Mikey P
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The heater option would be for plant settings imo.
I do like the idea of constant water supply/apo. You can't do the bucket brigade on this one even if you wanted to!
For nearly 5 large I want chem metering....
A real 2hp motor draws nearly 20A, so that's one whole cord for the pump. That means both vacs and the APO are on the other cord. Wonder what vacs he uses?
hook up to the sink's hot water and nix the heater
Not sure how to define real for you......
If the same guy that did the voice-over was there at MF - I can see how he would have whipped the crowd into a buying frenzy....
Thats great info Mike!
The reference to a 'real' 2hp motor stems from some manufacturers (compressors come to mind) throwing out inflated numbers like 'peak hp'. My point was that an honest-to-goodness 2hp motor was going to take up a large part of a 20A circuit. Sounds like you were able to source a motor that was efficient enough to allow you to get the pump-out on the same cord, thats great.
I wasn't saying your motor wasn't a real 2 hp - quite the opposite.
Not to mention the heater plugs into the control box... So it must not use all the amps or another cord is required...
Then add in the inline heater, how do you supply that much power? And does the one being auctioned come with heat?
I like the idea of the unit....for certain circumstances where you have constant water in and water out possibilities.. BUT it would always bug me that those vac motors are so crammed in to such a small space. Premature failure can be expected from them cooking each other out.
We didn't get to try the heater but we only had limited power outside at the experience and it had not power issues. It ran for almost 4 hours without an issue that I knew of and most who tried it liked the performance and overall setup of the unit that we were demoing.
Most portables have there vac motors crammed together it has to be a plus that these are not confined in a plastic shell and therefore will have less heat maybe affecting them.
Willy should get one of these and put it through its paces as I will defer to him as he uses portables daily.
Open design looks garagey. Too much power required.
'm counting 20 amps for the vacs if they're decent 3 stage motors. I checked today and my 2000 watt heater was 17.2 amps. The pump has to run at least 15 and as a 2 horse, likely 20. Where do you find the power to run all that, especially with the amp draw?
cry babies who live in Vancouver
fit.
Trying again to get some answers- Or were you warned about me?Amp draw? The 2000 watt heater, as previously noted, is around 17 amps and can't keep up with decent flow, pump is at least 15, can't guess what the vacs are or the pump - out draw. Any rinse injection? Weight?
Port-A-Bill
Go ahead and make your own than Brent.
Looks brilliant to those who dont second guess their whole lives.
I think the point of his machine is that anyone can work on it as it has open design and everything is reachable/accessible easily. Why would you want to spend all of the time it take to r&d something to save a few hundred bucks, when you can buy one already done.
I am by no means a portable expert as we only own two, but I do think his unit is priced to sell at the price point he is selling them now.
Do you just want a shell or something around all of the components like all of the other portables?
A little more what housing to remove and cook your components?
Go buy a Mytee Escape Brent, it's perfect for you.