Hey all, I recently started getting some bigger jobs and was running out of mix way too quickly with my 5 gal bucket so I upgraded to a 35 gal chem tank. Do y’all plumb these so that there’s always a chem pickup sitting in it or you just drop it in the opening like you do on a bucket? I was trying to figure out a system but I couldn’t figure out 1) if it would be a good idea to let the pickup sit in there all the time and 2) how you would “pull” the pickup when rinsing. Put a ball valve in the line? That doesn’t seem right but Idk.
On a side note, my 5.5@2500 machine with 20% injector is pulling 5gals of soap every 7 minutes on a 200’ hose. Is that a little quick? I guess the math works out but that just seems so fast!
My 35 gallon chem tank is set up exactly like @Innocentbystander is talking about except I use 2 - two way valves. Shut off chems. Turn on water from the buffer tank.
@mark44 The rest of the hose is cut to length without much room to spare. I’d have to use two barbs and two short runs of hose to even connect it to the ball valve. I don’t mind the extra .004 seconds especially since I get stainless steel out of the deal. Lol
Stop using high draw chemical injector. I had the same problem. I was using almost double the amount of SH. I went back to what to regular injector because of it. I believe the high draw is more beneficial to guys with 8 gpm machines. I don’t know for sure because I don’t have an 8.
Basically just this stuck thru the top of a 65 gallon tank with some marine caulk around the pvc pipe and the drilled opening. Drill the hole smaller than the pipe, heat it with a torch for a second and push pipe thru. Seals it pretty good.
@squidskc liked ur set up there, I’m working on trying to get my trailer set up a Lil better then it was… so I went to Home Depot today I’m gonna run Pvc ball valves try to get it all set up before I get to busy.
