As part of my "evolution" so to say I came into CBM's. I am impressed by the weight in OP machines and the lack of "pull" in Mex's. I still tend to feel however that CBM's are most "gender friendly", thus allowing potential candidates for their operation to be greater. Also, my wife works in a facility where the load/age of the circuts will not allow for hardly anything to be used. They will pop a circuit with a rotary on a wet tile floor, etc. I thought perhaps CBM might be their answer or at last resort a Drimaster/Sebo.Lindhaus type of residential carpet cleaner? Any thoughts/suggestions, they also don't want to use an independent generator.

On most motors the boiler plate will give the LRA (locked rotor amps) and the FLA (full load amps) Some motors have starting capacitors and run capacitors, others have one or both and some have none. That should be the concern when choosing equipment where there is a poor source of adequate electrical power.