Has anyone used a small electric pressure washer tied into the boat domestic water system as an anchor wash down system ?
I came to a similar conclusion as O C Diver. I'm running a single 7 gpm / 100 PSI pump (Delavan FB2) for a washdown. I debated adding a second in parallel but haven't found it necessary (plus the pump already draws ~25 amps). Mine feeds raw water, actual running pressure/flow is around 4.5 gpm at ~75 psi with a nozzle on the hose.
It does a pretty good job of removing mud. It blasts off the chain just fine and it's rare that I have to slow down or stop to get all of the mud off before the chain goes through the windlass. Only time a bit more water volume might be nice is when cleaning a large clump of mud off the anchor itself.
Outstanding. Did you have to upgrade the raw water hose to and from the pump?
what do you guys think of something like this as a battery powered washer? https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...Power-Cleaner-Tool-Only-RY121850VNM/317531019
I guess I would have to find a strainer if I ran a hose overboard to feed it. . .
what do you guys think of something like this as a battery powered washer?
I guess I would have to find a strainer if I ran a hose overboard to feed it. . .
My impression (and I could be wrong) is that it will require a pressurized water source. I doubt it could pull that type of vacuum to lift water and pressurized it.
what do you guys think of something like this as a battery powered washer? https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...Power-Cleaner-Tool-Only-RY121850VNM/317531019
I guess I would have to find a strainer if I ran a hose overboard to feed it. . .
thanks for that post, Marco. Any idea how much water you went through to clean your anchor and chain?
It is possible that it failed for some reason other than my using saltwater and I just happened to get a defective one. But I'm not planning to try another and I haven't found time to conduct an autopsy, if that is even possible.
thinking I might try it with a 5 gallon bucket of fresh water . . .