[Andrew Briscoe]

Could someone tell me how one of these works (Mike Halliday perhaps)
Just incase i havnt been able to repair my h/exchanger on my Sidekick.

Do they work simular to that on a hot diesel pressure washer?

Andrew

[Mike Halliday]

(same answer on ccdo).


they work the same as a hot pressure washer but without the pump.

you would fit a short solution line from your truckmount to the hotbox then your solution line from the hot box into the house

but you need an electricy supply which can be a 12v/240v transformer so it runs from the t/m battery

and the hot box needs venting out of the van.

the heat is incredible i did a ceramic kitchen floor this morning just hot water@ 1000psi, high flow ( almost steam) no chemical it ripped through the dirt.

[JandS]

Where would you buy one of these??
Not even sure what it is.

John

[Mike Halliday]

http://www.equip2clean.co.uk/diesel-pressure-washers/lavor-volcano-hotbox-240v-p-332.html

[jasonl]

That system sounds so much better. So why do TM manufacturers bother with heat exchangers then ?

[Andrew Briscoe]

The heat exchangers use the exhaust heat from the engine which is free,
so i suppose it boils (no pun) down to cost.
Plus to get an actual h/e for my steamway it would have to come from the US,
have emailed them about it months ago, no replies.

Andrew

[Vernon Purcell]

That system sounds so much better. So why do TM manufacturers bother with heat exchangers then ?

To do this the inverter is going to be quite expensive you need to get  12v to 220v drawing 13amp
if you are running a 2800w heater then your inverter need to be min 5600 watts there are some cheap ones on ebay but one I saw was £1049 +

But with a TM your waterflow would be to great for these to keep up with, and you would probably onlty get luke warm water, if you were running a twin jet wand with 11015 jets it would make it quite hot then all depends on the lenght of your solution line as you can lose 20 F for every 25 feet of hose according to Gregg Bloss of Steamway (who is no longer there) so if you are running a 4 get wand you probable be using 9515 which means you would be using twice the amount of water, and it would not keep the temprature up at those flow rates

[Mike Halliday]

Vernon read the topic properly.