Intro:
During cleaning with a pressure washer, (what you are cleaning needless to say here!) perhaps in between your work it may stir on your mind how do pressure washers work!
It is needless to say, a pressure washer is how much useful cleaning tool! You need to clean various thing on your indoors and outdoors with it. Therefore, playing with this pretty useful pet tool at first pulls your attention to know it all-around! If you don’t know A to Z about your tools-it is pretty uneasy to stay with its for a long time!
So let’s start to know about it-
Parts of a Pressure Washer Tool
Knowing the parts of a pressure washer will help you gather its work mechanism. Though it’s a heavy tool, it is not a complex tool.
- Hose Pipe
- Motor (electric/hydraulic/internal combusted)
- A Water Pump
- Inlet
- Trigger Gun
- Pressure Washer Nozzle Attachment
How does Pressure Washer Work?
With the name, most people think pressure work is a pressurized tool that works through heavy internal pressure. The fact is that the pressure washer itself is not a pressurized tool. Rather, it works to deliver a highly pressurized water flow to clean any stubborn debris from your targeted surface or objects.
When you turn on the pressure washer, it is powered by its engine/ motor. Upon starting the pressure washer, the water pump (or you can call this is impeller too) start to mix the water and the detergent in the reservoir.
Yes, the water pump is drawn in the reservoir, also sometimes allows the reservoir to get heat up to 60 to 200 F(if it is a hot water pressure washer).
Finally, the pump accelerates this mixed water to spray out through the exit hose inlet. There are different spray nozzles, that determine the water stream, and water spray pattern to the would-be-cleaned surface.
So it is very simple, all pressure washers mix the water with the detergent in the reservoir, and sprayed it out through the exit hose attachments (nozzle attachment). Before spraying the water, it becomes highly pressurized through the water pump present in the pressure washer.
Gas Pressure Washer Vs Electric Pressure Washers-The Difference in the Working Mechanism
Whether the gas engine models or the electric pressure washers, all work more or less in the same manner. Only the electric pressure washers deliver the water flow at lox max speed and at a longer stream. And the gas pressure washer exhilarates the cleaning power relatively up. Gas pressure washers are relatively designed to clean or unclog for a commercial or broader purpose.
However, gas pressure washers are high tools, perfect for heavy cleaning. The only trouble with this washer is, it produces fumes, which are dangerous for our inhalation system. Therefore it is a must to use this heavy tool only for outdoor purposes. It is also mentionable, as you have to run this tool using oil, and fuel, therefore, its maintenance cost is high.
On the other hand, electric pressure washers are cute, lighter, and smaller and there is no release of fumes or any extra hazard. This tool is perfect for indoor usage. If you have an electric plug at your outdoors, you can use these tools for outdoor lighter cleaning too.
For residential cleaning, an electric pressure washer is best. And for commercial or heavy cleaning gas powered one is a great choice.
So the only working mechanism difference is gas pressure washers run by gas or fuel, and the electric powered-pressure washer run by electricity.
How Does a Hot Water Pressure Washer Works?
Compared with cold water pressure, hot water pressure washers work great. To remove any dirt, or stain from the car surface, parking lot, patio furniture, driveway, back yard space, or other solid surface-hot water it takes minimal time to do this.
The science behind this is-hot water when mixed with detergent or soap-it easily can penetrate into the dirt and can loosen it from your targeted surface.
You can get a practical idea of why hot water pressure works better compared with cold water pressure. Just look inside your kitchen, why do we use hot water to remove the oil, grease, and fat dirt from our cooking utensils? Just like the same, hot water easily can penetrate all fat molecules and can loosen them to separate from the surface.
An additional point is, hot water also kills all microbes, which may create flu, and rashes when you get contact with your un-cleaned objects.
FAQs:
Do pressure washers need a hose?
Yes, they need it. If you count the engine or motor is the soul of a pressure washer. Then you must know, this motor or engine only drives the water pressure’s pump system. So to drive the pump properly additional water supply is needed. This additional water supply is made through a garden hose pipe.
What is the difference between a power washer and a pressure washer?
The power washer uses high-pressurized steam. But pressure washers do not use such a thing. They only use tap water which is unheated and normal. In the hot water pressure washer, there has an additional feature to heat the water only up to 60 to 200 F.
How does a pressure washer get water?
This tool has its own connection system with the garden hose pipe to bring the water. This tool also has another connection system with the pump squirts so that it can spray out the high-pressure water through another high-pressure hose pipe.
What is the most common problem with pressure washers?
Clogged Wand/Clogged O Ring/Stack Shaft/Cracked O Ring? Dirt Overloaded Spring are the major problem with pressure washers which led these tools not to deliver water at high pressure. To isolate such a problem, just hook up a water hose through the washer inlet. Turn the water passing by this water hose. If you can successfully do the water cycling, water will flaws out through the washer outlet.
Conclusion:
So whether you have a traditional pressure washer, a cold or hot whatever it is. Perhaps you also want to include the gas engine one or the electric one-whatever it is -more or less all pressure washer works the same! Only they could start differently, cleaning efficiency may differ, the working objects also could differ but believe me all pressure washer works very simply.
Finally, If you know how pressure washers work, it’s just a few minutes waiting for you to start your cleaning with your pressure washer!
Just go and start to clean the dirty car and muddy parking lot!
Good luck!
