Questions about adding heat and RE's to porty's make my foam at the mouth, so here we go......................
Larger commercial work is the only situation where I have pondered the addition of a RE due the accessibility of additional amps, easier water management, and additional space to setup and maneuver.
Residentially, I fail to see the logic and benefit of tethering an additional amp-consuming contraption to setup that already pushes the limits of available power, further limits mobility, and most likely increases water consumption, making auto-fill/apo practically a necessity under most situations.
I know there are guys that use them with success, but the uniqueness of my urban market is not favorable to attempting such an endeavor.
My operation mainly consists of REMOTE porty work in the purest sense, which limits me somewhat in regards to what equipment I can efficiently transport and utilize.
This leaves my to rely on my primary, bread n butta cleaning "formula", which is my chems, agitation, flow and suck.
Simply put, residentially, the additional power requirements of any heating element limit the available juice for my flow and suck, and don't produce enough heat to warrant their use, especially under constant flow.
I relation to portable work, I am not a fan of..........
*APO .......due to it's hindrance of mobility, and the void of efficient, user friendly waste filtration mechanisms available, other than a stockings/knee-highs or a full size in-line filter.
*Heat.....Not enough ROI, and not worth limiting your mobility and limiting the BASIC cleaning mechanisms of flow and recovery.
RE's.......Why torture yourself???
Why increase your consumption of an already limited water accessibility, and limit your CORE cleaning mechanism of flow and recovery by trying to make a porty into something it is not?
The only way to stop this insanity, is to accept a porty for what it is, work within it's limitations and incorporate the joyous benefits of the miraculous process of AGITATION.
I find it so much easier to stay mobile and compact, and just nuke, scrub, and settle into wanding efficiently under a good flow and a good stiff suck, than to over-complicate things and fool myself into believing it is better.
I was in the same boat and faced the same conundrum until I discovered my precious little Oreck.
Only with an Orbiter is the addition of agitation on a smaller scale so quick and efficient.
It's so easy to whip out an Orbiter and effectively scrub an area, that I find it silly to instead try to add heat, or anything else to a porty, that doesn't even come close to delivering a benefit equal to the benefit of agitation.
It's a no-brainer.
A porty and an Oreck is a match made in heaven.
Buy the Oreck FIRST, and only then go off to drivel over some 1500 watt weinie heater.
Not sure this answers your question, but I had to get it out.
Mikey, get a fooking Oreck will ya??
You should talk to Deron................if that tells you anything.........
I like heat as it seems to enhance the end product . I've replaced the standard 190 thermostats with 240's.Did the video of my son cleaning work?
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