Power Washing and Roof Cleaning Forum

Hey Andy,..I'm not looking to make these and have it be part of my viable income. So making them more "sellable" isn't my goal,..this is about as affordable as they get if made by me,.and if someone wants one they can buy it great,. and if not,.I'm not gonna  cut corners by crimping instead of soldering and eliminating things like dielectric grease and shrink tubing so I can make them more sellable buy being able to make them at lower cost.  I am going to put them together for those who may want one and they will be made the same as I make my own.

More affordable is putting them together instead of buying, and I've explained how to do it on here,..I'm just now offering to do the work for those who aren't comfortable and certainly not figuring selling to the masses.

Not sure what you mean by having to be "cleaned daily",..especially in regards to the context it seems to be written? Anyone using a soap injector should be rinsing it through with clean water at the end of every job anyhow,..so not sure where the issue is,.doesn't change anything as far as routine goes.

You wrote: "worked like a charm for a very short period of time" Short is a relative term so not sure how long that was for you. What actually quits working on your remote?

I consistently get about a month out of each solenoid and they are cheap and I assemble them to make the solenoids easy to replace.  (And once anyone uses a remote they will see the cost of replacing a solenoid is a non issue )   If I had to replace one every week it would be well worth it,..complete and total game changer where DS'ing is concerned.  

**Pull start PW obviously has no battery to run anything 12V. So as not to discriminate, Ha,Ha,..I can make a remote unit that will work even you don't have an electric start PW. 

Jeff

-- Edited by Jeff Wible on Tuesday 22nd of November 2016 06:17:20 AM

Thanks Eric,..I am not in my downtime yet ,.I will be working on them during the off season. (Soon I guess,Ha,Ha) What I plan on doing is making them per request,.but I'm not gonna ask for payment until the unit is ready to send out. I will mark you down as wanting one and I will be glad to make one for you.

Thank You,
Jeff

Ok Hank,..thank you!

Jeff

My point of, mine worked for a short amount of time had nothing to do with you. I stated I didn't do the things you did to put it together.
My point about price was you mentioned how inexpensive it was to build these things. Even compared it to a product a dealer sells for more money to make a living. Compared to what it actually cost it seems you have figured out things can get more costly when preparing to put on the market. Im no mind reader. I had no idea of your intentions. I simply stated if you kept things affordable they should sell. I had the other one and it didnt last long either.
As far as taking them apart. I dont read every comment of every post but I do remember you saying somewhere something about taking them apart to clean them out.

Jeff Wible wrote:

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Thank Eric,..I'm writing down those who want one.

You guys will be so glad to have one of these,..the difference in effort you'll save is so well worth it. Just sooo much easier,.and in my case I know I save soap,..much more accurate with with the soap on and off and your fingertips.

Jeff

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 Awesome! Thanks.

No Eric,..it's not,..to have full rinse you would have to by-pass the soap injector.. Which is where the by-pass valve is nice,..but,..for me the convenience of the soap on and off at my fingertips and no running back and forth or having someone run back and forth far outweighs the benefit of full flow rinsing. I also prefer full flow rinse,.but with this remote or any remote you will not have that because you are still shoving water through the soap injector when rinsing.  

I will make sure there is information regarding this. 

If you want to change your mind not a big deal.


What I did though to eliminate the need to remove the soap injector for when I do want full flow,..like using a SC,..I brought a "T" off the unloader and ran a hose into the other side of the hose reel with a ball valve,..and now when I want to run full flow I just turn the ball valve and let the soap injector in place.

Jeff

-- Edited by Jeff Wible on Tuesday 22nd of November 2016 10:54:07 AM

Andy Hinson wrote:

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My point of, mine worked for a short amount of time had nothing to do with you. I stated I didn't do the things you did to put it together.
My point about price was you mentioned how inexpensive it was to build these things. Even compared it to a product a dealer sells for more money to make a living. Compared to what it actually cost it seems you have figured out things can get more costly when preparing to put on the market. Im no mind reader. I had no idea of your intentions. I simply stated if you kept things affordable they should sell. I had the other one and it didnt last long either.
As far as taking them apart. I dont read every comment of every post but I do remember you saying somewhere something about taking them apart to clean them out.

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 Yes,..Andy,..they are cheap to make,..not a big secret among us here,..I've posted the cost for everyone to see. . I have already determined what it costs to make one and sell it and the cost of shipping,..no surprises here.  I figure I'm just giving anyone interested an option is all. The markup is to make it worth me doing is all,.. And if someone doesn't like the mark up on them then they don't have to buy.  I've talked on here extensively about what is needed to build it yourself,.but some may just not want to,..that's up to them. 

And no,.these aren't really being prepared to market. Yes they are for sale,.but I'm not planning on marketing them,..it is per request,.not really marketing.   

I probably did mention somewhere about having to take one apart and clean debris from it,.or maybe explaining how easy they are to take apart if needed to clean??   .but that would fall under the shit happens category,..NOT daily cleaning category.   All of the equipment we use in this service needs extra attention once in while,..but it's not the norm. And debris getting in one would be user error.

 

Jeff

-- Edited by Jeff Wible on Tuesday 22nd of November 2016 12:55:12 PM

no i want one

@Joe,..Got you down as wanting one,..Thanks.

Andy,.it depends on where the by-pass valve is located in line. I essentially use a by-pass as I described above,..but even a a soap injector by itself will NOT work with a by-pass opened up to full flow. So,.yea,.it depends on where you have it located inline. Kind of hard to explain.

Jeff

Hey Art,.yea I'm sure it's able to be done. I just wasn't sure where Andys is located so I wasn't sure how to answer. I mean,..I essentially already do that,...just in a different configuration. My by-pass starts at the unloader, and is "T" off,..one hose to each side of the hose reel. To DS I have the "other" side shut,..and to run full flow for SC I turn the "other" side on. And that makes my by-pass,..which actually works like the original by-pass we are all familiar with. But I'm sure it can all be done from one side,.I just didn't want that big loop of hose in the way.

So with that scenario,..if my remote unit would quit working for some reason,..I can use the ball valve I have mounted on the other side of the reel as my by-pass,..because I know when I happen to forget to shut it before starting and I go to start soaping,..it will not pull soap with full flow through the reel.

Was very irritating the first time (And only time) I did it,Ha,Ha,....I thought something was wrong with the remote unit and it was opening up to pull soap,,..after about 15 minutes of fooling around I noticed the valve on the other side of the reel opened up,...all I had to do was turn the valve,Ha,Ha,....I never forgot that after that,..and now I aslo turn the valve to the shut position at the end of everyday.

Jeff

Mine is a 3/8 ball valve coupled directly to the machine with a short hose to a tee fitting.
The injector is coupled between the ball valve and the tee.
When injecting the ball valve is open to go thru injector. When not injecting the ball valve is turn to direct flow around injector.
The reason I mentioned it was I never thought of the bypass causing a problem for the remote.
Like I said earlier it worked like a champ on about 4 house washes and if I remember correctly it would no longer shut the chems off. No matter which way the valve is turned.

Need some pics! lol

We will check it. 

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