Looking to start, Help would be great.

[Honeymonger]

Hello All,

I'm looking into cleaning carpets and I could use some advice as far as "is what I'm thinking viable or would I end up lighting something on fire?" sort of things. I'm hardly an electrician, so any help there would be most appreciated. For now, I'm starting small and working on a small budget.


My plan to start is to use the Detailer PRO 6 Gal Carpet Extractor Kit w/Heat 100psi from Unoclean. I'm not sure exactly how many amps the unit draws, but by my best guesses I believe I'll need a generator. For this I'm looking at the Predator 8750 Watt Inverter Generator. I'm looking at the Oreck Orbiter Ultra Multi-Purpose Floor Machine as a way to ruffle/agitate/ loosen any dirt before vacuuming, although my Kirby vacuum may have an attachment for that. I already own a Kirby Ultimate G Serie vacuum, so that's covered. Lastly, I would likely run an extension cord from the generator; I was looking at a 50', 10 Gauge, 20 Amp cord from ULINE.

I'm still figuring out the chemical side for now. But I want to get advice as to if this set up would work or not. I'd rather learn here that this is a catastrophe waiting than actually take part in said catastrophe. I -think- that I have the correct generator for the job, but I'm SUPER unsure about the extension cord. My thoughts for the cord being, I'm not sure if customers would be cool with me running a generator indoors, also, considering proper ventilation.


Again, any help here is greatly appreciated. Please forgive me if what you have just read is an electrical nightmare. Any tips, pointers, or general thoughts are welcome.

Thanks.

 

[TomSmithonbmw]

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[james belcastro]

Hello All,

I'm looking into cleaning carpets and I could use some advice as far as "is what I'm thinking viable or would I end up lighting something on fire?" sort of things. I'm hardly an electrician, so any help there would be most appreciated. For now, I'm starting small and working on a small budget.


My plan to start is to use the Detailer PRO 6 Gal Carpet Extractor Kit w/Heat 100psi from Unoclean. I'm not sure exactly how many amps the unit draws, but by my best guesses I believe I'll need a generator. For this I'm looking at the Predator 8750 Watt Inverter Generator. I'm looking at the Oreck Orbiter Ultra Multi-Purpose Floor Machine as a way to ruffle/agitate/ loosen any dirt before vacuuming, although my Kirby vacuum may have an attachment for that. I already own a Kirby Ultimate G Serie vacuum, so that's covered. Lastly, I would likely run an extension cord from the generator; I was looking at a 50', 10 Gauge, 20 Amp cord from ULINE.

I'm still figuring out the chemical side for now. But I want to get advice as to if this set up would work or not. I'd rather learn here that this is a catastrophe waiting than actually take part in said catastrophe. I -think- that I have the correct generator for the job, but I'm SUPER unsure about the extension cord. My thoughts for the cord being, I'm not sure if customers would be cool with me running a generator indoors, also, considering proper ventilation.


Again, any help here is greatly appreciated. Please forgive me if what you have just read is an electrical nightmare. Any tips, pointers, or general thoughts are welcome.

Thanks.

you really dont need a generator if your wheeling it into peoples houses, you would only need a generator if you have a powerful electric truckmount setup like a mytee water hog / air hog setup, and that machine only has 1 3 stage vacuum motor its not gonna be very much vacuum or pressure if you have the budget get a used 500psi extractor with dual 3 stage vacs atleast. I would highly recommend any mytee machine with 2 LX motors its like a small truckmount it has so much vacuum. But this is all my opinion

 

[Canada-Eh]

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6 gallon is too small for residential carpet, as is 100 psi. So....go 12 gallon and 220 psi with heater.

 

[CleanerPro]

Hello All,

I'm looking into cleaning carpets and I could use some advice as far as "is what I'm thinking viable or would I end up lighting something on fire?" sort of things. I'm hardly an electrician, so any help there would be most appreciated. For now, I'm starting small and working on a small budget.


My plan to start is to use the Detailer PRO 6 Gal Carpet Extractor Kit w/Heat 100psi from Unoclean. I'm not sure exactly how many amps the unit draws, but by my best guesses I believe I'll need a generator. For this I'm looking at the Predator 8750 Watt Inverter Generator. I'm looking at the Oreck Orbiter Ultra Multi-Purpose Floor Machine as a way to ruffle/agitate/ loosen any dirt before vacuuming, although my Kirby vacuum may have an attachment for that. I already own a Kirby Ultimate G Serie vacuum, so that's covered. Lastly, I would likely run an extension cord from the generator; I was looking at a 50', 10 Gauge, 20 Amp cord from ULINE.

I'm still figuring out the chemical side for now. But I want to get advice as to if this set up would work or not. I'd rather learn here that this is a catastrophe waiting than actually take part in said catastrophe. I -think- that I have the correct generator for the job, but I'm SUPER unsure about the extension cord. My thoughts for the cord being, I'm not sure if customers would be cool with me running a generator indoors, also, considering proper ventilation.


Again, any help here is greatly appreciated. Please forgive me if what you have just read is an electrical nightmare. Any tips, pointers, or general thoughts are welcome.

Thanks.

Don't do a portable.