Blowing Circuits
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Topic: Blowing Circuits
Posted By: peculiar
Subject: Blowing Circuits
Date Posted: 05/October/2006 at 11:19am
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Does anyone in the toronto GTA area have any problems running portable extractors with dual 3 stage vacs? |
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Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 05/October/2006 at 11:39am
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I have a single stage vac.... depending on where you plug it in you might have troubles...
use the stove, if it has a plug... or the laundry room... or plug it out in the main hall if your in an apartment ------------- www.mr-steamer.com |
Posted By: jackblack
Date Posted: 05/October/2006 at 3:59pm
| I blew the hall breaker in an apartment, the super was not happy. |
Posted By: jackblack
Date Posted: 05/October/2006 at 4:02pm
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make sure you have a few hundred feet of extension cord
and a big bag of fuses for the older houses and buildings.
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Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 05/October/2006 at 5:16pm
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Plug into the kitchen & the bathrooms those are usually 20 amps. If you are running Dul stage 3 you have to plug in each cord on seprate circuits. ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 05/October/2006 at 7:06pm
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Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 05/October/2006 at 7:08pm
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jtuseo
what houses have you been cleaning in Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville and Scarborough that run on 20 amps?
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jtuseo wrote:Posted By: jtuseo
Date Posted: 06/October/2006 at 9:52am
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If you guys dont have 20 amps there then buy a genarator. That suck no 20 amps ------------- WWW.PREFERREDCARPETCLEANING.COM |
Posted By: Willy Parsons
Date Posted: 06/October/2006 at 11:06am
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I dunno about TO, BUT in Vancouver, I use one to the wall in the kitchen, one to the stove and one in a seperate wall outlet. 3 cords, no grief.
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Posted By: thermedix
Date Posted: 09/October/2006 at 9:46am
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In Ontario
Kitchen receptacles in newer homes are fused at 20 amps, and split, so you can run off the top and bottom of the rec. Other dedicated circuits are referigerator, sump pump, microwave, 120v on stove washing machine. You may not have as many problems if you use large sized (14 or 12 AWG) extension cords, the smaller cords will heat up under load and trip breakers or blow fuses. ------------- It`s not how far you fall...it`s how high you bounce back up... |
Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 09/October/2006 at 4:19pm
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That's great if you're outside Toronto eh?
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Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 09/October/2006 at 10:25pm
The few hundred feet of extention cords on carpet cleaning machines is your problem. Only use the shortest, most heavy-duty extention cord that you can. Extention cords draw more amps, slow down your blowers and burn them out prematurely.
 Blowing fuses in apartment hallways happens often as they are generally wired for light-weight vacuum cleaners.
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Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 09/October/2006 at 10:50pm
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People are telling the guy to plug here and plug there. In a big house you can not do that with two 20' cords.
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Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 09/October/2006 at 10:52pm
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dennis_is_ok, You purchased your unit from the wrong people. http://www.kleenkuip.com/ - Kleen Kuip would either correct it's problem, switch you to something else or cheerfully refund your money. You simply cannot do business any other way in our industry as it's too small and bad news travels fast.
Other things to look at:
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Posted By: dennis_is_ok
Date Posted: 09/October/2006 at 11:01pm
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no extension cords
did not use brush, only already wet bonnet
manufacturer said TFB we are SOL.
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Posted By: carpetologist
Date Posted: 10/October/2006 at 1:09pm
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Kleen Kuip generally keep very few if any units with dual 3-stage vacs in stock. It's nice to have the availability of that overdrive suction but a lot cleaners prefer to keep it simple with only one electrical cord and most are always looking for lower, lower pricing. ------------- Kleen Kuip Supply Mart Inc. http://www.kleenkuip.com - New & Used Professional Carpet Cleaning Machines, Restoration Equipment, Training, Service and Supplies |
Posted By: nightrider
Date Posted: 10/October/2006 at 4:31pm
| Ted.........I thought you said before in another post in the marketing section under the post of PRICING........that carpet cleaners don't buy price they buy quality product.......now you say they buy " lower........lower...........lower pricing......... I said people buy price...........not product..............NIGHTRIDER IS RIGHT AGAIN..............YAHOOOOOOOOOO Nightrider |