[Mike Halliday]

with all this talk about pumps costing £700 and only lasting 3 months I thought I would post about how I have been cleaning for a few weeks,

 A direct hook up to an outside tap.... going through a chemical injection then a propane heater then direct to the wand

 no pump involved!!

I have had to make some alterations to my equipment as cleaning like this gives a very high flow rate but only about 60psi  so to make use of all the flow I have increased my wand jets to 4 x 03 = 12 and i'm using a bigger bore solution line

but it cleans as good as high PSI.

for upholstery I'm just going from the tap direct to the upholstery tool. no heat or chemical just cold water.

I will probably go back to the old system but i just wanted to show there are more than 1 way to skin a cat..... without the need to buy £700 pumps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W96hK4WoTUE&feature=youtube_gdata



( i know it looks a bit rough.. but its just an experemiment)

[Richard Cole]

Mike are you related to that mad boffin out of "Back to the Future" by any chance!

[stu_thomson]

Good grief Charlie brown!

[John Milnes]

And with that shower unit...at least you will look clean as a button if you do go back to the future

[john martin]

just wondering how does the propane unit compare to a diesel burner in terms of performance and economy .

[Mike Halliday]

John, it only produces  14kw of  heat so does not produce anything near the heat of a diesel burner but enough for carpet cleaning.

i played with this idea as my pump went on a job so thought I would look for a simple alternative  in case it happened again, i like experimenting with different ideas and this method works really well,   if I wanted to spend a bit more money i could make a real snazzy system

[Neil Williams]

I want to post but I don't know what to write
I can't make up my mind as to is this pure simple brilliance or is it making Pikies with their RD's looking professional

As some domestic properties only have 40-50psi you easily get 100psi by fitting a 12v Shurflo pump.

[Jim_77]

it only produces  14kw of  heat

Don't you mean...


"One point four Jiggawatts???!!!!!"

[Jim_77]

By the way, 14Kw would pull roughly 58 amps of current, take some spare fuse wire

[Mike Halliday]

By the way, 14Kw would pull roughly 58 amps of current, take some spare fuse wire

Jim I'm talking kw of heat not power consumption the Kw are produced by the propane burner it actually runs on 2 batteries

Neil remember this was knocked up with parts i had in the shed, imagine if it was done properly

[Jim_77]

I thought the electric shower was plugged in?

[mark_roberts]

Mike

When are you going to develop something so we can actually buy if off you.  An electric TM could'nt be too far off.

Mark

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Mike is the new Wilf lunn

Shaun

[Brendan (chem2clean)]

thats cool,things will have to change any ideas like that will do it,,,,

[John Kelly]

Couldn't you just run direct off the customers hot water system?

[Steve Chapman]

Alternatively , if you dont want the high cost of replacement pumps, fuel costs, noise and maintenance, then you could just buy a porty 

The customer won't be none the wiser if you run it from the van 

Steve

[Jim_77]

Especially if you leave the van engine running with a brick on the accelerator!

[Mike Halliday]

Couldn't you just run direct off the customers hot water system?

Hot water can be gravity fed from a emmersion tank so if you are working upstairs the pressure &flow is very low, and the fitting on hot taps can be very varied,

 an outside cold tap is always the same & always has good pressure as it comes from the mains