I’ve been buying the Everflo 5.5’s for a while now and they only seem to last me abt a month a piece, I am always sure to run straight water through after I am done for the day. Does anyone have any tips or a better/more reliable brand?
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Rinse it out with at least 5 gallons of water immediately after each use. Rinse it out after each job and not at the end of the day. If that doesn’t help try switching brands.
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I’ve been doing that but still no luck, wanted to see if anyone had a brand they reccomend before I order another one. Could rain also be contributing to their demise? I try to cover them when it rains but my trailer is always sitting outside at night
I don’t believe rain would affect it at all and hasn’t is my experience. I don’t have a brand to suggest, I use cheap Amazon ones but they last a while. That being said I don’t use em very often.
There are quite a few of us who use a Northern Tool 5.5 gpm pump. It has outlasted my 7 gpm Delavan and I use it more. I know @Racer has had good luck with them too and recommends them.
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578549_200578549
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Rain won’t hurt it. I have 6 or 7 of the NT one’s in operation, one being a dedicated SH pump that gets used every day. Probably at least a year old and sits out in weather. I do run 4-5 gal of water thru after each use.
Make sure you don’t have any air leaks on the inlet side which would lead to excessive cycling and pre-mature damage of the pump.
@Racer you use the specific northern tool bleach pump or just the regular one @marinegrunt linked?
I just use the regular ones. With my coupons I get periodically from NT and when they put on sale I can usually get for around $125ish.
Where would one be able to find these coupons?
But something from them or setup an account. They send them out about every other month or so. They send a $5, 10, $20. Over a $100 purchase you can use the $20. So like on the 5.5 pumps they run on sale periodically for like $139. So with coupon it’s like 119.
