casvg5
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- Jun 24, 2013
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I HATE cords. I hate wires. I SUPER HATE hoses on the ground.
Ive also never been a fan of the gas blowers we dry cars with, mixing gas etc. Just as annoying to me is the gas power washer you must pull start, and go back to shut off, leading to many trips back and fourth, and much wasted time. Having spent a lot of time in my former engineering career prior to moving to design work, I was involved in "LEAN"ing out manufacturing processes and increasing output of systems. It bothers me to my core to waste footsteps and minutes let alone seconds.
So I bought this electric power washer, tore it apart, put half the crap in the box and took it all to the dumpster. I then powder coated the frame, and drilled holes for new mounting locations for the components I did want to keep.
I rotated the farm 90 degrees, moved the motor forward, relocated the hose reel to the top, and a few other changes all to make the components usable when mounted nearly flush to the wall. I also hooked up the water supply with some clear hose and barbs-garden hose fittings. Its all hung on the wall with some uni-strut, powder coated of course.
Everything is available from Home Depot for ~$200. The unit has less power than the gas powered we switched over from, but theres not too much on a car that can actually hold up to 3500psi anyway.
Now its as simple as turning on the power washer, turning on the water, and getting to work, easily moving around the vehicle having pressure when I need it and being able to set down the wand and get back to hand work without that trip to the shrieking pressure washer to shut it off and regain my sense of hearing. (My neighbors will probably be pleased as well) Hit the off switch, roll of the hose, walk away.
Also, heres my complete water purification system on the other side of the wall. My customers and friends know how fond of my water I am, its kind of my "thing". Water nerd.
Ive also never been a fan of the gas blowers we dry cars with, mixing gas etc. Just as annoying to me is the gas power washer you must pull start, and go back to shut off, leading to many trips back and fourth, and much wasted time. Having spent a lot of time in my former engineering career prior to moving to design work, I was involved in "LEAN"ing out manufacturing processes and increasing output of systems. It bothers me to my core to waste footsteps and minutes let alone seconds.
So I bought this electric power washer, tore it apart, put half the crap in the box and took it all to the dumpster. I then powder coated the frame, and drilled holes for new mounting locations for the components I did want to keep.
I rotated the farm 90 degrees, moved the motor forward, relocated the hose reel to the top, and a few other changes all to make the components usable when mounted nearly flush to the wall. I also hooked up the water supply with some clear hose and barbs-garden hose fittings. Its all hung on the wall with some uni-strut, powder coated of course.
Everything is available from Home Depot for ~$200. The unit has less power than the gas powered we switched over from, but theres not too much on a car that can actually hold up to 3500psi anyway.
Now its as simple as turning on the power washer, turning on the water, and getting to work, easily moving around the vehicle having pressure when I need it and being able to set down the wand and get back to hand work without that trip to the shrieking pressure washer to shut it off and regain my sense of hearing. (My neighbors will probably be pleased as well) Hit the off switch, roll of the hose, walk away.
Also, heres my complete water purification system on the other side of the wall. My customers and friends know how fond of my water I am, its kind of my "thing". Water nerd.
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