Good Reclaim & Filter System

[MR ALAN]

Chris,
I do not use my electric vacuum very much. Back up mostly. Motor life will depend on if it is just running, or if it is running hard under load.
So you wanna buy a drum and then vacuum motors and then make your own? Not to hard, but it will not be the prettiest, as you need a cover to protect the motors, and baffle the noise since they run high rpm.

Check out www.grainger.com and search for "ametek lamb" you will see all the choices available.

Alan and Mathew, About how many hours do you get out of those dual electric motors? I am wondering about how much that would cost to rig up. I can get the new drums with removable lids locally from the container company I use. Everything else I would order unless I found it locally. Any idea of the cost to build this vacuum setup and then roughly how much for the steel eagle 24" vacuum recovery unit or something comparable?

I guess you could use those short velcro straps to wrap the pressure and vacuum hose together so they do not get all tangled up.

The sump pump, I would raise it a couple inches off the bottom to keep it out of the sludge and yes, you would have to clean out the sludge once in a while.

I guess you could get one of those platforms with wheels for the drum so you can roll it around as needed when you are working.

Thanks.

 

[mikew]

It is a Scirroco PEV2. When I say it clogs I mean at the boom where it picks up. The internal stuff and the pump out, etc all work fine. There was a filter across the pick up holes in the boom. I removed that but you still have to pay attention at the boom and keep it clear. It doesn't seem to take too much to restrict the vacuum. I haven't had it long so I am still learning with it too.

Doug,

Are you using the vacuberm? That's what I use and it does clog easily. I'm
thinking about removing the filter as well.

Mike

 

[Doug Dahlke]

I do use the vacuberm. Even with the filter on the berm removed you have to keep on eye on it.