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davids3511

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Perfect Windows

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #41 on: February 06, 2012, 05:45:22 pm »
Well, I tried it on 12v and it simply didn't have the torque to get the reel moving.  If you have a decent length of hose out you need a surprising amount of oomph to get it moving.

So, I moved on to 24v.  I'll be putting a more detailed guide but basically I've wired a couple of van batteries through empty battery packs into the drills.

Did it work?  Well, here's a demo - as I said before, this is a wooden bodge mounting to prove the concept works before I get something made in steel (though knowing me it'll be the same in a couple of years).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpA8qXcgSJg

Vin


mark m

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #42 on: February 06, 2012, 07:23:12 pm »
i like it  ;D ;D

Frankybadboy

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #43 on: February 06, 2012, 07:32:46 pm »
thats a wined up ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

GDwindowcleaning

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #44 on: February 06, 2012, 08:57:47 pm »
Very cool video, I think someone should build a proper unit. It would sell....

G & M

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #45 on: February 10, 2012, 10:19:58 pm »
Well done perfect windows, thanks for the video. What I can't understand is people who knock everything, maybe its because they don't come up with the ideas themselves.

G & M

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #46 on: February 11, 2012, 12:19:10 am »
How good a drill would be needed?

Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #47 on: February 11, 2012, 08:42:28 am »
nice video mate. I'd be bit pushed for space in my vw caddy with 2 reels, plus mine are fixed.

bit confused, where are the kinks and twists? never seen hose in such good condition!  :-\

love the idea of it.

H S and Son

Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #48 on: February 11, 2012, 09:25:12 am »
Impressed with that! Nice one ;0)

Perfect Windows

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #49 on: February 11, 2012, 11:18:52 am »
nice video mate. I'd be bit pushed for space in my vw caddy with 2 reels, plus mine are fixed.

bit confused, where are the kinks and twists? never seen hose in such good condition!  :-\

love the idea of it.

One of those hoses is nine months old, the other just under two years.  I must be doing something right.

One of the things I do like is that while that vid shows speed of winding, just as important is that it has the torque to pull round corners.

We went for a little while without them just after Christmas and it appears to be one of those things you don't miss until it's gone.  We were a great deal more knackered at the end of a day without the drills.  Now I'm an unfit old duffer so that might be expected but my Joey is 19, fit as a fiddle and says the same thing.

I'll be putting a step-by-step guide up at some point ref wiring the drill to batteries rather than their own rechargeables.  You can get good results with the drill's own batteries if you buy good drills but my view is that as they are on display a lot of the time, someday someone's going to lift a drill, so I want it to be cheap.

Vin

Cliff perkins

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #50 on: February 11, 2012, 05:22:22 pm »
Blimey u lazy gits dont take that long to wind it up ,i woudnt bother with all that hassle.
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Perfect Windows

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #51 on: February 11, 2012, 08:17:23 pm »
Blimey u lazy gits dont take that long to wind it up ,i woudnt bother with all that hassle.

Don't then.  But thanks for keeping us informed.

Vin

jarvy

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #52 on: February 12, 2012, 11:13:37 am »
Don't you take the end of the hose back to the van?
I would find that the tap on the end of the hose would be knackered after a few of those high speed wind up's!!
Certainly winds it in quick though!
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Deangsi

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #53 on: February 12, 2012, 05:25:42 pm »
iv foand the perfect thing for an electric hose real :) i have one in my shed and am gunna start on it soon
i know the address is long but take a look at this is a rc model plane 12v starter moror has enuff power to start a strimmer engine up im guessing it will be to fast so i am going to use a belt driven gear system to slow it down large gear on the reel and small on the motor. all of it will run of your system battery :)

 
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=airplane+starter+motor&hl=en&biw=1360&bih=589&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=uGGtNZ_BqrshLM:&imgrefurl=http://www.modelairplanenews.com/blog/2011/06/16/behind-the-prop-starter-safety-first/&docid=dNm3xfpKEIUo0M&imgurl=http://c204131.r31.cf1.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/start1.jpg&w=520&h=390&ei=JfU3T5DrEYfI0QWb06G_Ag&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=823&vpy=282&dur=2154&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=104&ty=118&sig=101280532993316021737&page=1&tbnh=127&tbnw=177&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:0

Perfect Windows

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #54 on: February 12, 2012, 05:57:45 pm »
Don't you take the end of the hose back to the van?
I would find that the tap on the end of the hose would be knackered after a few of those high speed wind up's!!
Certainly winds it in quick though!

We only did that for the purposes of the video - yep, it's knacker them.

Another reason for bringing the ends back is to stop the Joey taking the skin off the back of my leg with the metal head like he did the second time he used it.

Vin

Deangsi

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #55 on: February 12, 2012, 07:05:27 pm »
Not just a pretty face then are you!
this guys giving u crap his name is easyclean hahaha if u dont like what hes saying why bother reading it and just leave it for the people who are interested

G & M

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #56 on: February 12, 2012, 07:54:44 pm »
You've made up my mind perfect windows I have to have one now. Thanks

clearviewwc

Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #57 on: February 12, 2012, 08:38:36 pm »
Very good demo and a great alternative to shop bought electric powered reel as these can cost well over £500. Some good imaginative minds on this forum!

Nathanael Jones

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #58 on: February 12, 2012, 09:15:16 pm »
I've got one of those in my shed,.. not powerful enough.

 :'( :'(

iv foand the perfect thing for an electric hose real :) i have one in my shed and am gunna start on it soon
i know the address is long but take a look at this is a rc model plane 12v starter moror has enuff power to start a strimmer engine up im guessing it will be to fast so i am going to use a belt driven gear system to slow it down large gear on the reel and small on the motor. all of it will run of your system battery :)

 
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=airplane+starter+motor&hl=en&biw=1360&bih=589&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=uGGtNZ_BqrshLM:&imgrefurl=http://www.modelairplanenews.com/blog/2011/06/16/behind-the-prop-starter-safety-first/&docid=dNm3xfpKEIUo0M&imgurl=http://c204131.r31.cf1.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/start1.jpg&w=520&h=390&ei=JfU3T5DrEYfI0QWb06G_Ag&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=823&vpy=282&dur=2154&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=104&ty=118&sig=101280532993316021737&page=1&tbnh=127&tbnw=177&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:19,s:0

davids3511

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Re: Electric reel (again)
« Reply #59 on: February 12, 2012, 10:35:05 pm »
I think some of you guys are trying to over engineer it. I use a drill and 22mm socket and it works a dream. Can't see how it could be bettered.