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Ed Pawlowski

On 8/12/2018 7:50 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 12:44:27 -0700 (PDT), Thomas
wrote:

Finding 3000 for 125. Want electric. ****ty sidewalks, crappy siding. Ill use it once a year, maybe less.
Gas is out. It would rot like my other gas tools.

Ranch house.

Is 3000 needed or is 2 good enough?

Electric pressure washers seem to fall into 2 categories. 120v models
that lie about their performance and a 240v 5hp model that will
actually get some work done (2700-3000 PSI at 2.5 GPM).
The 5HP electric runs with the consumer grade gas machines.
If time is not important to you a little unit will work but it is
painfully slow if you have a lot to wash.

Sure, gas with higher pressure is better, but it depends on use.
My total time this year is about a half hour. If I had a gas unit, I'd
spend more time than that adding fuel and then draining it for storage.
If I used it every two weeks, it would be gas.