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Originally Posted by MCWD
I like where this post is going. If anyone has technical info I really would like to hear it. I myself do not have much knowlegde aside from knowing that higher hp's= better suction. Does anyone feel that fellow detailers need a certain amount of hp's to be effective???
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From what I've read, hp don't mean squat. The number you see advertised is the peak horsepower - what the motor jumps to when it starts up. Water lift is the key, but it's hard to find the info.
Just as an example, I was looking for water lift numbers for vacs and came across some whole house / built in vacs: hp was 1.5, but water lift was over 100. Compare that to a 5.5 peak hp ShopVac that had a water lift of only 80.