Need recommendations on a 12v bleach pump under $200. Plan is to use it with 200 feet 5/8 hose and 55 gallon batch tank. Roof and pre and post flat applications. DIY budget home build like pictured here but not with cheap ■■■ fish tank siphon hose. Lol.
Every one has their brand. Plenty of good and bad with each. With that being said I run one from Northern tool. They have replacement heads, I haven’t had to replace one since I got mine last year. I rarely fresh water rinse my pump. Biggest reason I went with them is availability. I can ride 30 mins either direction and be at a northern.
I think the biggest thing with 12v is just make peace with the fact that you will need to replace them more often than other items. And keep a spare in the tool box.
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I agree, Northern Tool 5.5 gpm $189 or $179 with quick connects
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same setup we run, but our Flojets are up to over $210 + shipping at this point.
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yep, plan on buyng 2 up front
Thanks guys.
How long will a good brand new battery run one before it slows down? A couple of hours??
I am horrible about plugging my trailer up. I’ve washed several CVS stores over a weeks time with no noticed decrease. Depends on the battery and what else it is running.
Hey guys, any feedback on the Everflow? I have the opportunity to buy two of these brand-new in the box from another washer, who went a different direction. What do you think?
I went with the Northern Tool 4gpm bleach pump. Been real happy with it as a part-timer. Replaced the head once but it’s because I used it as a sump pump to evacuate dirty water out of a low area on a driveway I was washing. I can’t speak to using it with 200-ft of hose or even 5/8” hose. But availability and price were what I was after and it hasn’t disappointed me.
a couple of days or probably 2 large roofs. You’re never running it continually.
Anyone have any experience with the pumps that PressureTek sell? I’ve been through two Northern Tool 4gpm bleach pumps and their replacement cartridges as well and after having to do 3/4 of a roof yesterday with a 2-gal pump up sprayer while manually refilling said sprayer I’m ready for another option. I’m looking at this one 5800 Series - 5 GPM - 12 Volt Pump - Pressure Tek , but will likely upgrade to the fully boxed set for the extra $99.
I maybe do half a dozen roofs a year and a few large driveways, but mostly just wanting to transfer bleach from tank to tank for batch mixing.
Remco is the brand that I’ve had the best luck with. Especially after swapping to an external relay.
As in the ones I’m seeing at Tractor Supply? I haven’t researched all of them, but the ones I’ve seen so far on TS’s website all have the quick connect ports on the pump themselves and I thought I read somewhere that those are less favorable to so end users.
You can get them at Tractor Supply or I usually get mine at Orscheln’s. The smaller Remco pump come with either quick connect ports or standard threaded ports. Two different part numbers I believe. I’ve never used the quick connect ones. I know for sure you can get the 5.5 and the 7.0 with standard ports. Then just wire up a snow plow/automotive relay and you’ll have a really reliable 12v system. Adding a heat sink is supposed to be a big help but I’ve never run one. I think they’re like $20 so maybe I’ll grab one and test it out. Can’t hurt.
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I’ve been using a 7gpm Remco for two seasons, once I adjusted the little allen screws it has been fine. After 180’ of hose it puts out about 4 gpm.
I can’t take credit, the guys on here told me about it.
That being said I’m super tempted to get the new 24v 10gpm pump next year.
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Bob modifies the pumps that he sells I know for a fact I used one for over 5 years as a transfer pump and never once rinsed it out definitely buy from him
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Best pumps by far 2 years on one and zero issues.
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Rural kin sells them too. I think they want like 219 for their 7gpm fatboy they call it.
I pulled the trigger on the PressureTek 5gpm 12v pump and did their “Pump in a box” upgrade. Should arrive in a few days. Until then, it’s hand siphoning to make a couple of small batches.
I liked the idea of the Northern Tool pump as it is my closest “supplier” of pressure washing stuff here in the middle of South Carolina, and it also had an easy to replace in the field pump cartridge. One cartridge failed due to me using it as a sump pump - no fault of its own -, the other three cartridges, I believe, failed in part to the internal leak detection device. I couldn’t find a replacement for this online unfortunately.
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