[D.Salkeld_Ltd]

Hiya Backpackers

I got a little problem with one of my Backpacks:

I have flow valves on the poles and when I turn of the water the flow stops but the Backpack pump still runs

There don't seem to be any leaks?  Leaks normally make the pump cycle?

I wondered if the pressure switch needs adjusting?

Any Ideas Mates

[groundhog]

Do yourself a favour and get a van mount!! 

[ronaldo]

Do yourself a favour and get a van mount!! 

What for ?

[groundhog]

Do yourself a favour and get a van mount!! 

What for ?

And the award for the most stupid question ever goes to..... ronaldo!!!

[ronaldo]

Whats stupid about it ? try and answer it you or is writing down a another pointless reply the best you can do?

[groundhog]

Do I really have to spell out the obvious to you

Carrying 20ltrs of water around on your back all day is never a good idea. Having to refill with water every 10minutes or so is annoying and time consuming. A van mount is faster and easier to use, you will earn more money, be less exhausted, and will be less likely to suffer with back problems in the future!!

Is that enough for you? or have you got any more daft questions

[Stuart Webster]

Dont listen to the kids David they obviously havn't got anything better to do.

To try to answer your question it sounds like the pressure switch cycling ??

There is a way of re setting them I will try to find the thread.

Bear

[Stuart Webster]

This is what Alex posted on another thread:

Sounds like you need to fine tune the pressure switch setting on the pump.

Follow the instruction on this bottom section of this page:

http://www.gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/acatalog/What_pressure_delivery_pump_will_I_need_.html

Sounds like the spring inside the pressure switch has slightly altered with age and needs to be adjusted so that it cuts off more positively. Follow the steps outlined on the web link and it should remedy the situation. Should take no more than 5 minutes with a Philips screwdriver!

[ronaldo]

Do I really have to spell out the obvious to you

Carrying 20ltrs of water around on your back all day is never a good idea. Having to refill with water every 10minutes or so is annoying and time consuming. A van mount is faster and easier to use, you will earn more money, be less exhausted, and will be less likely to suffer with back problems in the future!!

Is that enough for you? or have you got any more daft questions

Well what a load of sh##e that reply is,
Carryiing 20 ltrs on your back - you dont you carry it

Having to refill every 10 minutes-  you dont

You will earn more money with a van mount- on domestic no way ive tried it and didnt, thats why i use a backpack.

Exhausted - i dont think so,  let me no if you need any more info on one.

[mark dew]

groundhog, you've taken some flak on here and always the same. You do make me laugh.  
I think that using a trolley or backpack will teach you very quickly how to be incredibly efficient with water consumption because of the points you made.
My best earning days are due to refilling the 25 litre barrel. When i do the same days using a van mount i only earn 75% of this before i've ran out of water.

[groundhog]

Dont listen to the kids David they obviously havn't got anything better to do.


Bear

Who are you calling kids Sunshine I was actually giving David some excellent advice, the same advice that somebody gave me when I used to use a backpack, I'm glad I listened, best thing I ever did was to swap my backpack for a van mount!!

[groundhog]

Do I really have to spell out the obvious to you

Carrying 20ltrs of water around on your back all day is never a good idea. Having to refill with water every 10minutes or so is annoying and time consuming. A van mount is faster and easier to use, you will earn more money, be less exhausted, and will be less likely to suffer with back problems in the future!!

Is that enough for you? or have you got any more daft questions

Well what a load of sh##e that reply is,
Carryiing 20 ltrs on your back - you dont you carry it

Having to refill every 10 minutes-  you dont

You will earn more money with a van mount- on domestic no way ive tried it and didnt, thats why i use a backpack.

Exhausted - i dont think so,  let me no if you need any more info on one.

You have somebody to carry your backpack for you then?

Ok I'll change every 10 minutes to refill reguarly, if it makes you feel better!!

Are you saying that the majority of window cleaners on this site who use van mounts are wrong and would be better off using a backpack? I don't think so! been there done that, and the trolley thing, not going back to that foolish way of working!!! The van mount is better in every way as far as I'm concerned!!

[L.J.Thorpe]

the key part of that reply is the last bit "AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED" both systems have pro's and con's

[groundhog]

groundhog, you've taken some flak on here and always the same. You do make me laugh.  
I think that using a trolley or backpack will teach you very quickly how to be incredibly efficient with water consumption because of the points you made.
My best earning days are due to refilling the 25 litre barrel. When i do the same days using a van mount i only earn 75% of this before i've ran out of water.

Hi Mark, I'm glad I make you laugh!! But I haven't got a clue what the rest of your post is about, it makes no sense!! How can your best earning days be due to filling up 25 ltr barrels. If you run out of water on your van mount you need a bigger tank, obvious really!!!

[chris@c.m.s]

If you have a van setup you need the right kind of work for it
I started with a backpack and quickly realised it wasn't for me, I was lucky and was able buy a van and a good setup and almost start again from scratch with my customer base, strangely enougth I still clean some small terraced houses for £7 a go and make my money on them, unless you have tried both you cant really comment on what's right but if  backpack was the only choice  then I'd go back to ladders.
   

[ronaldo]

Groundhog, the best way to look at it is on how your work and round is and see what suits you best and what makes you your money quicker.

Like you said you tried a back pack and didnt like it so you changed in your situation for the better, just as i tried a vanmount and changed to make my life better.

I never said anything about all the lads on here that use vanmounts are wrong and should change, if they were unhappy then they would,its all horses for coarses i tried a trolley system first that was worse as my round has loads of steps so it proved to be of no use at all to me.

The trolley was sold to another wc off here and his work suits it to a t, things are only as good as the situation your using them in allows them to be.

[L.J.Thorpe]

Groundhog, the best way to look at it is on how your work and round is and see what suits you best and what makes you your money quicker.

Like you said you tried a back pack and didnt like it so you changed in your situation for the better, just as i tried a vanmount and changed to make my life better.

I never said anything about all the lads on here that use vanmounts are wrong and should change, if they were unhappy then they would,its all horses for coarses i tried a trolley system first that was worse as my round has loads of steps so it proved to be of no use at all to me.

The trolley was sold to another wc off here and his work suits it to a t, things are only as good as the situation your using them in allows them to be.

[groundhog]

You still haven't explained how you manage to use your back pack without carrying it, unless you have attached a hose reel to it, but then it would be just a very small van mount!!!

[matt]

You still haven't explained how you manage to use your back pack without carrying it, unless you have attached a hose reel to it, but then it would be just a very small van mount!!!

you put it on a sack truck, you must have seen the pics on here

[jeff1]

Hiya Backpackers

I got a little problem with one of my Backpacks:

I have flow valves on the poles and when I turn of the water the flow stops but the Backpack pump still runs

There don't seem to be any leaks?  Leaks normally make the pump cycle?

I wondered if the pressure switch needs adjusting?

Any Ideas Mates

Hi Dave
the only time my BP does that is when its empty you can turn of the Tap and the pump will continue until its switched off, So I would look for an air lock, it could be inside the BP below the battery, Just a thought Mate.