01-01-2013, 10:36 AM
Lift is not as important as Cfms (air flow)
With motor that is on the machine you can put a 800 psi pump on it.
The heater will not keep up if there is any type of flow with over 1 gpm, while robbing amps that could power more CFMs, or reduce the chance of breakers blowing.(little giant #2 works great) Two of the new 6.6 vacs can produce roughly 280 cfms and 130 lift, set the vac motors in Parallel ( a stack for each motor) not series the unit will then achieve longer hose runs. The auto fill and dump features are a must if you are doing work where the machine must be in the building "bucket brigade is not fun 12 gallons does not last long"
I say all this from experience We run high performance portables for extraction when needed, either a Demon or another brand, that can stay in the van or come in. To me if I cannot go at least 75 feet away from the machine it is not worth it, too much stop and starting, which is why auto dump and fill are a must also.
You can do T&G with 500 psi, but you need to mop down the cleaning solution let it set, scrub, then rinse with your floor tool, even at 1000 psi we still do it that way.
With motor that is on the machine you can put a 800 psi pump on it.
The heater will not keep up if there is any type of flow with over 1 gpm, while robbing amps that could power more CFMs, or reduce the chance of breakers blowing.(little giant #2 works great) Two of the new 6.6 vacs can produce roughly 280 cfms and 130 lift, set the vac motors in Parallel ( a stack for each motor) not series the unit will then achieve longer hose runs. The auto fill and dump features are a must if you are doing work where the machine must be in the building "bucket brigade is not fun 12 gallons does not last long"
I say all this from experience We run high performance portables for extraction when needed, either a Demon or another brand, that can stay in the van or come in. To me if I cannot go at least 75 feet away from the machine it is not worth it, too much stop and starting, which is why auto dump and fill are a must also.
You can do T&G with 500 psi, but you need to mop down the cleaning solution let it set, scrub, then rinse with your floor tool, even at 1000 psi we still do it that way.