[dan roberts]

Does everyone flush their machine out daily, i.e the jets etc?
I just used me machine for first time on a rug, magic!! used Craftex chems.
Loads of crap came out.
Emptying the collection tank is easy via a hose (sabrina maxi), but, with solution left in tank, there doesnt seem to be a way of emptying it other than tippin it upside down? cant be right.

Dan 

[carpetguy]

Dan

Look underneath 

[dan roberts]

ah!!
There be a tap there!! with a lever!! lol
ok, newbie and all.
So, u just turn the tap and dump the chemicals on the road yeah? 

[darrenlee1]

where i got my maxi from didnt no about that tap,
darren

[dan roberts]

where did u get it from?
odd place for it to be, the manual dont mention it at all

[carpetguy]

You could recover the chemical, or dump it through a grassy area, at least that's what I was told to do 

[AquaMagic]

If you follow the letter of the law, (at least with my local water authority) you should dump down a foul drain, i.e Toilet or Sink, or the grate outside the kitchen window, i was told dumping it anywhere else leaves me open to bieng fined.

Dene

[from edge2edge]

dan also get into the habit of running the vacuums for a couple of minutes at the end of the days work to dry everything out.

[dan roberts]

good one for vacuum suggestion

[prodry]

If you follow the letter of the law, (at least with my local water authority) you should dump down a foul drain, i.e Toilet or Sink, or the grate outside the kitchen window, i was told dumping it anywhere else leaves me open to bieng fined.

Dene

Good point. It’s the environment agency that fines you. Phosphates that are often found in cleaning products are really bad for the environment, fish especially. The environment agency is duty bound to prosecute and fine, so there is no slap on the wrist or warning.

In 1994 they had 24,000 cases of people/companies polluting watercourses. However most of these were farmers and ships/boats.

If you use a portable, tell the custy it has to go down the foul water drain or toilet. Dumping in storm water drains, you are probably being watched by the nieghbours and it only takes one phone call from a vigilent, enviromentally aware busybody and your In the poo.

[carpetguy]

Would you believe it?  I searched for official guidelines about the safe disposal of contaminated water and guess what? Found the guidelines, but, they want £10 to supply them 

[jamesjames]

Hi Dan, to empty any left over solution in your machine, use the hand tool, twist off the jet and fill a bucket,(make sure you have the vac motor switched off), then dispose of the bucket down the loo.

[prodry]

Why dont you just vac it up, therefore it ends up in dirty tank and you can empty from there?

[Jeremy]

Prodry.

I agree. Don't no what all the fuss is about. Just stick the vac hose in the clean water tank and vac the solution across to the dirty water tank. Takes seconds

Jeremy

[lands]

jeremy, just a caviate on that, by putting the vac hose direct into solution tank you are putting vac engines under more strain than they were designed for. I might be wrong but doing this regularly may reduce their life span. Anyone else any thoughts on this?

[Jeremy]

I agree if you simply stick the vac hose to the bottom of a 40 litre tank and expect to pull the entire lot out without letting the machine pause.

What I do is pull little bits at a time so that the motors don't take too much strain. Also if you try to pull the entire amount in one big suck, the vac hose will pull away from the machine (weight of water) and cause one huge disaster.

So, like with anything, be careful and not too agressive.

Jeremy

[John Kelly]

Best thing is to allow air in with the water, ie put the hose half way in. Also after any job run the vacs for a few minutes with the waste tank open to help dry them off.
Another way to empty the clean tank is to put a spare fitting on the end of your solution hose and pump out. Handy for washing out the waste tank.

[cleanimperial]

I just use my Numatic George.

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

Hi Guys.
I've got the ninja Ashbys say not to vac out solution as this puts undue strain on the VAC'S They provide a hose with a fitting on as JOHN suggests so it can be pumped out.

CHEERS TONY

[calmore]

If you follow the letter of the law, (at least with my local water authority) you should dump down a foul drain, i.e Toilet or Sink, or the grate outside the kitchen window, i was told dumping it anywhere else leaves me open to bieng fined.

I think it varies from area to area.

I contacted the local water board and whilst they said  it was preferable to put it down a black water drain, it is permissable to pour it ontoi a grassed area.