Request Time...What would you like?
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Topic: Request Time...What would you like?
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Subject: Request Time...What would you like?
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 2:11pm
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As I go thru many of the articles I wrote from 2001 to 2004(over 900 of them), I see that about 400 or so were written on TMs and topics related to them. Way too much info to post it all. I have also done articles on most of the most popular accessories used in the industy and how to hot rod them to make them work better as well. This includes pieces on how to improve performance on portable machines, RX20's, Rotovacs, upholstry tools, wands and many more subjects like marketing your business to increase both profit and sales.So, if some of you would like to tell me where your main interest lies in this industry, I will try to post stuff that is of interest to you.
Now I know that some of you here will say no more posts is what you want.lol. That is fine too. But I only want to post stuff here that is interest to the MAJORITY of readers here. I can't please everyone, nor am I going to try.Those that dont want to read what the majority is wanting can scroll on by.I await your responses. Please post them here.Next week, I shall post stuff related to what interests the majority of the readers here if I can find it in my files. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 3:10pm
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So now were stuck with SGK's greats hits? A popular selection of past and present hit's of the 60's 70' & 80's ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 3:51pm
| slow down sgk... I need to catch my breath |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 3:57pm
He's got typing diarrhea
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Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 4:12pm
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No stuff from those decades Doug. But those were the decades that I learned the most about how airflow works, starting with rebuilding chevy motors in 1967 when I turned 14. By 1969 I was porting and polishing the cylinder heads to help a friend produce 600 HP race motors for his Vette.
No, the fact is I did not publish any articles on this technical stuff until 2000 when I got my first decent computer that could be connected to the internet and go on the message boards. Back then(in 2000)I could only type maybe 10 to 15 words a minute on the keyboard, so not much got put online that year. By May 2001, I was up to 30 to 40 wpm so started publishing the articles that my experience of the previous 30 years had given me. How come I am just getting round to putting this stuff out now(a second time) after being here over 2 years already? Because I had been holding it back. 3 years ago(before the Kleenkuip board came about)after I brought out glides and signed an agreement with Hydro-Force to distribute them worldwide, I was going to use part of the $50,000 to $100,000US I was expecting to receive each year in royalties, to operate my own Board, much like Kleenkuip is now. I was going to use much of the 800+ articles already written and published online as the basis of a technical library for cleaners to use and refer to, with a technical question and answer section to help with on going questions that arise on a daily basis. All that had to be put on hold when my problems with the glides started happening back in October of 2003. I finally realized a couple of days ago that what Ted wants to do with this board and what I wanted to do with a board of my own were pretty close to the same. We both want it to be a knowledge resource that cleaners can refer to and learn from. My association with Ted goes a long way back to 1978 in Toronto. Back then I was a salesman for a chemical supply house, and Ted became my first supplier that set me up in the carpet cleaning business with one of those old red steamex machines and a wand and 5 lbs of detergent(hide?). The rest is history. I think that Ted is one of the very best Distributors in the business, not only because he knows his business, but because I know that he genuinly cares for his customers, and often puts their interest ahead of his own. He may not have the best prices around, which he admits, but he more than makes that up with his customer service. A guy like that deserves my help and support.Now that the decision is made not to operate my own board, I am turning over all my articles written these last 6 years to this board and it's readers. I want to play whatever role I can to help this board reach it's full potential. Now you know........the rest of the story. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: thermedix
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 5:38pm
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Holy verbal diaria!
------------- It`s not how far you fall...it`s how high you bounce back up... |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 5:46pm
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Someone flush the toilet? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: thermedix
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 6:15pm
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Ken, you said you would post what the majority wanted, your topic for this thread was "Request time... What would you like", yet you have not spoken of you own topic, look at what the majority of people who are posting want, they don`t want to read a 1000000 word essay on you working on an old car or w/e your talking about. I appreciate the fact that you have attained knowledge , perhaps unique knowledge in certain areas over the years, and you bring some interesting ideas to the table, but really can`t we all. ------------- It`s not how far you fall...it`s how high you bounce back up... |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 6:40pm
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I do get carried away at times, or off topic. Ask clear questions and I will try to give less than 500 word answers. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: Ninja-wand
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 7:32pm
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I have a request....
Can ya get some nipples reduction done???
------------- I'll make you TAP OUT!!! |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 7:45pm
LOL. That already happened Ninja. When you saw me in that picture I was 230 lbs, and they did stick out abit. Now I am just 190 lbs and they dont do that anymore. 
When I go to Kleen Kuip in the Spring, I will get a new picture taken to put up on the board as well as my website. I need to because people that see me now do not recognize me now that I am back to the same weight as I was in high school. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 7:48pm
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Dennis likes those nipples. ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 7:51pm
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He does. He would not stop hitting on me, eh? ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 8:00pm
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You mean you were that full of s*it back in highschool to?? wow? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 8:22pm
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Dennis's screen saver is a picture of Kenny and his nipples. ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: pilediver
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 8:31pm
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Hey, what happened to Dennis? It's not like him to not jump in and slam Ken.
