Pressure washers

Happy with Nilfisk E130, though I did treat it to a decent rubber hose rather than the plastic hose with a mind of its own that is standard.

In message <s337jo$rju$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, at 22:12:08 on Fri, 19 Mar

Snap. My fifteen year old Karcher emitted the magic smoke yesterday, and rather than try to mend it I looked at Screwfix, who have two Titan models. But the more powerful one appeared to be comprehensively out of stock, so I bought the cheaper one.

Smaller and *much* quieter, it cleans OK, although taking longer. It doesn't come with one of the rotary attachments, and I haven't yet tried to see if the Karcher one would either fit or work (I was using the Karcher lance).

Big difference from the Karcher one is it automatically turns off as soon as you release the trigger, whereas the old one would just strain and strain until you switched it off manually.

The newer Karchers also autostop when trigger is released. I use a K4 with the patio cleaner attachment to do around 70sqm of stone paving 3 or

The patio head can leave little spirals if you move it too quickly but slow down a little and its great. Its also quicker (yes really despite it seeming slow at the time) than the lance and significantly less messy.

Nilfisk have a good rep but I've not used one so no personal experience.

I've never had one that didn't and I've had pressure washers for 20 years at least, probably quite a lot longer.

There's a big capacitor across the motor. Are you sure it's not *that* which has gone short circuit? A lot cheaper to replace than buying a new machine.

Must admit I assumed they all stopped when you released the trigger.

I have a Nilfisk E140.3-9 PAD X-tra, which works well for me, though it doesn't seem to exist any more.

Chris

I too have a Nilfisk 130 and it seems very good. It was about £140 4 years ago

Absolutely. The cap even held a charge when I checked.

(There's got to be some future use for a FO big cap... perhaps I should keep it!)

On 19/03/2021 22:46, alan_m wrote: >

Good read, thanks.

Andy

I suppose it's possible the Karcher I had was broken from new. But it didn't stop.

Nor does mine. It is about 20 years old though.

Tim

Mine could easily be 15yrs old. Has spent a lot of its life stored outside, too. Not that this would affect the trigger action, of course.

I was half expecting it not to work, having last been used about five years ago, but it managed to do half the patio before it croaked.

I've been reading.

Some of them make a point of saying they stop.

Others don't mention it, so I assume they don't.

Andy

In message <s3f4vs$e9c$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, at 10:41:00 on Wed, 24 Mar

Mine would have been one of the cheapest models.

My Karcher did, but has twice developed faulty pressure valve so hunts when trigger is off. Was first repaired under warranty. Must be 10 years

• now.

My Stihl did the opposite when relatively brand new. Stopped working altogether from faulty pressure switch. Fixed under warranty