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We use aquatec always found them to be very good .
I can only speak from my experience with the pumps I have and tried.
Option 1 - If you're concerned about battery life or you have an old battery, recommend Streamflo Pump 4.5LPM suitable for residential
Option 2 - powerful pump high flow I would recommend VYAIR RV series 7 litres, only if you're doing very high level like 40 ft above or you have rinse bar that requires high flow.
Option 3 - what other members have suggested
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A couple of things to consider. How much weight is your car rated to take? Overloading or poor load distribution of load can cause issues for brakes and steering let alone the legal implications. If you leave wet stuff or a tank/barrels full of water in the car over night in the winter it will cause condensation which might eventually soak the headlining, door panels, seats, carpet and electronics! Ideally take all the wet stuff out each night, drain the tank and dry it off.
You might be wise to charge the car battery each night as using the pump will flatten it more and if you don't do decent mileage over time the battery will be depleted.
Working out of a car does work, I used mine for 6 months when I started. Good Luck.
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Make sure it's very well secured as that 250 lts could weigh over 1000kg in the event of a crash! Leisure batter is probably best as most motorbike batteries are quite low capacity and none (lead acids) should be discharged by more than 50% of their capacity.
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I hope this lad gets on well with the Mot tester at the garage as some want the seats in it's a bit of a grey area with some, it might be fine it might not be but I wouldn't want that set up with over 3/4 ton at my back.
@James102 if you went down this route it will be classified as a modification and your insurance company will need notifying also your insurance will need to change to business use otherwise you won't be insured.
Seems a very dangerous way to do it.
i thought i could just put a 250 litre tank in the boot and strap it down or loer the weats and strap it down
or do you think barrels would be better?
so i need a van
i cant really afford a van i feel iv'e just spunked a grand on equipment i feel is no longer safe to use i was going to strap down the 250 l tank in the middle if the car with ties ect but i guess it's back to the drawing board
Could do trad for a while, on the pole/ladders. At least that what I did when I first started until you have enough to purchase a van.
