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Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:30 pm
by Raj
[quote=""weirdfish""]Whoops, I take it all back raj.
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Lol.
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:33 pm
by pvr
yes, especially as you will be lugging it about full of water. 11 litres is easy to manage, 19 becomes a bit of a chore.
Very impressed with it all. Remember to buy the attachments though and don't make the "flow" hose too small (like I did as I now have to lug the vessel from one side of the car to the other
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:52 pm
by Raj
[quote=""pvr""]yes, especially as you will be lugging it about full of water. 11 litres is easy to manage, 19 becomes a bit of a chore.
Very impressed with it all. Remember to buy the attachments though and don't make the "flow" hose too small (like I did as I now have to lug the vessel from one side of the car to the other
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Doesn't it come with the hose lock attachments then? I guess it's just for show then on the website pic.
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:17 pm
by pvr
No, it comes with the "female" parts attached to the vessel. You need to have the "male" connectors to connect your hoses to it (in and out).
The "in" side is fine - just remove the nozzle from the hose you are using and click it on that side, the other side is what you need for the "run off" hose.
Not that you can uses hoses of course due to the ban, this is all theoretical speaking of course
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:24 pm
by Raj
[quote=""pvr""]No, it comes with the "female" parts attached to the vessel. You need to have the "male" connectors to connect your hoses to it (in and out).
The "in" side is fine - just remove the nozzle from the hose you are using and click it on that side, the other side is what you need for the "run off" hose.
Not that you can uses hoses of course due to the ban, this is all theoretical speaking of course
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Ok that's fine as got plenty of connectors both male and female...lol
Also it's not theoretical here as we're not banned...
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:41 pm
by X5Sport
[quote="Raj"]Also it's not theoretical here as we're not banned... <!-- s
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That's right, rub it in why don't you.... :music1: :music:
........and it's your fault I can't get that blasted tune out of my head now either.... :blink:
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:49 pm
by Raj
[quote=""X5Sport""][quote=""Raj""]Also it's not theoretical here as we're not banned...
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That's right, rub it in why don't you....
........and it's your fault I can't get that blasted tune out of my head now either.....
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Lol. Bhangra gets in your bones. Start twisting the lightbulbs dude...lol
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:52 pm
by Sanj
[quote=""Raj""]Lol. Bhangra gets in your bones. Start twisting the lightbulbs dude...lol[/quote]
At the same time as shrugging your shoulders as if you don't know!
Lights bulbs and I don't know!
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:01 pm
by davyk31
I have a 16L vessel and regularly buy replacement resin from DAQUA, great service and a great product.
As regards lugging the vessel about you dont need to. I have the vessel in the corner of my garage and just run my normal hose to the in feed. The out feed of the vessel then runs to another shorter hose reel mounted in the garage. I run this out and round the car and then roll it up when all finished. Great.
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:23 pm
by pvr
I think you are right, I have to change my setup to avoid this hauling the thing around the car.
How long does your resin last?
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:22 pm
by X5Sport
Can you install these cylinders outside, or do they need environmental protection?
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 2:01 pm
by pvr
They can NOT be exposed to freezing conditions as it "kills" the active ingredient of the sand.
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 9:40 pm
by davyk31
My resin generally lasts up to a year washing two cars every week. On occasions it has only lasted 6 months when I have used it with the pressure washer as well as just using it on a free hose to rinse.
Don't understand why you dont see 0 PPM on your test meter, mine goes immediately to that with new resin. Can let it get to 30-40 PPM before any serious water staining returns.
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 9:59 pm
by X5Sport
What are you guys using for establishing how hard your water is? There seems to be a plethora of devices ranging in price from cheap to 'you want how much?!' but without really giving any indication of accuracy etc. I'm not looking for a lab standard unit, just something to give a reasonable indication.
Re: Karcher from water butt?
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:05 pm
by pvr