[clarkson]

 hi
 i dont have heat on my airflex at minute as i have an alltec to fall back on if heat is essential. i also have a small steam cleaner for grease etc.

 whats the general  opinion of the heat produced?

 also does anyone put a wand on the solutution hose (i mean a pressure washer wand not floor tool)
 to use like an internal pw or steam cleaner. occured to me at 600psi and 110 degrees woul be effective for deep cleans etc.

 cheers

 john

[james roffey]

I use the Magma and its very useful dont need to use over 300psi with it on high as the extra heat cuts through the grubby carpets with ease, i also use it to heat the water in the tank which is handy when you dont have hot water at hand.

[C Phillips]

The Magma is a good heater and usually keeps up with the out put of water, I have never tried it with a jet wash lance but IMO I do not think that it would keep up at 600 psi, heat would be good at 300 psi but then you would loose the pressure.


Chris

[Shaun_Ashmore]

What would be great is you got all of the heat exchangers side by side ie Magma, Mytee, V2 etc and see which got the hottest and reained its heat the longest based on a set Psi as it stands atm it's all figures from manufacturers, perhaps Van fest could do it?

Shaun

[Helen]

Whilst a good piece of kit our experience with it is that it has a limit of heating 40 degrees difference for anything like constant use.
So if you want 90 degrees at the wand you'll want 50 degrees going in, 60 degrees you'll need 20 degrees in etc
Like I said, for constant use, would be different if you are carrying out loads of dry strokes between each batch of spray/extract strokes.

[Colin Day]

As Helen rightly suggests, there is a proper wanding technique required for using an in-line heater. Usually 4 wet passes (at 300-400psi over 50ft of solution hose) followed by a few good dry passes, then once the coil of water's heated up sufficiently, you do your 4 wet passes again and so on...

I find in line heaters very effective and the heat at the wand is more than adequate. You will NOT get a constant flow of hot water from one though, which I personally don't find a problem at all...

[jim mca]

John

The magma would not work for hot pressure washing you would need a hot box

Jim

[clarkson]

John

The magma would not work for hot pressure washing you would need a hot box

Jim

hi jim
yes i thought a hot box would do it, just wondered if mag,a could deliver steam it seems not.

cheers

john