can you use a power washer with a water well ?

Question

what spec do i need to look for .... moving from the city to the country and i am not sure i can use it there...

Answer 1

I used to do rural power washing and the first thing is to take a 5 gallon bucket and see how many gallons a minute,consistently the well pumps. Just fill it up from an outside faucet and time it. Then, find out how many gallons per minute your washer uses. Mine used around 4 gallons an minute and I knew if there was anything less than that,the pump would cavitate or starve. You can burn a pump up fast with low pressure.

Answer 2

Every electric power washer I've bought says right in the owner's manual to NEVER use well water. That said, I have known people who've done so. If your well supplies water for human consumption and is therefore(filtered) and potable you can use it for a powerwasher—provided the pressure isn't too low or too high. If you have a well for irrigation, non-filtered and non-potable water has sediments in it that will considerably shorten the life of the powerwasher.

Answer 3

sure, the power washer creates it's own pressure. You just need the well to provide the water.