Our primary pump failed half way through a job today. This pump only has about an hour and a half of run time on it. That´s right, 1.5 hours. Fortunately, we had a secondary pump to finish the job. We aslo have a third backup pimp on hand, but I hope we never have to use it, at least not under these conditions.
I´m really happy I listened to some of you guys about not going out naked, with one pump.
I´m not saying who I bought the pump from, because I believe the vendor is a standup guy and he´ll take care of the problem. I´m just glad I had a backup to finish the job.
Marcus Raif said
Feb 8, 2012
That is why I carry 2 battery operated pumps and 2 air operated pumps on my trailer mounted and ready to go. Failure is not an option and time is money. You must always have a backup plan in this business.
What type of pump failed and what was the pumps output pressure?
-- Edited by Marcus on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 09:21:59 AM
AC Lockyer said
Feb 8, 2012
Always have a back-up pump!
AC
Glen Evans said
Feb 8, 2012
I have two and some times three of everything in my trailer.
Roof Cleaning San Antonio Texas said
Feb 8, 2012
Might I ask what exactly happened to it?
Roof Cleaning San Antonio Texas said
Feb 8, 2012
And I see you also had a back-up "pimp" is that the back-up plan for a customer that doesn't wanna pay....lol
Paul Freeman said
Feb 9, 2012
I have 2 (1 now) back-up pumps.
Will, my ground man says it started cavitating, but we had half a tank of mix, no kinks in any hoses, and no trash in the filter. We shut it off and tried it again in about 5 minutes. It was still cavitating and it wouldn't pressure up at all. We switched systems and finished the job.
This morning I talked to the vendor and he thought a piece of trash may have gotten into the head of the pump (Unlikely since I pre filter all water coming into my tanks to 10 microns and I've never had a problem.
This afternoon, I powered the pump up and pressurized. Then I noticed the water dripping out of the head. It could be just a seal, I don't know. I didn't have time to fool with it because we were busy. It's been a long day; we got started at 7AM and just got home (11PM).
I'll post what the problem was when we get it figured out.
Our primary pump failed half way through a job today. This pump only has about an hour and a half of run time on it. That´s right, 1.5 hours. Fortunately, we had a secondary pump to finish the job. We aslo have a third backup pimp on hand, but I hope we never have to use it, at least not under these conditions.
I´m really happy I listened to some of you guys about not going out naked, with one pump.
I´m not saying who I bought the pump from, because I believe the vendor is a standup guy and he´ll take care of the problem. I´m just glad I had a backup to finish the job.
That is why I carry 2 battery operated pumps and 2 air operated pumps on my trailer mounted and ready to go. Failure is not an option and time is money. You must always have a backup plan in this business.
What type of pump failed and what was the pumps output pressure?
-- Edited by Marcus on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 09:21:59 AM
AC
I have two and some times three of everything in my trailer.
Will, my ground man says it started cavitating, but we had half a tank of mix, no kinks in any hoses, and no trash in the filter. We shut it off and tried it again in about 5 minutes. It was still cavitating and it wouldn't pressure up at all. We switched systems and finished the job.
This morning I talked to the vendor and he thought a piece of trash may have gotten into the head of the pump (Unlikely since I pre filter all water coming into my tanks to 10 microns and I've never had a problem.
This afternoon, I powered the pump up and pressurized. Then I noticed the water dripping out of the head. It could be just a seal, I don't know. I didn't have time to fool with it because we were busy. It's been a long day; we got started at 7AM and just got home (11PM).
I'll post what the problem was when we get it figured out.