¿12v dc or 220v ac Hot washers?

Hola everyone! I have a choice to make regarding a new hot washer I am trying to buy. The manufacturers here only recomend 220v (Standard european tension) machines. This entails, either driving a generator and water pump from one engine, or using two engines, one large for the pump, and a smaller one for the generator. At the moment their solution is a 20hp Honda for the pump & a 5.5hp Honda for the Generator. I have not decided yet on the purchase here due to the fact that almost all the machines I have seen in the US market in on line catalogs are 12v dc. My national supplier says that short term the 12v option is cheaper but that it is expensive & dificult to repair. I have finally forced him to give me a quote for the two systems. There is a 30% saving (or not!) on the 12v option, unfortunately he refuses to give me the waranty I could get with the 220v option. I would like somefeed back regarding the issue, ¿Can any one shed some light? I have been looking at some Tuff machines which cover my necesities & also some Allison machines. For the record I need a hot washer, 4000psi 5.5gpm with a steam option. Sled mounted with wheel option. Anticipated Thanks........

Liam,

Welcome to the best board on the Internet for pressure washing and friendship.

I am not the expert on answering your questions so will leave that to others.

Gas Powered Pressure washer.

Do not buy the Euro machine! It will give you problems and you can only get those cheeply made Expensive parts from the machine manufacture. If you want a good machine look at the one that Mark posted. That is one of the best on the market. If you want more info just email me and I will be glad to help anyway I can. I won't try to sell you one I will just advise you.