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Carbon/exhaust filters |
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Post# 188263 , Reply# 1 7/4/2012 at 11:18 (322 days old) by eurekastar  (Big Spring, Texas) |
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| Post# 188266 , Reply# 2 7/4/2012 at 11:58 (322 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware) | ||
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I think that was one of the worse designs ever,Those filters get clogged and the motor over heats and fails.Thats why I sell so many kenmore canister motors . | ||
| Post# 188267 , Reply# 3 7/4/2012 at 12:06 (322 days old) by kirbykid63 (Wilmington Delaware) | ||
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Most of those canister vacuums also have the motors wraped in a thick foam that also gets stuffed with filth.You really have to break those down and clean eveything about once a year. | ||
| Post# 188275 , Reply# 4 7/4/2012 at 13:51 (322 days old) by sensotronic (United Kingdom) | ||
 Are you talking about carbon filters that are designed to absorb odours from the bag or a filter designed to trap the carbon dust that the motor emits?
I think a removable post motor filter is a good idea as it gives an extra layer of filtration and helps prevent carbon dust from entering the room. Most of the cleaners I owned from the 70's onwards did not have a removable exhaust filter, but nearly all of them had a foam diffuser with a very open texture which would have allowed carbon dust from the motor to escape. 80's Hoover canister cleaners in the UK always had a pre motor filter in the dust bag compartment, but I can't recall any of them having a removable filter after the motor. | ||
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Post# 188601 , Reply# 5 7/6/2012 at 07:12 (321 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK) |
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 I recall my Telios models had a square pad made up of a black carbon packed material on one side and white on on the other. Eventually black foam was also available - it seemed to catch dust or particles on it that leaked out of the dust bag, or if the dust missed the dust bag in use. The bits were like grass bits, as opposed to carpet fibres, evidently being lighter by nature.
I always assumed the carbon filter is supposed to protect the motor - the Hoover TP2/3 series had double filters slid into the bottom behind the dust bag above the motor, or in most cases, owners just preferred to use one carbon filter.
Same with the Sebo X uprights - the foam filter is a carbon filter designed to catch the carbon off the motor. although in the Sebo's case the motor filter is no where near the bag compared to conventional uprights. | ||
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