Mike Draper
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I just installed a new Butler Max blower HX on my butler. Here many factors come into play with the temps. First, Fresh water in my tank is around 40 degrees, #2, outside temp while cleaning today was 20 deg. When I did this testing I was running 80' of 2.5" hose with a 20' two inch whip, this was connected to my Greenhorn wand. Lift is set at 15
1. Nylon saxony plush. Lots of bite on this carpet means more friction to create heat in the blower HX. I was running about 230 atm while cleaning this and my lift with the wand on the carpet was generally about 13-14. This was the best heat out of 4 carpets I cleaned today. Once I hooked up the stair tool ( Greenie's) The heat shot up to 240-245 atm and the lift was at 14.
2. Cheap, shitty, multi level loop polly ( i think). This was an apmt. I could push the wand across this like a hot knife goes through butter. No grab and the lift was around 11 if i was lucky. the blower hx pretty much produced no heat at this point. my atm temp was around 200-210. However, i did hook up the stair tool and within 1 minute the heat shot up to around 230 atm again.
So here is what I get from my testing. If you run 2" hose that greatly restricts the airflow and causes much friction and lift in the blower, then you will probably be able to run 240-245 atm all day long with the butler max HX setup. With a high performance setup you may be losing heat in the winter months (on some carpets), however, I think you will still have more cleaning power running 10 flow on a high performance wand at 210 deg and better dry times than you would running 2" hose that can't handle the high water flow from your wand, but running 240 atm. just my two cents worth. I'll stick with my 2.5" hose!
1. Nylon saxony plush. Lots of bite on this carpet means more friction to create heat in the blower HX. I was running about 230 atm while cleaning this and my lift with the wand on the carpet was generally about 13-14. This was the best heat out of 4 carpets I cleaned today. Once I hooked up the stair tool ( Greenie's) The heat shot up to 240-245 atm and the lift was at 14.
2. Cheap, shitty, multi level loop polly ( i think). This was an apmt. I could push the wand across this like a hot knife goes through butter. No grab and the lift was around 11 if i was lucky. the blower hx pretty much produced no heat at this point. my atm temp was around 200-210. However, i did hook up the stair tool and within 1 minute the heat shot up to around 230 atm again.
So here is what I get from my testing. If you run 2" hose that greatly restricts the airflow and causes much friction and lift in the blower, then you will probably be able to run 240-245 atm all day long with the butler max HX setup. With a high performance setup you may be losing heat in the winter months (on some carpets), however, I think you will still have more cleaning power running 10 flow on a high performance wand at 210 deg and better dry times than you would running 2" hose that can't handle the high water flow from your wand, but running 240 atm. just my two cents worth. I'll stick with my 2.5" hose!