burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Well, I bought it when I was maybe 17, and I brought it with me when I got married and moved five years later. I couldn't count the number of times I've used it. It was a good investment. The same goes for my pressure washer. My son and I use it on our cars, and I use it for the house, the driveway, and anything else that needs some water pressure.

After reading more about that steam cleaner online, I ordered one - arriving Thursday.

steve Loc: Iowa

Simpson 3300. excellent! cars, trucks, driveway, siding. Love it.

Tigger1 Loc: Surrey, BC Canada

Are you sure the "steam reaches 285 degrees area"? Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit at sea level altitude. The only way the cleaner can achieve 285 degrees Fahrenheit is if a pressure chamber is used. However, unless the device is approved for use beyond 212 degrees and atmospheric pressure of 14.6 pounds per square foot (sea level) then the operator of such a specialized device (cleaner) must hold a valid operator's license. Do you have such a license? I suspect the manufacturer of this steam cleaner has played fast and loose with the facts. Just saying.

Dannj

I bought one at Lowe’s, Sunjo?. It’s electric about $125. I’ve used it to clean the siding and deck. Easy to use, 4 or 5 nozzles. So far so good.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

77? Aren't you 80 as of April this year. I assumed that the 41 in jerryc41 was for the year of your birth - 1941. But you know what they say about "assume".

berchman Loc: South Central PA

Your post confused me, since you initially talk about a pressure washer and then it appears that you're really talking about a steam cleaner. A steam cleaner can be useful for cleaning the interior of a car, but then you need an extractor to get rid of the water.

JBRIII

There small steam cleaners. I have one called a Willey bug? I believe. Looks like a yellow lady bug. Hand carry size. Great for tuff rug spots, edges near molding, etc. Not really big enough for car engines, not sure it is recommended anyhow, water in places not wanted!

Used an industrial one heated by propane for greasy equipment during college summers, steam shovel, etc.

Pressure cleaners great for outside, but I would think a mess inside a house. The higher the pressure, the higher it can be aimed. I have one around 1700 psi, not good enough to really pressure wash a second story. I placed on a landing inside house to get part of second story, thru window also. The tubing lenght was not the problem, just pushing against too much gravity.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'm come across very temperatures for steam in various readings.

"If the pressure is increased, you can get superheated vapor (i.e. superheated steam) that is greater than 100 C. However, this will not happen at atmospheric pressure.

Source https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/why-is-steam-hotter-than-boiling-water.289816/"

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yeah, it confused me, too. "Pressure washer" was a mistake, but it was too late to go back and correct it. The detailer did use a pressure washer, of course, but I was writing about the steam cleaner.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

That "41" was just a random selection. I was trying to get onto a site, and it kept rejecting my ID choices. I kept adding different numbers to my name until it accepted one. "Jerryc41" was the one it liked, so I use that for everything, although I was born in 1944.

I do hope to be 80 some day. : )

JBRIII

Can also be less than 100C, I found getting right was easier at 9500 ft in CO. Does mess up cooking however.

The formula for calculating temp press relationship in a closed container is PV = NRT. For a fixed amount of water in a fixed volume becomes P=T, T is in kelvin. Note, this assumes all states are gaseous for conditions. Water expands over a 1000 fold going from liquid to vapor, why a hot water can go ballestic.

In a machine shop (summer job), water got into a roller for a bull dozer, a resurfacing machine welded over the crack and heated the water. Roller (at least 2 ft high, 8" wide) made of 1/4 or 3/8 steel, split open as if a can openner had used. Liffted the machine (a couple tons off the floor). I was 75 feet away, thought an acetylene had exploded, check myself over, not on fire, all limbs intact, so no panic. They had done it for decades, no problem, after that drilled a hole in each one first. I should have remember that before destroying a lab oven at work with a water filled bottle I was testing. Don't try at home unless you want to buy a new oven at the least.

Tigger1 Loc: Surrey, BC Canada

Exactly Jerry! To get "super heated steam" you can only achieve that condition via a pressure vessel apparatus. I'm not conversant with USA regulations concerning super heated steam, but here in Canada high pressure steam is government-controlled and only licensed operations with licensed operators may use high pressure (super heated steam) devices such as boilers etc. For example, boilers used to heat residences are by law equipped with special tamper-proof relief valves so that the boiler cannot be operated above 14.6 pounds per square foot preassure.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

I know this about the steam temperature, when the ready light comes on, the cleaning performance is as advertised, BUT, it is so hot and under enough pressure that I don’t want it to be any hotter. It is a device that is going to result in a trip to the burn unit if you are not attentive to detail. Maybe it should require a user certification.

JBRIII

Steam has a lot of energy in it which is released on returning to a liquid. I believe it takes more energy to turn 1g of water at 212F to steam, than to convert 1g of ice at 32 F to water at 212F. The conversion is what drives the weather or as you say can burn very quickly.