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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Cowan on January 18, 2014, 12:47:53 pm

Title: Venturi Suction Head
Post by: Cowan on January 18, 2014, 12:47:53 pm
Came across this you tube clip and think this would have been useful for a couple of jobs I have done in the last year. Mostly driveways on a downward slope to a garage with a drain channel not connected to a drain!

http://www.dualpumps.co.uk/products/0213000640__Venturi_Suction_Head

Seen this one available but there looking for £74 including delivery!

I do not have a wet Hoover so think it may be a handy tool to keep in the van?

Anyone got one, use one, any thoughts really?

Can see it being a slight pain having to connect it up for a minute or so to clear a drain channel then clean again for a wee while then back to connecting it up again to suck the waste out! Certainly better than scooping the water/waste out into a bucket repeatedly! It will also suck up small stones/sand/sludges, just run waste into a flower bed or drum for disposal at suitable site!!!

Thanks again as always :)
Title: Re: Venturi Suction Head
Post by: BDCS on January 18, 2014, 01:12:45 pm
I've got a couple but they are better for sucking out larger volumes like flooded cellars and the like. You would be better off with a puddle pump for drive jobs.
Title: Re: Venturi Suction Head
Post by: Cowan on January 18, 2014, 03:07:45 pm
Hello BDCS

Thanks very much and did wonder how it would work with smaller volumes.

Do you have any links to a tried and tested paddle pump? If so it would be appreciated. Did a quick you tube search but could not see anything.

Cheers Gavin
Title: Re: Venturi Suction Head
Post by: Blast Away on January 18, 2014, 03:35:31 pm
They're good for 5m lengths of hose attached but anything more than 10m for example they struggle to create the vacuum, depending on flow rate.
We put a nozzle in ours for 30LPM and ran a 10m hose and sucked water from the canal into our tanks to use for cleaning the paving along side the canal.
Title: Re: Venturi Suction Head
Post by: chris scott on January 18, 2014, 05:19:10 pm
I have these...useually exhire on fleabay for £100 ish
http://www.pump.co.uk/pumps-c280/pump-kits-c89/flood-kits-c90/js-rsd-400-p5455

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JS-Pump-RSD-400-Puddle-Residue-Water-Drainage-Pump-Used-/310842332590?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET&hash=item485fa595ae

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TSURUMI-110v-ELECTRIC-SUBMERSIBLE-PUDDLE-WATER-PUMP-/291060144954?hash=item43c4895b3a

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TSURUMI-110v-ELECTRIC-SUBMERSIBLE-WATER-PUMP-NO-HOSES-/221355098379?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3389cac10b

Try searching for residue pump.
Title: Re: Venturi Suction Head
Post by: Roland S on January 18, 2014, 06:04:01 pm
Quote from: chris scott on January 18, 2014, 05:19:10 pm
I have these...useually exhire on fleabay for £100 ish
http://www.pump.co.uk/pumps-c280/pump-kits-c89/flood-kits-c90/js-rsd-400-p5455

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JS-Pump-RSD-400-Puddle-Residue-Water-Drainage-Pump-Used-/310842332590?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET&hash=item485fa595ae

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TSURUMI-110v-ELECTRIC-SUBMERSIBLE-PUDDLE-WATER-PUMP-/291060144954?hash=item43c4895b3a

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TSURUMI-110v-ELECTRIC-SUBMERSIBLE-WATER-PUMP-NO-HOSES-/221355098379?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3389cac10b

Try searching for residue pump.

i've got a rsd-400 that i bought second hand that i use. i'm always a bit cautious when the water is getting low. do you know if you can run these pumps dry and for how long?
Title: Re: Venturi Suction Head
Post by: chris scott on January 18, 2014, 07:01:58 pm
No problem running them dry within reason.
Title: Re: Venturi Suction Head
Post by: Roland S on January 18, 2014, 07:34:32 pm
Quote from: chris scott on January 18, 2014, 07:01:58 pm
No problem running them dry within reason.

that's good to know, thanks