me have opted for a powerful portable which can be truck mounted if needed.
The only issue with machines like the Airflex Turbo, Storm and Jag XPS and 6.6 is that you would have to add an inline heater to be able to clean with hot water.

Just wanted to share with some of you out there a great setup which is working just fine for me and my Airflex Turbo.
When i use my machine as a truckmount i bypass the Airflex pump and use a little pressure washer which has a diesel burner it provides all the hot water i need... steaming at the wand at a good pressure of 400 psi.

I have cut down my setup times with no more sodding about asking the customer for hot water and trips to the customers sink with my bucket!
All i do now is either carry water in a tank or use the customers outside tap

And im saving wear and tear on the Airflex pump only needing it when i have to remove the machine to do a flat etc..


Check out the attached pics to see

[robert meldrum]

That's something I'd considered but never fully explored

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Russ what pressure washer is it.

Tony

[Russ Chadd]

Hi Tony its an imported Italian model... the smallest pro hot washer on the market they cost about 900 + VAT

[john martin]

Perhaps this could be an option for the recovery side of an ETM
provided they dont charge a lot for two vacuums strapped to an oil barrel  

Cant find a price anywhere ...

http://www.bigbrute.co.uk/cleanup/flood-water.htm

[Russ Chadd]

Perhaps this could be an option for the recovery side of an ETM
provided they dont charge a lot for two vacuums strapped to an oil barrel  

Cant find a price anywhere ...

http://www.bigbrute.co.uk/cleanup/flood-water.htm

Cant comment on these machines, however pick anyone of the popular high powered electric extraction machines and it will work just fine

[Simon@arenaclean]

Hi Russ, looks good, not sure if photo's are just for illustration but would recomend having the vac lid north to south with the barb pointing forward rather than offset as in the pic. The deflector covers the whole manifold area pointing forwards tp protect the vacs. Do you have the pump out and remote fitted?

[Russ Chadd]

Hi Russ, looks good, not sure if photo's are just for illustration but would recomend having the vac lid north to south with the barb pointing forward rather than offset as in the pic. The deflector covers the whole manifold area pointing forwards tp protect the vacs. Do you have the pump out and remote fitted?

Hi Simon the vac lid can only point forward with a slight left to right movement, the 2" hose is fed through my racking to relieve any unnecessary weight or strain if the hose is pulled.

Matt fitted the pump out , however remotes wont work with this model due to 1 plug operating 2 vacs and the load of 2 vacs starting up would be too much.
I do have a remote on the Zeta though which works a treat!
I tend to keep the vacs on untill the wand and hose has exited the house to avoid dripping.
 

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Hi Russ what modle Idromatic is it you are using is the oil burner built in or is it a separate unit. Do you draw fuel from your van tank or do you have a dedicated one on the van.

Regards Tony

[Russ Chadd]

Hi Russ what modle Idromatic is it you are using is the oil burner built in or is it a separate unit. Do you draw fuel from your van tank or do you have a dedicated one on the van.

Regards Tony

It's a machine called the Zeta, has a 5ltr diesel tank or you can use a separate tank.
Everything you need is all built in just plug it in attach tour water feed and solution hose and switch on... That simple!
Been using mine now for nearly 2 years with moderate use with no problems

[Simon Gerrard]

Hi Chadd,

That looks quite impressive to be honest, well thought out too. How many electric cables outo the Airflex?

Simon

[Russ Chadd]

Hi Simon

You can call me Russ if you like, this is how I run the two machines:

Vac motors 1 and 2 on one circuit
Vac motor 3 and zeta on another circuit

This works fine, the same way your would run an inline heater.

 

[Simon Gerrard]

Sorry, Russ, aplogies, my mistake, no offence intended.

Simon

[john martin]

You have a transfer pump on your tank ...right ?  12v ?
if you raised the tank do you think the Zeta would gravity feed OK ...

what is the min temp setting ...  could the pump handle the heat from recirculating the water at 250psi without damage

Is there a minimum 'total' jet size before low flow would cut out the burner ...

[Russ Chadd]

You have a transfer pump on your tank ...right ?  12v ?
if you raised the tank do you think the Zeta would gravity feed OK ...

what is the min temp setting ...  could the pump handle the heat from recirculating the water at 250psi without damage

Is there a minimum 'total' jet size before low flow would cut out the burner ...

As long as you prime the pump on the zeta it will draw from a tank no problem, in the past i have used a sureflo demand pump but it really in not necessary as long as your tank provides some flow.
Min temp is 30 deg C and Max is 90 deg C

If you want the Zeta to work without any pump problems then dont feed hot water into the pump inlet, i am currently working on adjusting the flow switch to switch the burner on at lower pressures.

At the moment the machine works well with a twin jet wand with two 0.3 jets, smaller jets give higher back pressure which means you would have to increase pressure on the machine to fire the burner.


 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

What psi do you clean at?

Shaun

[Russ Chadd]

What psi do you clean at?

Shaun

Well I have a wonder wand and I can get very good results at 450 psi, also have a drimaster 2 hand tool and that works a treat at the same pressure with a lower temp.