{"id":59,"date":"2021-09-28T20:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turnupthepressure.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2021-10-20T21:28:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:28:04","slug":"can-you-use-a-pressure-washer-with-a-water-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turnupthepressure.com\/can-you-use-a-pressure-washer-with-a-water-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Use a Pressure Washer with a Water Tank?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Pressure washers are very useful, but they use a lot of water, and you may not want to connect your regular garden hose up to it whenever you want to use your pressure washer. So can you buy a water tank and use it with your pressure washer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You absolutely can use a water tank with a pressure washer. In fact, it is typically better for you to use a water tank to supply the water to your pressure washer rather than using another water source such as a garden hose or a rain barrel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use a water tank with both a gas and electric pressure washer<\/strong>. Luckily, it does not matter if your pressure washer is powered by a gas engine or an electric motor; you run a pressure washer off a water tank in the same way. Every pressure washer has a pump that will put pressure on the water and force it out of the spray wand, no matter what the water source is. However, the type of spray nozzle that you use is important when it comes to cleaning. The type of spray nozzle will depend on how clean you want a surface to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order for the water to flow easily into the pressure washer, the tank needs to be level or a little higher than the pressure washer<\/strong>. This makes it so that the water can flow into the pressure washer, thanks to the help of gravity. Many people do not realize that they need to do this when using a water tank, and they tend to end up having problems when using their pressure washer. The water tank can provide you with constant running water through the pressure washer. You do not necessarily need to do this if you are using a garden hose to feed water into your pressure washer, although it may be a good idea to keep the hose level with the pressure washer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pressure washers may be directly fed from a tank without using a pump to push the water from the vessel to the machine.<\/strong> It’s always best to locate the pressure washer as close to the water source as possible, and lengthen the high pressure hose to reach the cleaning location. If you put your pressure washer too far away from the water source, it may take longer for you to clean what you want to clean because it will take longer for the pressure washer to pump the water through the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you start the engine of a pressure washer without running water through its system beforehand, then you might damage the gaskets, seals, and other components of the pump.<\/strong> If you damage or break the pump and cause it to fail, or cause any of the other components to break, it can be very expensive to fix your pressure washer, and you may need to buy another one.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDoes it Work with a Gas and Electric Pressure Washer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Where Does the Water Tank Need to Be?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Can I Use a Rain Barrel?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n