Frozen water
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Topic: Frozen water
Posted By: hardworkers
Subject: Frozen water
Date Posted: 18/September/2005 at 6:48pm
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So how do you keep your TM or portyTM water from freezing during the wintertime? is there a chemical used, used like the windshield wipers solution? ------------- do it right once |
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Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 18/September/2005 at 7:23pm
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keep your porty inside at night. and park your TM in a heated garage. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: LilNiteRidrhood
Date Posted: 18/September/2005 at 7:54pm
| We use windshield wiper fluid through the water system and a oil heater leaning against the heat exchanger. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 19/September/2005 at 12:35am
Heated garage here
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 19/September/2005 at 8:48am
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insulated van here.... just keep the darn thing out of the wind ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 19/September/2005 at 9:01am
| Spend the winter in Florida. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 19/September/2005 at 11:15am
Insulated vans and heated igloo ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 19/September/2005 at 9:04pm
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insulated or not i would think things would still freeze. i had to replace the pump in my ninja last winter. not fun. and that wasn't over night that going job to job during the day. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 19/September/2005 at 10:50pm
| It stays warm in your van when you turn the heat on right...so why would it be freezing if you have a oil heater inside???? It shouldn't...... |
Posted By: Adwa
Date Posted: 20/September/2005 at 9:18pm
Greg.......that job to job must have been far apart and temperature had to be well below zero for your Ninja pump to freeze that fast.....maybe you took too long of a lunch hour and don't want to admit it.  ------------- The Following Statements do not Necessarily Reflect the Views of this Forum Network http://www.kleenkuip.com - http://www.kleenkuip.com |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 20/September/2005 at 10:35pm
He fell asleep after lunch
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Posted By: Advantage
Date Posted: 20/September/2005 at 10:57pm
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Drug it out through the yard and snow packed the pump. ------------- CCT, UFT, OCT, CRT, RRT, WRT, SMT, FSRT, JTC, JSR, JWR, MTC a great life, if you don't weaken. |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 22/September/2005 at 5:27pm
no,it was just a cold windy day. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 22/September/2005 at 8:59pm
What do you haul it around in a pickup?? Get a covered wagon. ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 23/September/2005 at 2:08am
With a candle in the back for heat
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 23/September/2005 at 5:54pm
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insulation should keep you good well down into -15... even on the coldest day I have the window cracked because it's too hot in the van ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 23/September/2005 at 6:15pm
| Are you serious..................???????? |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 23/September/2005 at 8:16pm
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steamer your using a TM. i'm not. the day my pump froze i put my ninja in the van in the morning. i thought i was going to need it for one of my jobs but i didn't. when i got back home and took it in for the night i thought i better check it, and it was toast. live and learn. a 500 dollar mistake. never aging. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 23/September/2005 at 10:18pm
| Ice not toast......LOL !!!! |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 6:45am
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good one John L. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: Adwa
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 7:10am
Now we get to the truth Greg...............it wasn't going job to job that froze your pump...........it was from leaving it in your truck from the morning until you got back at night that froze your pump.........big difference and makes sense now.  ------------- The Following Statements do not Necessarily Reflect the Views of this Forum Network http://www.kleenkuip.com - http://www.kleenkuip.com |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 8:23am
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Good Morning... Hey... I had my recoil in the back of a pickup one winter..didn't run anti-freeze thru the pump... -15f wind chill -30f... went to first job..they changed their minds...drove to next job 25miles away pump semi-froze..had a painters heat gun....20minutes later it worked. |
SCARRY Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 8:26am
Good job it was a painter's heat gun??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Adwa
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 8:26am
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John.............When you Lucky............Your Lucky. ------------- The Following Statements do not Necessarily Reflect the Views of this Forum Network http://www.kleenkuip.com - http://www.kleenkuip.com |
Posted By: greg
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 4:16pm
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adwa that was my hole point. steamer said he leaves his outside all night because it's insulated. my point was my pump froze during the day going job to job. my van had time to heat up a bit from job to job too and it still froze. toronto's winters are alot colder than halifax's. i would think that over night, insulated or not, things would still freeze. ------------- nothing is impossable. it just hasn't been done yet. |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 7:13pm
I think you should buy a carpet cleaners heat gun. Much cheaper |
John L wrote:Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 8:10pm
Just a quik fix so i wouldnt lose the job..I did have to replace the pump head cause it started to leak so it did some damage....  135 mile route today...made it up on upsells.... to cover the gas and then some............
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 11:42pm
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Anywhere that the temp is below -5C overnight, I would suggest a heated garage. Much simpler than worrying about whether your gonna freeze |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 24/September/2005 at 11:46pm
cmaster...I noticed you guys in the great white north go by celcius/ liters/metric..... and not by farenheit and gallons and feet/inches... am i correct or ?????????????????? a 
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 25/September/2005 at 1:02am
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Yup. We're metric here. Since the 1980's. I know both imperial and metric systems. All my carpet pricng is done in sq ft. Funny, eh |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 25/September/2005 at 1:13am
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Posted By: TipTopCleaning
Date Posted: 03/November/2023 at 2:31pm
To keep my portable machine from turning into an ice sculpture, I usually add some RV antifreeze to the water system. It's like a winter coat for my equipment. Also, wrapping exposed pipes with insulation and parking indoors whenever possible are my go-to moves. Anyone else have some winter wizardry to share? Let's keep those carpet cleaning machines thawed and ready for action!
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