Delavan pumps on sale

Mike Sullivan

Mike Sullivan

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Bob at www.pressuretek.com has the new 12V Delavan 5.3gpm 60psi pumps on sale until Wednesday.

I just bought 2 of them. :)
Good Move!
Are you gonna parallell them Mike ?

If so, there are two things you can do ?

One is to turn up the pressure a bit on each pump.
I am told they will go up to 100psi, but I would be conservative and run em at 80PSI each pump.

If you do turn em up, try and get the pressure the same on each pump /

Second thing is to go to 3/4 Hose if you want to run them stock at the 60PSI setting.

60 PSI is not a whole lot to "push" the combined flow of TWO Delevan pumps,and the larger 3/4 hose will help preserver that pressure.

My choice would be to simply crank em up to 80 psi, and use the 5/8 hose.

Try em stock first, then only go up on pressure IF you have to.
 
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How did you edit my post Apple? No big deal, just wondering.

Yes, I think I will upgrade to 3/4 inch hose. I have 100 feet of some old 3/4 inch in my garage, that I will do a test on the dual Delavans @ 10.6 gpm and compare it with my 5/8 that I have on my reel on my trailer.

I will post my results, when I get them in.

This is going to rock! I'm going to be the best and fastest roof cleaner in town!
 
Mike Sullivan said:
How did you edit my post Apple? No big deal, just wondering.

Yes, I think I will upgrade to 3/4 inch hose. I have 100 feet of some old 3/4 inch in my garage, that I will do a test on the dual Delavans @ 10.6 gpm and compare it with my 5/8 that I have on my reel on my trailer.

I will post my results, when I get them in.

This is going to rock! I'm going to be the best and fastest roof cleaner in town!
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Hey, I did "edit" your post, LOL
HTF I did that I do not know ?
I was posting a response to you, and it wound up in your post, then it said edited by me ?

Freaky computers.

I would do a computer simulation but the flow calculator does not input 5/8 hose.
It goes from 1/2 to 3/4 to 1 inch, etc.
No 5/8.
I bet at 100 feet there will be very little difference between the 5/8 and 3/4 hose.

Now, at 200 feet, and 250 feet, there will be a more noticeable difference.
 
Do you think I would need a second battery to run three or four pumps?

Those babies draw a lot of juice!

Three Delavans @15.9gpm would really be fast.

Four Delavans @ 21.2gpm sounds like overkill, except maybe for a big church or apartment complex. Heck, that would cost over $500 for four. Better off getting a gas powered pump or something like Apple's.
 
russ s said:
i was only curious as to how far someone would go
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I have had 4 shurflo's before Russ!
Not as good as one would think though.

The more flow you have, the more pressure is required to overcome gravity.
So, while they sprayed like a Mo Fo on the ground with a short hose, up on a roof with 200 feet of hose it was a different story.

Really, 2 Delevans and big hose will be awesome, only exceeded by a gas pump, and they cost a lot.
 
Mike Sullivan said:
I hear ya, I was thinking of getting six of them with three extra batteries...Heck why not put hydraulics on my trailer with 22inch rims with spinners and fluorescent glow lights underneath. LOL!
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We need to put some boom boom bass in that trailer too, LOL
 
russ s said:
hey thats a good idea ....if it gets broken into they will steal the boom boom and leave thewashers and pumps
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Now yer thinkin
 
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