i was reading a post where somebody said dont use 500psi on a certain carpet and it got me thinking that all porty's should have regulators and gauges which many if not most do not. (ie. the 100/150/200 psi ports)

also does anybody have a chart that tells you what psi to use on what fabric/carpet/scenerio etc...

porty's with 100-200 psi don't need regulators because it's really not even enough to thoroughly clean cut pile carpets

pretty sure they'll teach you what psi to use in a CC technician class through the IICRC

only need to know 2 different psi settings for carpet IMO and it's partially personal preference

My Powermatic has 2 settings for CCing,so it's pretty simple.........set it on low for low pile,set it on medium for cut pile or shag

200and 450psi  is what I like

well if you have 200 it might be good to cut back if you're ever doing cars and vans. i use 50-75psi to do the head liner on cars where it was a smokers car sold to a non-smoker.

actually  250 - 450 is what I use....

actually 250 is good for alot of carpet...you just have to go a little slower is all...

the carpet dries really quick...no glide needed

yup... don't really need any more...unless your looking to do some damage

dontlikedennis wrote: and they make fun of guys with 500 psi porty

Have to make fun of somebody?

HEAT , suction and flow are the big differences with a TM

Plus you can clean 100's of feet away from it

I use a terry towel and prespray for roof liners in cars.......makes me feel like Padman

but it works with no fear of damage

I wonder how 500psi porties keep water in the tank without auto fill or any heat at all. 

I use 350 working pressure with the wand & the RX, 200 with the RotoVac.

In an IICRC class I was told 400psi is the maximum you should use.

This is a porty world....

when you pull up to a customers house with a TM a lot of them have never seen one before

probably more so in larger cities

only customers I come across that have not seen a TM are the ones that have never had their carpets cleaned professionally or they have only used the one outfit in town that uses a porty

if I lived in an area full of high rises I would definately have a porty

No you wouldn't....

NO WAY!

I started doing portable calls again after 5 years of not doing any....

it's too time consuming.... you got to check in with security... bring the stuff to the back... move you van back to the front... walk back to the back.. go up to the apt. sh*t I forgot something....

I did one that was trashed 2 br/ Lr/Dr and hall... took me three hours for 80 bucks hal was n/c

and she was fussy Insisting on me going over and over traffic areas...I was getting worried about the apt below...lol

if I ever do apt's again I'll charge by the hour

for get it!!

once again I am refusing porty work

steamer send me the porty work ok?

my # is (905) 453-3311

When I use my porty I have a 2 wheeler for my  buckets, sprayer, cords, rake, and a bin in to carry my chems,all that stuff you don't want to make an extra trip down the elevator for.

Plus I use the porty to suck the crud out of the bottom of the tm waste tank.

As far as them lieing, I'm just trying to figure the motivation.  Maybe it makes you dump more water to regulate the heat exchanger.

Who knows?

Advantage wrote: I'm just trying to figure the motivation.  Maybe it makes you dump more water to regulate the heat exchanger. Who knows?

I love it saves me alot of water

Ok so I'm confused, my Bridgpoint Saber (Prochem Blazer) dumps into the water box, when it gets full it dumps into the waste tank.  Thanks for making me think Mr. Steamer .

So what is their reasoning for not dumping into the fresh water tank?  Hot water is being pumped from the water box anyway.

your temperature control solenoid dumps into your suction line but you don't see it, it's underneath, depending at what temperature you set it at....re-run that to your fresh water tank... your fresh water tank is big enough to cool the in coming hot water..no matter how low it gets  it'll never reach 185*f you'll run out first...

there are two relief valves one on your heat exchanger that goes off at 325*f(emergency shut down) and one that goes off at 185*f in your waterbox....the warm water that runs into your water box comes from your pressure unloader... and very rarely does it ever reach 185.

I think if your doing a lot of furniture...it'll help alot...

100 gallons doesn't go very far when doing furniture... the only good thing you do doug is turn your temp up high...so you don't loose much while cleaning carpet.... but I'm sure you'll burn through 25-30 gallons while cleaning a 3 piece

to each his own.... I like to get 6 jobs or so out of my fresh water tank... I hate to fill up at the customers house

Yes I know... I cool down into the fresh water tank..lol and I run at 350 psi and if it's clean or real hot I'll run at 250

my tank is 110 gallons....lol

and I run my steam real hot... helps to save water too

yup..... regular Jets....

you don't pay attention but the darn machine dumps a lot of water into your waste tank