Electric Pressure Washers: Why we use them

We have talked about being mobile and the advantages that it gives to our customers. The ability to come to the job sight saving them time, money and work. Sometimes we the, professional cleaner, are asked to do a different job or a new cleaning service that we normally do not do. Cleaned by Pete has invested in several different units to do these types of jobs, like we say having the right tools and equipment for the right job. These electric units come in handy doing certain jobs they are small and portable. While I would not want to wash a home with one there is no reason I could not, the Can Spray unit as well as the other electric washer we own and use are industrial and commercial grade equipment.

We were once asked to clean a small basement after a flood here in town. The job was to big to wash by hand and yet to small and delicate to use the big washer. We had to adjust, the small drain could not handle large amount of water and the confined space and stairs limited what we could use. We opted to use one of the electric units we have.

Cleaned by Pete has several types and sizes of units for you cleaning needs

Starting in the hood cleaning part of the industry we learned early that we could not access all the kitchen or venting systems with the bigger power washers. The Cam Spray unit pictured may look like a small electric unit you might purchase at the "big box store", but look inside you'll find an industrial pressure washer.

Inside the electric unit you see a biplex Hypro pump.

Inside you will also find a 1 1/2 horsepower120 volt motor.

We could carry and manoeuvre this unit through the house down the stairs and into the basement, use a short hose and clean up after that flood. We could have put a pressure hose through the casement window (which was nailed and painted shut) or ran back and fort through the house. Not wanting to track up the stairs or the house we figured this was the best option for this job. In the picture below you can see another one of our electric units this is our "bare bones unit", Bones, the one with the square carrying handle. Bones is one of the hood cleaning holdovers.

Pictured some of the pressure washers and equipment Cleaned by Pete has for your cleaning needs, for use in South-west and the greater Springfield MO area.

You're looking at it saying why would you keep that thing when you have other electric units well what makes this special is you can run "hot water" trough it. This little unit has hot-water seals in the pump making it very useful to clean the grease on those old hoods with hot water from hot water tank at the restaurant. You also see a 6 1/2 hp gas motor with a wobble pump on it, this is a back up unit ready in-case we are on a job and a pump or motor goes down we have something to finish. We have equipped all our service units with quick connects or adaptors and are able to change hose out if needed we can even switch to the "metric style" hoses if needed. Using these smaller units usually means a smaller job so we have high pressure hoses in lengths form 4 feet on up, we like 12 feet to 20 feet the best. There is no scene taking a 50 ft hose to use in a 16 foot space, we have our high pressure hoses in different lengths or runs so all we have to do is pick the leads and length we need for the job. Hauling them to the roof or down to a basement, inside and through spaces you want to take only what you need, and make as few trips as possible. Referring back to the post on poles and attachments to see that we use different guns and can build any style of lance via the quick connect system on all our attachments.

Small pump use to clean A/C coils or other applications where you have to carry in or up water and cleaner. This is a self priming pump and draws from a bucket or small tank.

As described above the blue electric washer is also commercial grade, having an one horse power motor, an all brass hypro pump, we're able to run cleaner or water through it, from a bucket, sink or small tank. It has been use up on roofs and in some tight spots, this is the only unit we have that has dedicated hoses, tips and wands it is very portable and used for specific jobs. These are just some of the electric unit we have, believing we have the right unit, type or size for most jobs we will encounter. I will discuss the several different sized unit we have that are gas powered and why we have several of them in the next entry. Call Cleaned by Pete at 417-459-7869 for a free prompt estimate and visit our web sites Cleaned by Pete or Power Washing Springfield MO, follow and "like"us on facebook.

One last thought here, while you do not need this specialized equipment to wash with we feel it helps and gives us an edge on competitors. I'm not saying others can’t clean or compete using a big gas unit or a smaller cold water gas unit to get the smaller or special job done. It is just that Cleaned by Pete has invested in this equipment committing to our customers the best while making it easier, saving time, energy, water, other natural resources such as gas, oil and saving money all the while not sacrificing quantity doing the best job each and every time.