Just received a used Santinelli 9000. Had a 7070 that died, bought the 9000 on Ebay. It has two pumps. The 7070 only had one. Can anyone tell me why? I don't have a 9000 Manual, because I thought one would be sent with the edger, so I have to get that, but meanwhile, I need to get this baby up and running yesterday! Any help would sure be appreciated....
Costafreak- The 9000 has water for the wheels and a water curtain for the back of the grinding chamber. Look on the back of the edger, there are two plugs for the two pumps. Pump 1 is for the water that goes over the wheels, pump 2 is the back water curtain. When you cut poly, only the back water curtain water will stay on to wash down the poly swarf. Easiest thing to do is label your pumps and hoses so you always know which one goes where when you are changing your water. Colored tape works great or number them, whatever works for you. Good luck.
JDH - Thanks for the help! Are the pumps the same animal? Why does it matter which pump goes into which port? Also, I found the PDF file of the owner's manual online. It talks about a sock to filter the water as it enters the tank from the edger. Had the same recommendation on my 7070, but I never used one, and it lasted 11 years. Do I need a filtering sock?
Yes. Same animal. They need to be in the correct port to run properly. ie. if you have them backwards, you will have water running over the wheels when it's cutting poly instead of dry, as it needs to be. As far as filtering, a pair of knee-high nylons works great and is cheap. Two of the most important things with an edger are clean tracer and clean water. Filtering out all that debris rather than running it back through the pumps and then the edger will help preserve the life of your machine. I would not run an edger with recirculating water without filtering. The best thing you can do is change to direct water.
Not to mention making cleanup of the pumps and buckets easier
Not +1, but +10
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