Pressure washers, water from bucket?

[HertsBiker]

Anyone here do this? I have no outside tap, so a bucket would be good! Does is mess up the pump, or does it work?
Thanks
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Oops, not really an 18 rated subject

[Jazoli]

You can use water from a water butt, as gravity will provide enough pressure, don't know about a bucket, I guess you could if you hung it up, drilled a hole in the bottom edge, and fitted a hozelock fitting.

Or just buy a garden sprayer if you are just wanting a bit of pressure to shift muck

[sunbeam alpine]

I run mine on a 1000 litre tank raised up on 4 or 5 pallets. Works fine.

[FlashmanChop]

Don't karcher now make pw that can be fed from a bucket

[METHS]

FlashmanChop said:

Don't karcher now make pw that can be fed from a bucket

All of their preassure washers work from a bucket.

I have a massive washing basket from ikea that I use, the ditty little karcher washer bought from halfords works great.

[swisstoni]

It's actually better to run it from a bucket than from a tap that cannot supply sufficient water volume.

[stevesingo]

You may need a large bucket, but it should work providing the orifice which the washer draws from is large enough and if you elevate the bucket, all the better.

Unless you have a tiddler, don't be tempted to use a long hose from the nearest tap as it probably won't flow enough.

At my last house, if I have any more than 2m of hose connected the pressure washer used to cut out through lack of flow in to my Karcher K6.85 which, ccording to the manual, requires a water flow of 11l/min. Mind you it does deliver 500lt/hr at 1800psi!