Tthe Black Box pressure cleaner from Australian Pump’s is being adopted by plumbers for cleaning drains all over the country.

The high pressure blaster is easily converted into a portable mini jetter that is ideal for clearing small drains in apartment blocks or even two storey buildings.

“The Aussie Black box is a heavy duty, electric drive pressure cleaner that packs a real punch,” said Aussie Pumps’ product manager Andre du Toit.

“It’s a single phase unit with a 10 amp plug that you can use anywhere. Plumbers tell us that by attaching a ¼” worm hose in place of the normal lance it can be used to effectively clear blocked shower drains, downpipes and small grease traps,” he said.

The Black Box is Aussie’s 2,000 PSI, compact pressure cleaner designed for commercial cleaning applications. To convert the pressure cleaner into a jetter, the standard Vario lance is replaced with a 15 metre ¼” sewer hose with a drain cleaning nozzle.

The super flexible sewer hose is fed down the drain with the pressure to the nozzle controlled by the gun trigger. The water force delivered through the reverse facing jets propels the nozzle forward through chokes in small diameter drains.

The Black box is portable, doesn’t produce fumes, and is quiet to use. These factors make it ideal for use indoors especially in high density urban areas that are noise sensitive.

The mini jetter version of the Black Box is expected to be essential gear not only for plumbers, but property and strata maintenance service providers and retirement home caretakers.

“You know the Black Box is different from most single phase pressure cleaners when you pick it up for the first time,” said Andre.  “The machine weighs 30kg so you know you have got something that means business,” he said.

The weight of the machine comes from the heavy duty triplex pump, close coupled to a 4 pole slow speed 1,450rpm motor with a whopping 2.2kW of power.

The pump end is built like professional heavy duty machines that cost 3 or 4 times the price.  It comes with ceramic pistons, a heavy duty brass head and an integrated pressure gauge.

The Aussie Black Box is built in Europe’s leading piston pump factory to Aussie Pump’s specific requirements.

The Aussie Black Box comes standard with a Vario lance designed for high flow or high pressure cleaning.  The Vario lance also enables the operator to vary the spray angle depending on the job being undertaken. A turbo lance, designed to provide effective working pressures of up to 3,400 PSI is also included.

“Everything we did with the development of the Black Box was designed to make the tradesman life easier” said Andre.  “It’s just a neat piece of kit that every plumber should carry in their ute tray tool box,” he said.

The Black Box is available from Aussie Pump Distributors, selected Tool shop chains and Plumbing outlets. For further information check out the Aussie Pump website www.aussiepumps.com.au.