Water in a bucket pressure hose

[Wish]

With the hose pipe ban I would like to get little power washer that’s fed from a bucket of water.

Would be nice if it’s run off a rechargeable battery too if possible.

Anyone have one they would recommend ?

Doesn’t need to be really powerful, just enough to blow dust off the paintwork and keep the car wet whilst washing.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

JML advertise one on the telly.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

https://www.jmldirect.com/starlyf-power-washer-cor...

[Simpo Two]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

https://www.jmldirect.com/starlyf-power-washer-cor...

£15 on Temu etc. I have one; it's OK for very light duties.

[Tesco]

I have a had a Worx Hydroshot 630e for a few years and must say, it's been really rather good.

Obviously no where near the power of a mains device but for what I wanted it for (washing the boat, cars and general cleaning duties) I've not found it lacking.

Battery life is ample and it helps that I have some other Worx devices which share the same battery format, so have additional ones. That said I don't think I've ever not completed what I wanted to do with just the single 5ah battery that came with it.

Think this model has been superceded but at the time it was the more powerful of the Powershots available

[Drogo]

I'd been thinking of doing similar but Google says,

Under the Southern Water Temporary Use Ban, you cannot use a pressure washer to wash a car, even if you feed it from a bucket.
Southern Water's regulations strictly forbid cleaning a private motor vehicle using a hosepipe or any similar device connected to a water supply.
Because a pressure washer draws water into a hose apparatus, it is legally grouped under the hosepipe restriction, regardless of whether the source is a mains tap, a water butt, or a hand-carried bucket.

Edit to add, this is what I have. Works well for spraying Wet and Forget.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CTCP8SYN?ref_=ppx_hz...

Edited by Drogo on Saturday 25th July 09:44

[Wish]

Drogo said:

I'd been thinking of doing similar but Google says,

Under the Southern Water Temporary Use Ban, you cannot use a pressure washer to wash a car, even if you feed it from a bucket.
Southern Water's regulations strictly forbid cleaning a private motor vehicle using a hosepipe or any similar device connected to a water supply.
Because a pressure washer draws water into a hose apparatus, it is legally grouped under the hosepipe restriction, regardless of whether the source is a mains tap, a water butt, or a hand-carried bucket.

Edit to add, this is what I have. Works well for spraying Wet and Forget.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CTCP8SYN?ref_=ppx_hz...

Edited by Drogo on Saturday 25th July 09:44

That’s interesting to know. That killed that idea.

I cleaned the car last weekend with a watering can without the rose on the end, it used loads more water than my pressure washer would.

Bloody water companies …

[OutInTheShed]

For my bikes, I use a trigger spray to spray dilute wash'n'wax, and a 5l pump-up spray for plain water.

[Mr Pointy]

For future reference a number of the usual companies offer battery powered pressure washers - see the Ryobi & Makita websites for a start. Don't expect anything like normal pressure washer flow rate though.

[996Type]

Wish said:

Drogo said:

I'd been thinking of doing similar but Google says,

Under the Southern Water Temporary Use Ban, you cannot use a pressure washer to wash a car, even if you feed it from a bucket.
Southern Water's regulations strictly forbid cleaning a private motor vehicle using a hosepipe or any similar device connected to a water supply.
Because a pressure washer draws water into a hose apparatus, it is legally grouped under the hosepipe restriction, regardless of whether the source is a mains tap, a water butt, or a hand-carried bucket.

Edit to add, this is what I have. Works well for spraying Wet and Forget.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CTCP8SYN?ref_=ppx_hz...

Edited by Drogo on Saturday 25th July 09:44

That s interesting to know. That killed that idea.

I cleaned the car last weekend with a watering can without the rose on the end, it used loads more water than my pressure washer would.

Bloody water companies

If you’ve spent your own money on rainwater capture and there’s any water still left from winter (there is round here), and you decide to pump it out via one of these devices, it would then be ironic if the water company spent money taking you to court instead of spending it on fixing prices and the like….

[TT86]

In 2012 when I was young, single with no kids and a nice car I set this rig up to beat the hosepipe ban

Nilfisk C110 which I still have and use regularly 14 years later! I might even do the same again now to keep the family wagon clean ha

https://youtube.com/shorts/879F_XZLbTY?is=NVM9Nxhn...

[Chicken Chaser]

The Worx power shot is ok. It's not going to blast off well ground in bird st but it will do the job. I use it on my mountain bikes and removes winter mud as long as it's still wet but isn't powerful enough to drive into bearings etc.

[Simpo Two]

Drogo said:

Under the Southern Water Temporary Use Ban, you cannot use a pressure washer to wash a car, even if you feed it from a bucket.
Southern Water's regulations strictly forbid cleaning a private motor vehicle using a hosepipe or any similar device connected to a water supply.
Because a pressure washer draws water into a hose apparatus, it is legally grouped under the hosepipe restriction, regardless of whether the source is a mains tap, a water butt, or a hand-carried bucket.

I've heard that too, with reference to someone wanting to use a hose to drain bathwater onto their garden.

But the explanation above makes no sense because it says (1) you can't use 'a hosepipe or any similar device connected to a water supply'. That makes sense. But (2) 'Because a pressure washer draws water into a hose apparatus, it is legally grouped under the hosepipe restriction, regardless of whether the source is a mains tap, a water butt, or a hand-carried bucket' makes a mockery of the common sense of (1). If (2) is correct you couldn't even piss through a hosepipe. They need to ban "hosepipe + water supply" not "hosepipe".

[Danns]

Had the same discussion with Thames water a few years back during a ban.

“Even if it’s rainwater in a bucket or water butt?” Nope wouldn’t allow it.

Meh, used it anyway connected to a bucket. (Needed to clean freshly laid far too easy to stain natural stone patio prior to sealing and pointing before winter set in )

I was just looking for an angle incase the usual nosey neighbour piped up.

[Belle427]

Have a look at optimum no rinse and similar rinseless washes, they do work very well.

[fooman]

Chicken Chaser said:

The Worx power shot is ok. It's not going to blast off well ground in bird st but it will do the job. I use it on my mountain bikes and removes winter mud as long as it's still wet but isn't powerful enough to drive into bearings etc.

I have Worx too for mountain bikes, you don't want it any more powerful or you'll wreck bearings. The Worx is just right.

During hosepipe bans I supply from a water butt. It already has a hose with an inline filter I just plug in Worx and start spraying.

[blueg33]

Danns said:

Had the same discussion with Thames water a few years back during a ban.

Even if it s rainwater in a bucket or water butt? Nope wouldn t allow it.

Meh, used it anyway connected to a bucket. (Needed to clean freshly laid far too easy to stain natural stone patio prior to sealing and pointing before winter set in )

I was just looking for an angle incase the usual nosey neighbour piped up.

I read Thames water rules yesterday. There is an exemption to the ban if:

The water is not supplied by them
Or
The water was supplied by them prior to the ban.

Anticipating a future ban here, I may top up my water butt for car washing with the pressure washer. it’s currently 80% full.

[Snow and Rocks]

Out of interest, as hose pipe bans aren't really a thing in the North of Scotland, are public car washes shut down too?

[blueg33]

Snow and Rocks said:

Out of interest, as hose pipe bans aren't really a thing in the North of Scotland, are public car washes shut down too?

Thames water has an exemption for commercial car washing

[OutInTheShed]

Car washes often recycle their water.

But business use is mostly exempt from hosepipe bans.
You can pay someone else to pressure wash your drive, but you can't do it yourself?

A few summers ago, I used to see people washing their cars by the side of the road, where there was a fresh water spring.
I think they stopped it as the chemicals were going in the stream.