Any problem with 2 inch hose?
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Topic: Any problem with 2 inch hose?
Posted By: Venturi Tech
Subject: Any problem with 2 inch hose?
Date Posted: 06/April/2007 at 3:41am
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I just bought a Dirt Invader used from a guy that was getting out of the business. He claims that he had another that he converted to 2 inch vac line and it worked much better. He was using twenty feet of vac and pressure line.
Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? ------------- Sunwest@coho.net |
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Posted By: wheelerman
Date Posted: 06/April/2007 at 12:44pm
| yes thats true 2inch hose lets more airflow thru it than 1.5 inch hose does. |
Posted By: Thang
Date Posted: 06/April/2007 at 2:55pm
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2 inch was sOoo last year....Now, the new hip thing is the 2 1/2 inch.
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 06/April/2007 at 3:07pm
There was 3" at Mikefest. 2 1/2 is on it's way out  ------------- 
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Posted By: Thang
Date Posted: 06/April/2007 at 3:12pm
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HOLY CANOLI!!!...
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 06/April/2007 at 3:15pm
Good luck getting 3" on a reel  -------------
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Posted By: Venturi Tech
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 6:45pm
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Ok, I have used the 2 inch hose on 4 jobs, seems like there is less strain on the blowers, and also seems like everything is a lot less noisey. It doesn't seem like there is much more performance though. I think I'm going to stick with my Votrex TM. I only use the portable on units above the 8th floor.
3 Inch hose is a bit hard to manage, I have trouble with my 2 1/2 inch hose. ------------- Sunwest@coho.net |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 7:09pm
| 3" hose you better have big hands |
Posted By: Thang
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 8:08pm
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YOu know what they say about dudes with big hands......
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 13/April/2007 at 9:48pm
Yup. They have big feet  -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 14/April/2007 at 8:51am
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You know what they say about big feet? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 14/April/2007 at 8:57am
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You need big shoes? -------------
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Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 15/April/2007 at 3:03pm
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big *ocks? ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 15/April/2007 at 4:33pm
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Rock out with your shoes out -------------
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Posted By: Thang
Date Posted: 16/April/2007 at 1:11am
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YOu guys got dirty minds!!....PERVERTS!
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Posted By: bryan
Date Posted: 16/April/2007 at 2:54am
| member_profile.asp?PF=1178&FID=15 - Venturi Tech , so you are using 2.5 house. If so did you notice an improvement over 2"? |
Posted By: Venturi Tech
Date Posted: 16/April/2007 at 12:29pm
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Yes, when I upgraded from 2" to 2.5" I noticed that my dry time was cut way down, and also that my shoulder hurt worse when I got home. However after about 250', it seams like it losses a little bit more power than the 2" hose. So on really long setups I will use about 200' of 2.5", and the rest 2". There was a time when I had a ridiculously long setup, and I ended up running 250' of 2.5", 200' of 2", and 50' of 1.5". I also had the rpm's on my vortex cranked way beyond the norm. ------------- Sunwest@coho.net |
Posted By: bryan
Date Posted: 16/April/2007 at 10:17pm
| do you run 2.5 to the wand? |
Posted By: Venturi Tech
Date Posted: 17/April/2007 at 12:43am
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Yes, I usually run 2.5 right to my wand, My company mainly does apartments, so most of the setups are fairly short. The only problem I have came across is that 2.5 is a bit more stubborn when kicking it out from under your feet. But that's what helpers are for. The truck that I am running right now was designed for 3" hoses and I have reducers to get it down to 2.5 and 2". By the way, you all might be surprised what all a 2.5" hose will suck down if you don't keep an eye on it. ------------- Sunwest@coho.net |
Posted By: bryan
Date Posted: 18/April/2007 at 1:24am
| Good to hear, I am now running two 2 inch hoses into the house to a Y and then 50 to the tool. Wanted to know if 2.5 would make that much of a difference. |
Posted By: Ed Valentine
Date Posted: 18/April/2007 at 8:47am
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The problem here in regards to using 2" hose is:
If the system is capable of moving the volume amount of AIRFLOW to accomidate the increase in hose dia. Most are not. The very best; Ed Valentine |
Posted By: bryan
Date Posted: 18/April/2007 at 6:39pm
| I couldn't agree more Ed. |