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Your pressure washer may be essential or used for leisure purposes but when it breaks, you often find you need it the most. For businesses who depend on their machines to clean down lorries and vehicles or food preparation areas, the machines must be functioning even when it -3°C. Here is a quick guide for keeping your machine safe from the frost.
This is an example of a heat tube we use at PC Jones, it allows for accurate thermostat temperature control.
The use of heat tubes is great for static machines because they always have a constant supply of electricity to keep the heat tubes at the correct temperature, meaning that the machine is protected all the time.
PC Jones install these heat tubes in various makes and models of static pressure washers from the small Mac Fix to the Large Nilfisk Truck Booster. Without these frost tubes, machines would simply freeze in the cold winter months, which is why they are so essential.
After finishing with your pressure washer you usually just turn it off, disconnect the hose spray-gun and lance, and remove inlet hose. However doing so in the winter increases your chances of being left with a frozen machine which can cause many kinds of faults.
Common faults include:
This is an example of a fan heater that can be used, it allows for accurate thermostat temperature control, which is portable.
Fan heaters can be used as a permanent heating solution or for keeping your portable machine heated in different locations. The use of these fan heaters will greatly increase the likelihood of surviving the cold weather, especially when combined with other methods of frost protection.
The ideal situation is to use the fan heater in an insulated room with the machine drained and protected with antifreeze.
After you have finished with machine operation, drain the machine and keep it in an insulated room or at best, a heated building. Keeping it inside will reduce the chance of the freezing because it is protected from the elements. The most common way that frost damages pressure washers is by water being left in the pump head which then expands as it freezes and causes the brass head to crack.
This is an example of antifreeze, it is ready mixed and can be used to be pumped through the machine to stop freezing.
Using antifreeze is a good way of preventing your machine from being affected by the cold weather, especially for storing your pressure washer for longer periods of time. We have prepared a small guide to help you use antifreeze properly with your machine.
If you suspect that your machine has frozen and is experiencing faults you can give us a call, email us or drop in to our Bristol service centre.
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We take pride in our ability to support a wide variety of makes and models of cleaning equipment.
Kärcher HD/ 5/11c
Kärcher HD 5/12c plus
Kärcher HD 6/12-4c Plus
Kärcher HD 6/13-4M
Kärcher HD 7/11-4M Plus
Kärcher HDS 501c
Kärcher HDS 5/12c
Kärcher HDS 580
Kärcher HDS 601c
Kärcher HDS 645
Kärcher HDS650
Kärcher HDS 6/10c
Kärcher HDS 745m Eco
Kärcher HDS 745CB
Kärcher HDS-C-7/11 Steel
Kärcher HDS801E
Kärcher HDS 895m Eco
Kärcher HDS E 8/16-4M
Kärcher HDS C 9/15 Steel
Kärcher HDS10/20-4S
Kärcher HDS 1195m Eco
Kärcher HDS 1290
Kärcher HDS 1290-St-GAS
Kärcher HDS12/18-4m Eco
Kärcher CV30/1
Kärcher NT27/1
Karcher B 80 W
Karcher BR 40/25 C Bp MF
Karcher 40/10C
Karcher BD 50/40 RS
Karcher B 95 RS Dose
Karcher B 90 R Classic
Karcher B 250 R
Karcher 43/450 C Adv
Karcher BDS 33/180C
Karcher BDP 50/2000 RS
Karcher 47/35 Esc
Karcher 85/50 W P Adv
Karcher KM 85/50 W Bp
Karcher BRC 45/45 C
Karcher BRC 50/70 W Bp
Karcher 8/1 C
Karcher Puzzi 30/4
Karcher Puzzi 10/1
Karcher SG 4/4 110V
Kärcher KM20/20c
Kärcher T10/1
Kärcher BR34/4
Kärcher BR40/10
Kärcher BD60/95RS bp
Nilfisk Alto Neptune 3
Nilfisk Alto Neptune 4
Nilfisk Alto Neptune 5
Nilfisk Alto Neptune 7
Nilfisk Alto Poseidon 3
Nilfisk Alto Poseidon 5
Nilfisk Alto Poseidon 8
Nilfisk Alto Truckbooster
Nilfisk Alto SC Delta
Nilfisk Alto SC Duo 6p & 7p
Nilfisk Alto SC Uno 5M, 6p & 7p
Nilfisk Alto Scrubtec 3
Nilfisk Alto Scrubtec 5
Nilfisk Alto Scrubtec 8
Nilfisk Alto Encore
Numatic NVQ370
Numatic CT470
Numatic WVD1800AP
Numatic TT4045
Numatic TTV5565
Interpump WS98
Interpump WS112
Interpump WS154
Interpump WS201
Interpump WS202
Tennant 5680
Tennant T2
Tennant T3
Tennant T5
Tennant T7
Tennant S5
Tennant R3
Tennant 1610
Tennant V3
Tennant T300
Cleanwell SS Hot machine
Cleanwell HS Static Machine
Cleanwell Hotbox
Cleanwell PC
Comet Pumps
Lavorwash LKX4
Kranzle 599TST
Kranzle Quardro
Kranzle Therm CA11/130
Kranzle Therm-1
Kranzle Therm CA
Mac Advant
Mac SiteMaster
Mac SD350E
Mac SD700T
Clarke HLS130
Clarke HLS160
Edge Panther series
Edge Tiger series
Edge Wildcat series
Annovi Reverberi Pumps
Hako Scrubmaster E/B10
Hako Scrubmaster B12
Hako Scrubmaster B30
Hako Scrubmaster B70
Hako Scrubmaster B90
Hako Scrubmaster B120
Hako Scrubmaster B115 R
Hako Sweepmaster B500
Hako Sweepmaster M600
Hako Sweepmaster 980 R
Hako Cleanserv VL3-70 L
Hako Cleanserv PE 50/1500
Hako Cleanserv SD 43/200
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