Need help fine tuning my downstream injector

[Chris]

I am fairly new at using these downstream injectors. I was wondering what is the best dilution ratios with liquid soaps and degreasers. My chemical supplier told me to mix 1.5 gals of his liquid soap or degreaser in a 5 gal bucket and fill the rest up with water. I did this but the mix seems too diluted. I know that water also gets mixed with the premix when the downstreamer sucks it through the hose. Anybody know any tricks to fine tune this process? Thanks in advance!!

Chris

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[Hotwaterwizard]

Use math to figure it out. If your washer is say 4 gpm and your delution is suppose to be 1.5 to a 5 gallon pail, you can figure it out like this:
5gal-1.5gal of soap=3.5gal of water
3.5gal-4gpm= -.5gal of soap
1.5-.5=1gal
1gal+4gpm=5gal
that means at 4gpm you should use the soap streight without deluting it. The injector will do the mixing.

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[This message has been edited by Hot Water Wizard (edited April 12, 2001).]

 

[Larry L.]

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Depends alot on your chemicals as to your ratio,some are better then others.

1 to 1,,,,1/2 to 1,,,,,2 to 1,,,,3 to 1/2 depends.

also your orifice size plays a big part plus some have higher draw rates like 10% draw 15% draw 25% draw 50% sucker.

Also might add,fix the downstreamer with Q.C's as to unplug at end of day to clean.

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[Harold Brantley]

Chris, I'm afraid I don't quite follow Wiz's math, but here is how I do it. If 1.5 gal soap is in a 5 gal container, that is 3 gal in a 10 gal container or 30%. You may want to check, but some chemicals say to take this 5 gal container and drop your chemical injector hose in it. In that case, if your chemical injector draws 10% then you will get 3% soap applied to the surface. If you use 100% soap and draw 10% with the injector, you will get 10% soap applied to the surface. You need to determine the percent draw of your injector, it is very simple to do. Hope this helps.

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