Welcome Robert@D*L*o,,LOL

I do have a question, its and older than dirt one. When was the first pressure washer combined with heat? And what were the specs on the machine?

i would like to know and Larry said you might know.
 
The first steam cleaner was developped in the 1930's. It came about because a still had a leak and they fouund that the steam would cclean the grease off of the floor. I think that the first pressure washer with heat was actually made in 1963. I could be wrong. They did not get popularized until the mid 70's. I am goiing off of memory but I thin that is right.

Scott
 
Steam Cleaner History Lesson

The first widely sold Hot High Pressure Washers were built by Electro-Magic,
they were I believe 2-3 GPM @ 500 psi. (Quite an update from steam cleaning)

(Cleaner Times had an excellent article on the evolution of steam cleaners / pressure
washers, some years ago)

Here is a picture of a couple Electro-Magic units as built today:



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:) :)
 
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If I remember right they had little duplex hypro pumps. Now you see those pumps used on bug spray rigs, or at least something similar.

Scott
 
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