How To Connect a Pressure Washer To a Kitchen Tap
A pressure washer is a powerful tool to clean your home or car without the hassle of soap and water.
But if you don’t have an outside tap, there are still other ways how to connect a pressure washer to a kitchen tap.
Connecting a pressure washer to your kitchen tap takes some effort and creativity.
Kitchen taps don’t have a thread for connecting the hose pipe, so you’ll need an adapter that can fit easily on a machine and another end to the faucet.
Some pressure washers in the market can take water from a bucket with the help of a suction hose, like a portable cleaning machine.
If you are cleaning a surface that requires powerful pressure, then below I have explained how long the pipe will require to connect from the kitchen sink
Steps To Connect Pressure Washer To A Kitchen Tap
Now before you are going to connect the machine, you will need
- Hose Pipe
- Universal Tap Connector
Hose Pipe
Make sure when you connect the hose pipe to the kitchen tap, keep the length big enough so that the cleaning machine can freely move to clean other areas.
When you connect it to the outdoor tap, you can use the small hose pipe if the machine is near the tap.
On the other hand, if you connect it to the indoor kitchen tap, the hose pipe should be longer, depending on the distance from the tap to the cleaning machine.
So if you don’t have a hosepipe and looking to buy a new one, measure the distance from the kitchen to the actual location where the machine will be used for cleaning.
Universal Connector
The problem with the kitchen tap is they don’t have any thread, making it difficult to connect the pressure washer hose.
Purchase the universal connector for the tap. This connector will be useful in connecting any kitchen tap available in different models.
How To Connect a Pressure Washer To a Kitchen Tap
After connecting the hose pipe to the machine, connect the kitchen tap to a universal connector.
Now turn the tap a little bit to flow slowly and check whether the water is flowing without any leakage.
If there is any leakage, reconnect the connector from the water tap properly and make sure the water flows correctly.
When everything is perfect, you have to recheck the water flow, but this time, open the tap fully and check the hose connector didn’t fall off.
If it falls, you have to tighten it so that it is not unattached from the water tap and makes the kitchen wet.
Connecting Hose Pipe
After placing the connector correctly, it’s time to connect the hosepipe to the connector.
The hosepipe might be a little difficult to fit if it is new. Now put the hose to another end outside where you want to clean and start testing water flow.
Now connect the end of the hosepipe to the pressure washer. The connector of the pressure washer is situated either at the back or in the front of the unit.
Again test the water flow, but this time you will need the help of someone who can turn on the water tap from inside while you are standing outside holding the pressure washer gun.
The connection has been set up correctly if the water flow comes out from the cleaning machine at a strong pace.
And, if the water flow is not right, it might be due to some leakage between the connection or the distance is too much, making the pressure slow.
FAQ
My setup has been connected perfectly, but still, I am getting low pressure what should I Do?
The main reason for getting low pressure is your kitchen tap has a low water flow rate.
If you have a longer hosepipe, the pressure will not be higher than the small hosepipe length.
If I don’t have a kitchen tap, what are other alternatives?
If you don’t have a kitchen tap to connect, you can go with a portable pressure washer that does not need any connectivity.
Final Word
We hope you will connect the pressure washer to a kitchen tap with the help of a hose pipe and universal connector by reading our above guide.
Make sure while setting up the connection that everything is connected properly.
I am a father of two daughters named Cherry & Isha, who are five years & 7 months old, respectively. Currently, I work in a reputed Pressure Washer company as Senior Technician.
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