Tony Shelton
BS Detector, Esquire
Here is Chris' trailer from the garage cleaning at the Las Vegas Event during the garage cleaning demo.
It consists of the following:
Prefiltered in the Scirocco vac, then pumped into the separator. (Scirocco PEV1 - less than $2k)
Then:
Chamber 1 is a sock made from the Gutter Critter Skin to catch larger debris. (about $15)
There is an open space at the bottom that leads into chamber 2.
The runoff percolates up through about 8 inches of course polypropylene pads (this catches hot grease and slows it down and cools for capture) (About $8)
Above that 8 inches is 8 inches of fine polypropylene to catch finer debris (About $8)
Above that is about 8 inches of aspen shavings (soaks up oil and other contaminants) (About $8)
Then the water spills over into the third chamber which has a gutter critter for the water to flow through to catch any further oil or heavy metals. (About $40)
The only thing left is some suspended solids.
A sump pump in the third chamber pumps out what is left and pushes it through the last part which is a DE filter. Yes, that infamous filter that Jim Gamble claims will explode if used on a trailer. I guess he thinks just because it has a pressure gauge on it, it is some kind of boiler. The pressure gauge only goes up to about 20 or 30 psi to let you know when the media needs to be re-distributed or changed........The garage doctor.......lol.) (Sump pump about $80 - DE Filter about $200 - DE about $5
That DE filter and the sump pump can run at 40 gpm.
It is running slowly in this video only because the three part separator had just filled up and was just getting started and there was no washing going on at the time.
Here it is. Crystal clear water clean enough for re-use.- Although it still needs to be mixed with fresh water- It will stink after a few times through and that can only be fixed with chlorine injection.
While this is an inexpensive alternative media wise - remember, it still requires a lot more fuel, doubles the emissions, and takes a lot of time and effort to keep maintained and cleaned.
Keep this all in mind. This isn't for every job, just the ones where filtration like this is a must. Chris uses it for grease spills at dumpsters more than anything.
It works.
Now I have made it easy for you P*werwash.com. You don't even have to buy one.
It consists of the following:
Prefiltered in the Scirocco vac, then pumped into the separator. (Scirocco PEV1 - less than $2k)
Then:
Chamber 1 is a sock made from the Gutter Critter Skin to catch larger debris. (about $15)
There is an open space at the bottom that leads into chamber 2.
The runoff percolates up through about 8 inches of course polypropylene pads (this catches hot grease and slows it down and cools for capture) (About $8)
Above that 8 inches is 8 inches of fine polypropylene to catch finer debris (About $8)
Above that is about 8 inches of aspen shavings (soaks up oil and other contaminants) (About $8)
Then the water spills over into the third chamber which has a gutter critter for the water to flow through to catch any further oil or heavy metals. (About $40)
The only thing left is some suspended solids.
A sump pump in the third chamber pumps out what is left and pushes it through the last part which is a DE filter. Yes, that infamous filter that Jim Gamble claims will explode if used on a trailer. I guess he thinks just because it has a pressure gauge on it, it is some kind of boiler. The pressure gauge only goes up to about 20 or 30 psi to let you know when the media needs to be re-distributed or changed........The garage doctor.......lol.) (Sump pump about $80 - DE Filter about $200 - DE about $5
That DE filter and the sump pump can run at 40 gpm.
It is running slowly in this video only because the three part separator had just filled up and was just getting started and there was no washing going on at the time.
Here it is. Crystal clear water clean enough for re-use.- Although it still needs to be mixed with fresh water- It will stink after a few times through and that can only be fixed with chlorine injection.
While this is an inexpensive alternative media wise - remember, it still requires a lot more fuel, doubles the emissions, and takes a lot of time and effort to keep maintained and cleaned.
Keep this all in mind. This isn't for every job, just the ones where filtration like this is a must. Chris uses it for grease spills at dumpsters more than anything.
It works.
Now I have made it easy for you P*werwash.com. You don't even have to buy one.