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ronnie paton

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matt

Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2009, 08:40:44 pm »
havent you heard the L5 is the same thing  :P

Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2009, 08:49:02 pm »
The l5 is not robust enough for our work.

Thermopure is great. How much is it?



LWC

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2009, 08:59:25 pm »
£3000 +vat

....owwwwww muuuuuuuuuuch!!!!!!!!!!

Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2009, 09:01:55 pm »
edds the expert he has one. Sounds okay to me.


Spruce

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2009, 10:27:19 pm »
At that price Ronnie I would stay in bed until the weather warms up in Spring!  ;D ;D ;D
Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail!

The older I get, the better I was ;)

drwindows

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2009, 12:49:59 am »
I have a thermopure system and they are great.  You can now get thermo pure add-on to your existing system called the hotbox, can't remember how much it is.

L5? HA HA HA HA HA

That is all.

Steve CM

Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2009, 08:11:20 am »
if you have a static system go for the thermo delivery unit you will save a bundle if not getting all the pre filters etc!

i've fancled one for ages, i got a price from purefreedom and between an ionics delivery and the purefreedom version was only about 1000 - 1500 quid so food for thought

ronnie paton

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AuRavelling79

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2009, 09:20:44 am »
Prefacing my comment with "I have no direct experience of hot systems and only know of its usefulness through this forum" may I observe the following?

Sidetracking into "is it worth going hot or not" - I don't know if having a hot system would make much difference in weather like this. It'll still freeze on the ground and my van would not cope too well with side roads on a day like this round here - and I would probably slip over and fall while working anyway.

Where hot makes a difference, I understand, is on first cleans and heavy soiled jobs - whatever the weather. Does it make a difference on repeat cleans?

So I wonder whether the weather is really the driving factor in a hot system?

After all we have hit minus 7 here (which is probably a one in five years event here in Bristol) and yet my 1kw radiator (on at night only) on the lowest heat and with the thermostat at about one third setting and insulated tank have kept my van not just frost free but the water this a.m. was still at 5 degrees.


Edited to add - sorry I didn't notice PJ's hot or not thread ...  :-[
It's a game of three halves!

dazmond

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2009, 09:33:39 am »
i think your right gold!i dont have either but i think for mantenaince cleans on domestics and small commercial cold is fine according to a lot of u lot!i suppose if u clean a lot of big infrequent commercial/builders/first cleans.it might be easier with a hot system.just more overheads and expense for small timers! ;) ;D
price higher/work harder!

ronnie paton

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2009, 09:41:33 am »
the reasons i would buy are to avoid the heater in the van scenario and because  the betetr cleaning performaceon things like   first clean cladding and con roof.

steven ainger

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2009, 09:57:43 am »
ive been using the l5 for well over a year now, and i believe hot is better in the summer rather than the winter.
 in the winter i just run the water warm, because of the dangers of cracking glass, but it is still nicer to use than cold, as the hoses are nice and supple.
 in the summer you can crank the heat up, and even on regular cleans it does speed you up, cos it helps remove baked on bird crap and more so, pollen spots, which i find are hard to shift quickly with cold.


steven ainger

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2009, 10:07:48 am »
been so long since i used cold all day, i cant remeber, probably the same, or maybe slightly more,

supernova77

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2009, 10:32:08 am »
I think all WFP equipment is well overpriced... Over the next few years prices will drop because of more competition in the suppliers market.

Andy

Spruce

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Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2009, 03:08:25 pm »
In the words of Gold repeated

Prefacing my comment with "I have no direct experience of hot systems and only know of its usefulness through this forum" may I suggest that one of the main reasons why I am considering it is that warm water will help to keep my hoses supple. I get so frustrated with trying to work with these coils of wire its doing my blood pressure in.

I still think that working in this weather is a no no for me due to the slippage risk of leaving water behind to freeze, so being hot wouldn't change that. Someone once commented that putting salt down can damage some  fancy driveway/footpath stones - so I have always been overly cautious in winter.

Spruce   
Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail!

The older I get, the better I was ;)

matt

Re: thinking of buying a second hand thermo
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2009, 08:46:05 pm »
ive been using the l5 for well over a year now, and i believe hot is better in the summer rather than the winter.
 in the winter i just run the water warm, because of the dangers of cracking glass, but it is still nicer to use than cold, as the hoses are nice and supple.
 in the summer you can crank the heat up, and even on regular cleans it does speed you up, cos it helps remove baked on bird crap and more so, pollen spots, which i find are hard to shift quickly with cold.

havent you heard, the L5 isnt upto the job, 1 year on and you say its doing fine

well i never, sounds alot like the fishing pole, that'll never work they said, allmost 2 and 1/2 years on and the pole it still fine

sometimes it pays to think outside the box and not follow the crowd