Bane-Clene cleaning detergents are way underrated!

[dgardner]

However with 220 volts in Australia could you put twice the powered electric motor on the Bane?

I don't think so. I'm not an expert in international voltage standards, but I'm pretty sure that while the voltage is 230 in Australia, the typical ampacity of a branch circuit is only 10 amps. So we have 120V at 20A and they have 230V at 10A - the available power (watts) is essentially the same.

Someone from down there correct me if I'm wrong about the 10A circuits.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

The plumbing on a Bane wouldn't function well with higher power. We tried. Turbulence in the recovery tank along with NO filter or float shut off guarantee water an debris through the blower.

 

[FB7777]

Yep

I added propane heat

Looked at inline vac boosters


Waste of time, just use a high quality portable if you don't want to go fuel fired

 

[Bob Savage]

The Bane is a bane:

bane
bān/
noun

1. a cause of great distress or annoyance.
   "the bane of the carpet cleaner is the over-sized, under-powered iron lung"
   synonyms: scourge, plague, curse, blight, pest, nuisance, headache, nightmare, trial, hardship, cross to bear, burden, thorn in one's flesh/side, bitter pill, affliction, trouble, misery, woe, tribulation, misfortune, pain
   "scurvy was the bane of these seafarers"
   • archaic
     something, typically poison, that causes death.

However, they are a loyal bunch.

 

[FB7777]

Lol Bob

I remember G Tom Tsao posting that definition back in the ICS days

Evan came down hard with a reprimand with his typical paid advertising protectionism

I think Tom left the industry and started selling some kind of lighting online

You can probably find Evan selling lighting at a local Home Depot

 

[rick imby]

The plumbing on a Bane wouldn't function well with higher power. We tried. Turbulence in the recovery tank along with NO filter or float shut off guarantee water an debris through the blower.

I guess you had not discovered Devastators at that point...

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I guess you had not discovered Devastators at that point...

I hooked a small gas engine to it, and it churned like crazy, blowing water when not 1/3 full.