60 gallon tank
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Topic: 60 gallon tank
Posted By: CARPETCLEANER
Subject: 60 gallon tank
Date Posted: 21/July/2010 at 4:30pm
| The prochem blazer has a 50 gallon tank and a 60 gallon recovery tank. Is this enough to clean pretty much any house? |
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Posted By: Lanakila
Date Posted: 24/July/2010 at 1:37am
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nah, IMO i got a 50-60 gal wasteH20 tank, i can do maybe 500 SF before needing to PO. I use RV. dump sites and clients toliets/ sewer plugs, if RV drop site i pass cost onto client. explain part of being green is being responsible for what we put back, they all understand...... so far lol. theres a post here on Waster water dumping ------------- "A'ohe hana nui ka alu'ia." Translation: No task is too big when done together. |
Posted By: CARPETCLEANER
Date Posted: 24/July/2010 at 2:14am
| What does PO mean? I'm thinking I might need a bigger tank if I can only do 500 square feet. What do you do if the house is 1000 sq feet since you can't dump the water at a customers house? Again thanks for all the info. You have been the most helpful person that gave me advise. |
Posted By: Lanakila
Date Posted: 24/July/2010 at 2:29am
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PO= Pump Out; the only time I do NOT use clients toliet to dump out, is if they are NOT connected to a Sewer line/City Sewer treatment plant. Our waster will cause Septic, and cesspools to fail, due to the fact plants love it and will grow roots in and out of your clients home plumbing. Thus the RV drop sites, I then explain at begging of est. or job that here is your total sq, i can handle this much sq. so there will be a waste water dump charge... i think you get the point. If you let your clients know that part of being "green" is being responsible bit, should be NP.
------------- "A'ohe hana nui ka alu'ia." Translation: No task is too big when done together. |
Posted By: Lanakila
Date Posted: 24/July/2010 at 2:31am
------------- "A'ohe hana nui ka alu'ia." Translation: No task is too big when done together. |
CARPETCLEANER wrote:Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 25/July/2010 at 10:43am
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if you are using that much water you need to have the machine checked over . It is bypassing way too much water. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Lanakila
Date Posted: 25/July/2010 at 11:00am
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According to my techs. They said they model of tm i have (spitfire 4.0) has problems with water temps going to high. I have had hot water shoot out of the mix box. Guess thats the price i pay for a used older TM. Anyhow they put in a bypass so if ot gets too hot the exvess goes into wastebox. Yeah it sux but i doing my best for now. If still goibg well i will upgrade to a new TM and van. Prior to my problem with temp i asked the sales guy how much will a 55gal wasterwater tank handle. He said at MOST around 6-700 sf. But by then i may see water or moisture coming from exshaust. (which i do). This is all i been told.
Any calculator for wastewater? Exp. Approx ___ sf to a gal of wastewater? ------------- "A'ohe hana nui ka alu'ia." Translation: No task is too big when done together. |
Posted By: CARPETCLEANER
Date Posted: 25/July/2010 at 1:33pm
| Doug approximately how many square feet of residential would you say I should be able to do with a 60 gallon tank. With and without a rotovac ? Thanks for your help. |
Posted By: Ken Harris
Date Posted: 28/July/2010 at 1:20am
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Carpet Cleaner;
I would say about 500 sq ft in a residential setting.
Most people clean close to 400 to 500 sq ft per hour there.
If you are using a 50% duty cycle you are probably using .75 gal/min in water.
.75gal/minutes .80 minutes = 60 gallons
So you are likely going to be out in 80 minutes time.
I advise you to get a 100 gallon water tank ASAP or go AP. Only go to the 100 gal tank however if your van is a 1 ton model or 3/4 ton model with upgraded suspension.
Hope that helps. ------------- Inventor of Teflon Carpet Wand Glides.Free Glides for all Cleaners in June! |
Posted By: Lanakila
Date Posted: 28/July/2010 at 1:35am
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Thanks Ken, it helps me. I appriciate the tips ------------- "A'ohe hana nui ka alu'ia." Translation: No task is too big when done together. |
Posted By: Ken Harris
Date Posted: 28/July/2010 at 3:13am
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Thanks Lanakila.
I like to help out whenever I can.
After 30+ years in this business I feel the obligation to give something back to it whenever I get the chance.  ------------- Inventor of Teflon Carpet Wand Glides.Free Glides for all Cleaners in June! |
Posted By: CARPETCLEANER
Date Posted: 28/July/2010 at 11:56am
| Thanks so much for your help Ken. |
Posted By: Ken Harris
Date Posted: 29/July/2010 at 2:45am
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You are welcome ------------- Inventor of Teflon Carpet Wand Glides.Free Glides for all Cleaners in June! |
Posted By: Atlantis
Date Posted: 31/July/2010 at 1:51pm
| that's crazy! You're using too much water. I can clean an entire house with a 60 gallon waste tank. I clean at about 300 PSI though. Sometimes, if the carpets are REALLY bad, I'll take it up to 500, but in my opinion, with a good pre-treatment and enough heat, 300 PSI cleans GREAT. |
Posted By: Ken Harris
Date Posted: 31/July/2010 at 6:04pm
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Even if you can do a whole house with 60 gallons of water; do you want to be out of water at the end of it? No.
So get a bigger tank and have some reserve capacity for when you need more. ------------- Inventor of Teflon Carpet Wand Glides.Free Glides for all Cleaners in June! |