[premier window cleaners]

anyone had experience of these?

www.redashe.co.uk/Hose/Coxreels/Manual_Power/Competitor_1125.html

phoned them up and guy recommended this with electric motor

[Ross G]

Just another thing to go wrong , I'll stick to windin' the b ugger in manually it partly makes up for the exercise i don't get from climbing up and down the rungs

[Perfect Windows]

£627?

Crikey.

Vin

[Nathanael Jones]

Whats the point of a reel that will rewind itself if you still have to stand there & guide the hose on?

Any electric reel NEEDS a self layering mechanism!!

I'm building myself one at the moment, doing it properly with custom machined parts & stainless steel bearings etc etc, as well as the 12v motor rewind and self layering mechanism.. if it works out as i hope I may be persuaded to build a few more. It'll be a good bit cheaper than £627 as well! 

[premier window cleaners]

the actual price is £1023.00 with the motor but i would get 25% off!!

they import them from USA but cant get one with self layering mechanisium.

[awcs]

wind it up you lazy sod!!

[Nathanael Jones]

the actual price is £1023.00 with the motor but i would get 25% off!!

they import them from USA but cant get one with self layering mechanisium.

I've searched EVERYWHERE, and the cheapest 12v rewind hose reel with a self layering mechanism I could find was £2750+ VAT!! 

Its really not very complex to do,.. I can't see how they justify those prices!

[L.J.Thorpe]

oh god this old chestnut!!!
wheres clive???
if still posting he will be on here soon
he made one with a cordless drill and a bit of wood
he always said it worked well.....mind you he was a strange old fruit!!!

[Nathanael Jones]

oh god this old chestnut!!!
wheres clive???
if still posting he will be on here soon
he made one with a cordless drill and a bit of wood
he always said it worked well.....mind you he was a strange old fruit!!!

He has a vid on youtube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGbxRpkrWqg

[L.J.Thorpe]

he has refined it a bit,thats actually pretty clever and i used to take the pee about what a waste of time it was
he also comes across as much  less of a nob on camera ,shows how typed messages give distorted view of what people are like in person

[davids3511]

oh god this old chestnut!!!
wheres clive???
if still posting he will be on here soon
he made one with a cordless drill and a bit of wood
he always said it worked well.....mind you he was a strange old fruit!!!

He has a vid on youtube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGbxRpkrWqg

Does anybody know what fitting he is using on the drill and hose reel at 2.17 in the vid? I've asked him but he has never told.

[Lee GLS]

He had the fitting made, he did start a topic a while ago asking if anyone would be interested in them if he got them made, but he didn't get any replies after 5mins and he got the huff and locked the topic.

[davids3511]

Cheers Lee.

[L.J.Thorpe]

He had the fitting made, he did start a topic a while ago asking if anyone would be interested in them if he got them made, but he didn't get any replies after 5mins and he got the huff and locked the topic.

hah! yup that sounds like clive

[Perfect Windows]

He had the fitting made, he did start a topic a while ago asking if anyone would be interested in them if he got them made, but he didn't get any replies after 5mins and he got the huff and locked the topic.

He was asked a dozen times about the slipping clutch and how it was made and, in typical Slumpbuster not-going-to-share-any-information-apart-from-telling-you-how-wonderful-I-am manner, he always ignored them.

Vin

[david thomas]

you need a good battery to run the motor

[Nathanael Jones]

you need a good battery to run the motor

Slumpy mentioned charging the drill batteries every evening. I reckon if you had a 12v motor & connected it to the WFP battery you'd hardly notice the extra drain.

[Lee GLS]

I run an 18v cordless drill from my pump battery to wind in my hose reels. With a decent battery, running 2 pumps and a drill to wind in 2 reels it will last all day. Some days I have to start the engine near the end of the day to top the battery up as it isn't holding its charge as much now.

If you could find a motor attach to a reel that had a clutch, there is no reason why your battery could run it.

I'm thinking of running my pumps from the van battery, and using the battery in the back just for the drill.

[davids3511]

I run an 18v cordless drill from my pump battery to wind in my hose reels. With a decent battery, running 2 pumps and a drill to wind in 2 reels it will last all day. Some days I have to start the engine near the end of the day to top the battery up as it isn't holding its charge as much now.

If you could find a motor attach to a reel that had a clutch, there is no reason why your battery could run it.

I'm thinking of running my pumps from the van battery, and using the battery in the back just for the drill.

Do you just use a 22mm socket and a plastic spindle or do you have a more complicated setup Lee?

[Lee GLS]

I do just use a socket, but I use one that fits on the nut that holds the handle in place because the plastic spindle will wear in no time.

You also need a decent drill that is 2 speed, and a variable speed trigger.

Cheap drills the motor smokes after a while, and if you dont have a variable speed trigger, it will snatch too much and rip your wrist off.