Surfactant tank can be small, yes.
You be fine on 55 for SH tank. Be careful though with the AR, I hear guys say that they use more SH with it vs traditional PW.
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That’s the first one I have seen, thanks seems like decent size as well that won’t take too much space.
Sooo just so I am clear as mud. Lol. I only need one water buffer tank (100gal ) seems like it will handle what I need and then maybe smaller sh tank ( somewhere around 25 gallon? And I should be able to plumb up for both machines of that correct?
Why do you feel you need ar45 instead of a 12v? Ar45 $1500 then 7gpm remco 100psi is i think $300.
I am asking because i have an ar45 myself and the reason being i am hoping to get a few fluted concrete buildings to wash. If you run ar45 you will need way way bigger buffer than 100 gallons in my opinion.
Why not just use 5.5 gpm to softwash with m5 twist maybe a shooter tip and downstream? If you want to do a roof or a nasty green retaining wall use 12v. You can even afford a proportioner, a remote system and a spare motor for less than ar plus plumbing and such
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It just seems like a lot of the ones that I follower seem to really like the ar and if taken care will outlast the electric pumps. If I were to do electric I would probably opt for the 24v I am thinking…? Now with that said… can probably replace electric pumps maybe 2 times for the 24v and 4 times for 12v ar to recoup the price. Which I feel that it will in long run. Just my opinion. If anyone else can help me with that decision I am open. Haven’t quite pulled the trigger yet. But in the next week I will be. Lol.
Buy spare parts for that AR you will need them. They notoriously leak…
I didn’t want to hear that lol
Sorry…just what I hear from different ones that have them.
Freedom softwash makes a dual 7gpm fully setup box. You can run one pump or 2 at same time. Pretty sure Racer is running it but not sure what he thinks.
I have a single 7gpm 100 psi and i think it is more than enough for roof wash. If your handy not very hard to add a second pump.
Ar45 if used properly looks to be fairly reliable but when things fail it causes leaks. You being in a van that may not be ideal.
I’m planning to implement some of the ideas from Doug Rucker’s video when I get around to building one. A lot of the info/videos I’ve been finding are all overseas since they tend to have the smaller transit vans.
Well we finally got all of the equipment! Long wait! Lol. I have been on here really trying to find a diagram of some sorts that would give me a good idea of how and what I need for plumbing the bandit 5.5 and the AR-45 systems with the proportioner system.
Check the gas powered diaphragm pump thread
Ok have some new questions. Why can’t you plumb down at the bottom of this tank that I will be using for sh and or soap? Seems like everyone puts in a draw tube through the top into the bottom of the tank with suction hose. I was wondering if putting a barb fitting and running suction hose of that from that bottom to the mixing valve setup work? Or why not to do that
Because you don’t want a possible leak. Drop tube through the top eliminates that possibility
I suppose so that makes sense specially being sh
Yep. SH will eat through the seals in a bulkhead fitting. Can happen suddenly and catastrophically, too. Happened to @squidskc Brodie a few years ago; he lost like 35 gallons inside his shop overnight…
Yikes ya don’t want that to happen especially inside the van ! Also for plumbing purposes I believe that I can move my unloaded to opposite side correct? But in doing that I don’t have to move the water supply inlet to the same side do I?
Yeah. Ideally you would mount it to an unloader block. But you can use either side of the pump for your supply and pressure lines. Whatever works best for your setup.
