Some pictures of my window cleaning system for people that are starting up and would like some ideas

[wizkid]

Hi wiz! I have a friend got the exact same problem with that specific model you got. He also want to change to the Eccotemp 5l now.He got problems with it turning off all the time at 6 on the 1-9 flow control.

Maybe even at 4 . But I know 2 others than run theirs (same type ) great without any complications. Anyway, I've thought of the Eccotemp after reading reviews online,and the fact that you're max using 2 l per minute, so a 5 l must be sufficient, instead of 8 .

In my country it sells for 140 pounds, SO cheap. And yet people are very pleased with the quality online.. Mine works great . Yesterday it was subzero degrees,no problems! As mentioned it's very sensitive to the heat-setting, not much from minimum is advised at winter temps. One little notch and its raising much. I've put a dot to mark my optimal settings. In the summer of course I'll raise it. Just don't wanna crack anyone's windows.

Hello David, the gas heater I had was very sensitive & would not keep a steady heat especially when running high flow .. I changed to a immersion heater & have never looked back.

Sent using the Window Cleaning Forums app

 

[David K]

Hello David, the gas heater I had was very sensitive & would not keep a steady heat especially when running high flow .. I changed to a immersion heater & have never looked back.

Sent using the Window Cleaning Forums app

Sounds good ! And you get the benefit of a steady warm van without the need off additional heaters in the nights with subzero right ?

 

[best]

Images of my 2011 peugeot partner van

2 man set up with a 350L tank

Sent using the Window Cleaning Forums mobile app

 

[David K]

Images of my 2011 peugeot partner van

2 man set up with a 350L tank

Sent using the Window Cleaning Forums mobile app

Nice !

 

[windowsurfer]

You need immersion heater 3 core heat resistant 2.5mm cable in van and it has to be hard wired to r.c.d unit hope it helps if you get stuck send me a pm and will help you out

Sent using the Window Cleaning Forums app

Thank you for the picture n info, great help. Will see about getting one, when I sort out land

Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

 

[blaze]

Berlingo van 1 man set upView attachment 8887

 

[David K]

Peugoet bipper , 350l with gasheater eccotemp 5l .View attachment 8901

 

[steele]

I'm looking at making a similar set up, do you just have one outlet to both pumps? Is the flow rate the same for each pole or do you have problems? Trying to decide about a new DIY system or a Grippamax/Pure Freedom set up.

 

[johnny bravo]

my next job to raise my reels of the floor, all that spae wasted. if raised up you have a lot of space, but need a base under reels incase of drips .

 

[Iron Giant]

Regarding Immersion heaters people were and are using 2kw elements but 1kw elements can be bought which means you wont need a separate RCD unit fitting in your garage .

 

[spruce]

Regarding Immersion heaters people were and are using 2kw elements but 1kw elements can be bought which means you wont need a separate RCD unit fitting in your garage .

The way I understand it is that the regulations have required that an RCD be fitted to cover all electrical plugs and lights in the garage for many years now. When we purchased our house 16 years ago we had to get an electrician in to do that for us. We couldn't get a mortgage until that was brought up to the requirements. We put the whole house on an RCD. An RCD should be used when using an electrical lawn mower, strimmer etc.

The problem comes when cleaners want to fit a 3kw element into their tanks. That requires a 16 amp socket and circuit wired directly into the electrical distribution board.

A 2kw heating element is fine just plugged into an ordinary garage socket but needs to be RCD protected and the right size cable used.

Whatever element size is being used, the whole extension cable also needs to be unwound from the cable drum and laid out flat.