A site-readiness checklist is the document a buyer circulates before a mobile steam washer such as the PowerDe PWD01 with battery first rolls onto the floor. It turns a supplier conversation into a set of yes/no answers your own team can verify, and it prevents the two failures that end most first installations: the machine cannot physically work where you planned, or the utilities and consumables to run it were never arranged. The checklist below follows the PWD01 as PowerDe documents it and covers each item a purchasing, facilities and operations group normally has to sign off.
1. The site survey: floor, doors, ramps and the turning path
The PowerDe PWD01 steam cleaner with battery is listed as a driving-style machine with autonomous movement, in machine dimensions of L2500 mm × W900 mm × H1050 mm. Those numbers drive the first page of your checklist, and they should be checked against your site, not against a brochure drawing.
- Measure every doorway, gate and lift opening on the route from delivery bay to work area — clear width and clear height, not the frame size. A 900 mm body width needs working clearance at both sides.
- Walk the route with a tape and mark the tightest corner. Compare your turning space against the 2,500 mm body length, including anything you tow or carry with it.
- Check ramp gradient, threshold lips and floor joints. The machine is built for indoor garages and narrow outdoor parking areas, so verify the surface it will actually cross.
- Confirm floor load capacity, drainage falls and whether the working area can be isolated from customer vehicles and foot traffic during cleaning.
Record the answers with photographs and measurements in the checklist and attach them to the enquiry. That single attachment usually settles fit questions in one exchange instead of several.
2. Power, water and drainage: what the bay must supply
The PWD01 (including battery) runs on a 48 V mobile battery and is documented with customer-provided batteries, with a 4.5 kW PTC semiconductor heater and an 80 L clean-water tank fed from a tap-water inlet using a 4-point internal-tooth joint. Three site items follow directly.
- Power for charging: where the battery will be charged, what supply is available there, and who supplies the charger and cable. Battery and charger ratings are not published on the product page, so write the required charging supply into the quotation as an open item.
- Water: a tap within hose reach of the fill point, with the correct fitting. If your site uses a different thread, add the adapter to the order rather than discovering it on installation day.
- Drainage: where the wash water and the sewage tank contents go. Indoor garages often need an oil/silt separator or a permitted discharge point before any wet cleaning is allowed.
The published specifications stop at those figures. Steam temperature, steam pressure, battery capacity and run time, charger output, weight and accessory lengths are not stated on the product page, so leave them as blanks in the checklist and have the manufacturer fill them in in writing. Never let a specification be inferred from a similar model in the same range.
3. Mode selection matched to the work you actually do
The machine is specified with three cleaning modes — hot water, dry steam and wet steam — cleaned with a high-pressure water gun and nozzle, plus a vacuum cleaner with a flat nozzle served by a sewage tank. A good checklist states which job uses which mode, because mode choice decides water use, drying time and residue.
- Hot water for general rinsing and looser soil on hard surfaces in the garage or parking area.
- Wet steam where heat and moisture are needed to lift stubborn soil before wipe-down.
- Dry steam where you want heat with minimal liquid, for areas that must not be left wet.
- Vacuum and flat nozzle for interiors and loose debris, so the wet stages start on a dry surface.
If your site also needs fixed-position work, compare the mobile unit with the fixed steam cleaning machine PowerDe HW02 in the same range before you commit to one machine for everything. Mobile covers dispersed bays and parking areas; a fixed unit suits a repeatable, plumbed-in wash point.
4. Safety sign-off: protections, permits and PPE
The PWD01 with battery is described with leakage protection, short-circuit protection, high-temperature protection, high-voltage protection, water-shortage protection and high-voltage explosion-proof design. Treat that list as a starting point for your risk assessment rather than as the end of it.
- Hot surfaces, steam jets and pressurised water are burn and injection hazards. Define gloves, eye protection, closed footwear and a minimum operator distance in the work instruction.
- Confirm your electrical rules for charging a mobile battery indoors, including ventilation, unattended charging and what to do with a damaged cable.
- Decide who may start the machine, and add a pre-start check for hoses, fittings, tank levels and visible leaks.
- Check local environmental rules for wash-water discharge, and record the approval reference in the checklist.
5. Consumables, spares and service access
Ask the supplier, in writing, for the wear parts and the service model, and put the answers in the checklist as line items with prices.
- Nozzles, lance and hose sets, gun seals, filters, seals and any consumables for the vacuum function, with part numbers.
- Recommended service interval, what a service visit covers, and labour plus travel terms.
- Warranty scope and, for the battery, the stated warranty term and any conditions tied to charging practice or storage.
- Lead time for spare parts from Shenzhen, and whether a buffer stock is recommended for your site.
For fleet or multi-bay operations, PowerDe cleaning equipment is usually specified per bay or per shift. Quantify the fleet size, then ask the manufacturer to confirm charging capacity and cycle time against that number.
6. Training, trial run and acceptance criteria
A checklist is not finished until someone signs for a working machine on your floor, doing your job, to your standard.
- Operator training: who trains, how long, and whether it is on site or remote, with a record signed by each operator.
- A written work instruction per job: mode selected, passes, dwell time, wipe-down, vacuum, and how the result is judged.
- A trial on a real soiled vehicle or real garage surface, with your supervisor scoring the outcome rather than the supplier.
- Acceptance criteria written before delivery — mode selection available as specified, all modes functional, no leaks at working pressure, water and drainage arrangement as agreed, and documentation handed over.
7. Documentation to have on file before the first shift
- Final specification sheet with the blanks filled in, including the battery and charger data not published on the product page.
- Manual, wiring and safety documentation, warranty certificate and spare-part list.
- Your site survey pack: measurements, photographs, route drawing, discharge approval.
- Risk assessment and work instructions, signed by the responsible manager.
Build the checklist around what your site must provide — clearance, power for charging, water with the right fitting, and permitted drainage — and around the operating details only the manufacturer can confirm. Contact PowerDe with your measurements and job list, ask them to complete the open specification items for the PWD01 with battery in writing, and keep the signed checklist as the acceptance record for the purchase.
