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Wayne

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Has anyone heard of or have a remote contol to cut there PW on and off. I do a lot of walking for each job, or I have to have a helper.

Help me,
Wayne
 
Where can I get a remote to attach to my machines?
 
I have be toying with different ways to do it. I got something that seems to work but not sure how reliable it might be. It works right now.
 
I purchased something at H.D. for $20.00.

Has a range of 150'. My burner is 110v.

So far we have tested it to 138' and it works fine.

This unit will control up to eight sources.

There is some info on www.thegrimescene.com under equiptment.

The link I posted to The Cleaner Network does not work.
 
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Thanks.

I'll give Steve a call.
 
This is probably a stupid question, but...How does a ball valve shut down a machine when you are far away from it? Are you referring to it's use in a different manner, if so, what?

Thanks.
 
I have got my remote working to start and stop the motor and the heater from behind a house up to 200 ft away.
It took some working and a few smoked parts doing it , but I have used it for 3 weeks and no more bugs have showed up.
Work still in progess. But I don't use ball valve.

Wayne
C&W Pressure Washing LLC
Wilmington, NC
910-686-3711
 
Ball Valve's are used at your gun. They allow you to turn off the water so that you may change your equipment such as changing from a wand to a surface cleaner or to a larger extension wand etc..... This enables you to make these changes vs. going all the way back to the rig to turn off/on. I all actuallity it is cost effective to leave your machine running consistantly vs. shutting on/off all the time.

The remotes are good for the burner systems. This allows you to turn off/on the burner without going all the way back to the unit.

Hope this helps to understand....
 
The ball valve just stops the flow of water..........it doesn't literally stop the machine.
 
On one of my first machines I had a remote built into the gun that started and stopped my machine and controlled my burners and 2 soaps on an upstream injector. I can get those remotes but the problem was the upstream chemical we found is not as effective as the downstream. Plus with the downstream we shoot soap 20 feet and that's not the case with upstream. On top of it, the chemicals were hard on the plungers and there was always something else to work on. These were very expensive and we had to charge the battery every night. You always had to have 2 guns with batteries.

A remote system that controls the chemicals via low pressure and could control the burner on off, would be ideal. Since we control the chem injection at our gun, we don't need a remote for that, you simply squeeze the trigger. The remote would be used to change from one soap to another and shut the burner on and off at a pre-set temperature. So 2-stepping would be a breeze.

I'm setting up a rig that is going to be completely remote from the downstream chemical injection to the burner, to the hose reels. The hose reels will be remotely reeled up in an almost perfect fashion. All you have to do is hold one end. This would almost replace an entire employee. A single guy could remotely start his machine and grab one end of the hose and the gun and 2 step with chems for literally hours with no need for anything but a brusher and/or a driver. The question is how much is it going to cost? That's what I'm trying to figure out by building a spec unit.
 
What I have been working on you could have 2 other option to use to use as needed. I use it to cut the unit on/off and heater on/off and a master kill switch. I have close to $300.00 in it.

Wayne
 
those remotes that you purchase from others are very pricy... I was quoted 1100.00 on one. i wont mention names. thats just to much money for me to get a little exercise. I realise some will say you will save time. I work until i need a break and then shut down. I also use ball valves to cut flow to change divices.

Stopping and starting is hard on machines...
 
I have an idle control that cuts the motor down when not in use. The only time I shut down is when I change something or have to set up, move or just rest. I love the remote I have but it took a while to work out the bugs. Right now its AOK.

Wayne
 
I made my own Remote from a Remote starter for a car. With a little modification it worked fine at 300 feet. My total cost was about $25. I still have it laying around somewhere.
 
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