OK I have a question. What about this running 2.5 hoses and also what about running straight 2 inch to the wand. And what kind of hose can you use for 2 inch near the wand that would be more flexible as regular hose is a PITA around beds and dressers? ------------- http://www.expertcarpetcare.ca>Carpet Cleaning in Victoria BC |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 9:20pm
| Talk to Greenie. He knows hoses.1-866-GET-TEFLON |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 9:25pm
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Bob: Chuck(Dennis)only pops in if he thinks he has got something negative to say that you guys dont yet know about. Even a broken record like him needs a rest. I heard that he is pissed that my nipples are not there like before as well.
Now on the hose size thing, there is alot of hot air being blown around by guys that make money selling it.Most guys that clean primarily residential carpet do not need more than 100 or 150 ft of house at least 90% of the time or more.Look at these numbers on flow capacity: 2.5" hose will flow 700 cfm @12"HG 2.0" hose will flow 500 cfm @12"hg 1.5" hose will flow 275 cfm @12"hg 1.5" wand will flow 255 cfm @12"hg- On carpet@200 cfm with glide 2.0" Wand will flow 500 cfm @12 hg- On carpet@225 cfm with glide Now notice that the wand will not flow even up to the capacity of a 10 ft whip hose- when the wand is on the carpet working! If you just want to move more air with it off the carpet, then it make a difference in the sound it makes as another 50 cfm go thru it. But that is not what we want right? You can also see that 2" hose can flow 500 cfms on a 100 ft length of hose as well.Problem is, for most that is far above what their equipment puts out and their wands will flow, even with the glides on.Cleanco machines with a 45 blower will not move more than about 250 cfm at the blower, machines like Dougs Performers are only good for 300 cfm as well. Both types will not flow much more than 200 cfms even with glides on their wands. So how do you need a bigger hose that will move 700 cfms? IMO, you don't. Frictional losses in the hose are slightly lower, but not enough to warrent buying this stuff. Those that use over 200 ft of hose from the truck for commercial work will see a benefit in useing the first 100 ft from the truck in it, but that is not most of us. Even if your cfm was to bump up 20 more cfms from it's use, most of you would not notice. It does boost performance on all blowers of 5.6 or larger that put out more than 500 cfms at the blower. But again, that is not most of us. I use 10 ft whips on all wands that are 1.5" and suffer no performance lose. The Ti wands and CMP wands get direct 2" hose of course. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 10:55pm
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SGK when you dual wand the blower moves more air does it not? Now you have 2 2" hoses much less restriction on the blower. So to gain you would have to replumb your blower to 2.5" to make any difference. Some are running 2 2" hoses than reducing to one to go into the house. that I think is a waste. What's your take? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 11/November/2006 at 11:16pm
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No Doug, when you dual wand the blower does not move more air. It take a set amount of air with every rotation of the lobes. What happens when you dual wand is that you stop losing vacuum to the relief valve. More air is now coming in through 2 hoses. This lowers the lift from say 15"HG at the tank to around 12"HG. Thus if the relief is a Kunkle set at 14"HG, it never gets to open.The blower has already got 2.5" inlet and exhaust openings if it is a #45 blower. Using 2 2" hoses to the house is a waste for most systems. It does lower friction losses in the vacuum hoses some, but since the glided wands that most use will not flow over 200 cfms in most cases, it is an expensive way to gain a very small performance improvement. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 12/November/2006 at 10:35am
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Sure alot conflicting theories regarding this topic? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 12/November/2006 at 1:50pm
Don't even mention the heat topic................................oops! ------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 12/November/2006 at 2:17pm
| another blower on a clutch with a seperate tank! |
Posted By: Hammy
Date Posted: 12/November/2006 at 2:47pm
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You would need a bigger truck.
------------- Could somebody just clean my carpets! |
Posted By: Superglide Ken
Date Posted: 12/November/2006 at 2:58pm
That is because most people either are just guessing or repeating a theory they read or heard somewhere. Most will not spend the $1000+US that it costs to buy a good anemometer guage to actually see if they are right about what they are saying. Then they need to know how to use it right. On a TM system, you need to block off the vacuum relief so that the air that enters the hose and wand is the only air going in when you do your measurement, UNLESS you want to find the NET amount of air going into the wand during use conditions. Remember that most vacuum releifs start opening at only 8" HG. By the time the vacuum level hits 15"HG as much as 1/2 the airflow coming into the system is coming into the relief valve, and not the wand where you want it. Most guys cannot understand that this is happening. They cannot see or touch it, so their mind can not understand it. That is why confusion exists. ------------- Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs. |
doug wrote:Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 12/November/2006 at 4:26pm
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Well it is a hot topic of disscussion? ------------- Just My opinion |