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SPECIFICATIONS
Design: SPX1501
Motor: 13 Amp
Maximum Pressure: 1800 PSI (Pounds per Square Inch).
Rated Pressure: 1400 PSI.
Max Flow: 1.8 GPM (Gallons Per Minute).
Max Water Inlet Temp.: 104 F.
High-Pressure Hose Length: 20 feed.
Power Cord Length: 35 feed.
GFCI: Yes.
Nozzle: Adjustable.
Nozzle Spray Angles: From 0 to 45 degrees.
Nozzle Clean-Out Tool: Yes.
Ranked Voltage: 120VAC/60Hz.
Weight: 15.5 pounds. (including wand, high-pressure hose pipe, electrical cable).
Measurements: 13 ″ broad (consists of wand and electrical cord wall mounts) x 26 ″ high x 10 ″ deep.
Optional Accessories: Detergent spray bottle, 25 ′ high-pressure hose pipe, garden hose port, deck and patio area cleaning accessory, power scrubbing broom, and two types of cars and truck wash soap & cleaner.
Product packaging.
The unit is expertly crammed in a sturdy cardboard box with graphics on all four sides, making it easy to inform what’s inside. Plastic bags hold screws, handbooks and any small parts required for assembly. The nozzle clean out tool is taped to the back of the Operator’s Manual.
As a precaution, I laid all the parts out to make sure whatever was in order prior to I started assembly.
Some Assembly Required.
The assembly was straight forward. Simply follow the well-written and illustrated directions in the Operator’s Manual (which also includes a huge selection of security cautions and advice– do not avoid those parts!).
The only beef I have with the instructions is that they do not show or describe how to put on the “spray wands/gun rear compartment”. There are 2 additional screws and a plastic piece that require to be mounted to the back of the system before use. I’m mechanically likely and figured it out by looking at the diagram in the manual. However, because of this omission, I marked off one point for quality.
All parts either breeze or screw together. The tolerance, along with the fit and finish, are outstanding. Screw holes are exactly where they’re expected to be and the parts fit like a glove.
Putting all of it Together.
Once put together, I unloaded the high-pressure tube, spray wand, spray wand assembly and adjustable spray wand nozzle. I hung the coiled high-pressure hose on the hose holder at the back of the system. I then recoiled the electrical power cable with GFCI and hung it on the side of the device’s cable holder hook.
Then came the assembly of the spray wand, which gets here in 3 pieces; the handle/trigger and two different wand pieces (one including the nozzle). Assembly was as simple as inserting the spray wand into the gun assembly and after that placing the nozzle/wand into the spray wand assembly.
Now I had a full-fledged spray gun (wand) and was excited to get screening. All I had to do was wheel it to my work area, link the garden hose and begin my task.
HIGH-PRESSURE Hose Hookups.
Unlike other pressure washers, no screw-on couplings are needed to connect the high-pressure hose pipe to the Sun Joe ® unit; merely place the ends of the hose into the wand manage and the pump.
To get rid of the pipe, depress the release lever situated on the pump and the push button on the wand. As soon as the hose pipe is removed, it can be coiled up and put on the tube holder at the back of the machine.WATER HOSE HOOKUP.
The system has a “water inlet” to attach a routine garden pipe to supply water to the unit. You’ll need to connect the adaptor (that includes a metal particles filter and plastic washer) to the pressure washer to transform it to a female hose pipe connector.
Both screw couplings could be screwed together with hand pressure without dripping, so I didn’t have to utilize pliers.
When everything is connected, turn on the water to the garden hose/pressure washer before turning the unit on using the ON/OFF dial at the front of the machine.
The Operator’s Manual says never to run the pump without water in it, and to guarantee that the pressure washer hose and wand do not have any air bubbles in them. To do this, I held the trigger on the wand manage to run water through the pump and out the end of the nozzle prior to turning the dial to ON.