Hey guys & gals,
Does anyone have experience or opinions about this system or a similar system?
While Im saving for a 60+ gallon truck mount Im looking to invest in something like this.
Thanks!
I have a similar model mounted in our vehicle, except its 25 gallons, and the pump is rated for 1.8gpm. It works really well. 25 gallons can get you a good ways cleaning, and you can supplement your capacity with gerry cans. I carry up to two 6 gallon containers to bring my total capacity to 37 gallons.
the thing with these is, you can keep the pump and fittings, and just buy a larger tank when you’re ready. There are a multitude of low cost, DOT certified water tanks available. These sprayer tanks aren’t technically approved for highway use, but I figured that its a relatively low capacity tank and I have it tied down really well.
Now that I think of it… Maybe you should just piece together your own system. Find the exact tank you want, then buy the pump and fittings. I would recommend a lower gpm pump, as you may experience cycling problems with a 2.2gpm. As it was, I had to crank up the pressure switch quite a bit on ours to overcome the cycling from pushing water through 300’ of hose.
One thing you’ll need whichever route you go, is a deep cycle battery. I simply installed ours as the starter battery for our vehicle. Keeps those nasty vapors out of the cabin, and saves space as well. I just ran power off the accessory circuit, and leave the key on when I’m doing wfp work.
Alex
What do you mean by “cycling?” Would you mind describing what this is? I’ve looked at one of these small tank/pump systems.
Thanks
When the pump turns off and on rapidly, its called cycling. It will wear out the pump very quickly. It happens when the pressure builds up to the pump’s cutoff point before you actually turn off the flow. So the water keeps flowing out, the pressure drops and the pump turns back on, and so on. It can be overcome by either raising the cutoff point on the pump so it is not overcome by the back pressure, or by installing a wfp pump controller (which is preferable, as it will allow you to work at a lower flow rate or pressure and potentially extend the life of the pump).
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Thanks so much for your incite, Alex! The description does say “100% duty cycle”. Not sure what they mean by that.
Does anyone know if the Brodex Digital Flow Controller here on wcr would work with this type pump?
You may want to look this up for yourself, but I’m pretty sure “duty cycle” refers to how much the pump can be run. 100% would indicate that it can be run constantly, without breaks to cool down.
The Brodex flow controller should work fine for this application. [MENTION=4]Alex[/MENTION]?
Thanks, Alex.
The Brodex Flow Controller would work just fine with the above system.
Thanks Alex & thanks Alex!!
