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Bought 1 a year ago, used on 4 big driveway cleans. Handle blew apart and started leaking water. My machine was calibrated to accommodate the surface cleaner so not sure what happened . Shit cleaner tbh . Way better out there . Cheaper isn’t always good
Hey mate. I bought the 20" version. I have a 15.1lpm 4200psi machine. I cleaned a pebblecrete driveway yesterday but it was so slow. I am thinking maybe I need different nozzles but I can't find any info on the nozzles that come with it.
@@7Tix_JohnnyHart Hello again mate. I am still struggling to find the nozzle sizes on this sc. I noticed on Sydney tools it says 1.5mm 25 Nozzles but that doesnt help. Is at a 15025 nozzle or a 25015. I can't find anywhere to actually contact super hydro themselves to ask.
I cannot see any stamps on the nozzles and the manual doesn't specify. You are running a 15l machine so if you go to 15o25 you have a 15 degree pattern and 2.5gpm flow per nozzle. So perhaps a bit too high for your machine depending on the pressure you run. The 25015 will give you a 25 degree pattern with a 1.5 gpm. So that is 1.5gpm x 3.8 us gallon x 2nozzles = 11.4 lpm. Which is probably where you want to be to keep the pressure up. The other one will give 20lpm so could drop you pressure. But remember that Bernoulli's equation says if you restrict flow you up pressure and vice-versa. Off course it could be metric where the 25 is lpm but that won't make sense cause then you are flowing 50lpm. Hope I have not confused the issue.
I read about an Aussi guy who designed and built a 30ft cat with Dory hull. Super simple method. He joined the the side panels to make one big panel. Then attached stringers, on the flat. Then loosely joined at stern with transom, and at bow . Then pushed in two bulkheads. Fit further bulkheads. Fit bottom and top and trim. Hey presto.
In your launch video it looks like you have a Honda BF2.3? How fast does it push Janus? Any issues with ventilation in a chop? I've noticed a few Tiki 21 owners complaining about ventilation even with a 20 inch long shaft outboard.
6knots Max and 4 knots all day. We have motored all day too. In 20 knots of wind we can make about 2 knots. More than that it's a struggle. It was great for our purpose in calm water. We have had it in choppy gulf conditions and because of the position of the motor we did not have an issue as the motor is fwd of the rear beam which is much closer to centre than the TIKI 21. Ideally a 6hp motor would be great.
@@7Tix_JohnnyHart Thanks Ferdinand, that's very helpful. One more question: if you had to do it over again, would you build Janus, or something else? Say a Strider or an Eagle? I have plans for Janus, but I still can't decide if it's the right balance between comfort and a boat that's easy to handle/fun to sail. I made a mock up of the interior between BH4 and BH5 and I find it to be functional, although certainly more cramped than I would like.
@@burritoplex8402 Janus was a good learning curve. If I had to do it again I would build the latest designs as close to 30ft as I can get whist being trailer able. Mast erection is always a problem so if you are going to raise it a lot then stay smaller but if it is occasional or you have access to a simple mast crane then go big. Building space is obviously a factor.
@@7Tix_JohnnyHart Thanks Ferdinand. I've found bigger boats are less fun to sail, and are also much less likely to be finished in a reasonable time frame, if at all! The Eagle 24 is probably the largest boat I would like to own, and is also the largest boat I would consider building. Considering the eagle is not probably not that much more work than Janus, and it has a lot of advantages (+2ft extra headroom, drier "cockpit", etc), I may decide to go for the eagle instead. Or I may just buy an Elf 26 or Strider club abroad and stuff it in a shipping container ;)
@@7Tix_JohnnyHart I have recently got a Gypsy. It is amazing just how much space in the hulls. If I was building one from scratch, I would consider not fitting a centre cabin. It would then be transportable, if not ‘trainable’. One thing I did notice in the three days I sailed her, stuck on a mooring in a full gale, the windage is very high.
What was the cost of the build and did you find you were able to build it in about the amount of hours they say it takes? 400 hours I think is what the website says...I think, I forget.
@@thetraveler2722 took us about 620 from memory to get it in the water but spent another 100 or so to do other things. All up my log stopped at about 780 I think. That includes the trailer build.
