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Thread Number: 2835
One of the most indestructable vacuums! |
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| Post# 31156 , Reply# 1 2/7/2008 at 20:19 (5,915 days old) by vacuumkid3 () | ||
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Has anyone else noted anything like this in other vacuums? ~~K~~ | ||
| Post# 31157 , Reply# 2 2/7/2008 at 20:54 (5,915 days old) by hoover28 (Oneida N.Y.) | ||
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yes I do I have seen a lot of junk in vacuums that come in my vac shop. the kirbys always seem to have nails and pennies and junk in the sani-emtor. Chris | ||
| Post# 31159 , Reply# 3 2/7/2008 at 21:36 (5,915 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
The G3 I got in the fall had been lastly used to clean up a basement renovation. The bag was full of sawdust and plaster dust and the Emptor contained nails, drywall screws, nuts, washers, bolts, electrical box knockout slugs, mini Marshmallows and Smarties (M&Ms to Americans). The vacuum just stopped running, she said. :-) I found a melted drivebelt, a 2" nail pierced through a fan blade and a block of wood wedgeing the fan immobile. No other damage to the plastic (nylon?) fan, not even a chip out. The vacuum and powerdrive run just fine now. :-) I also like the clean surgical appearance of the white and polished metal G3 styling scheme. Dave | ||
| Post# 31161 , Reply# 4 2/7/2008 at 21:41 (5,915 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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lets see some pics dave | ||
| Post# 31163 , Reply# 5 2/7/2008 at 21:57 (5,915 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Pix of the cleaned up G3, Mike? Because if I'd been smart enough to take pictures of the debris that fell out I'd certainly post them. I do wish now I'd photographed the fan chamber and nail-piercing fanblade when I had the front off. :-( These days when a new vac arrives or I give one the total spa treatment I habitually photograph the dissassembled 'before' state. | ||
| Post# 31172 , Reply# 6 2/8/2008 at 07:13 (5,915 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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I would love the Pix of the G3 | ||
| Post# 31258 , Reply# 8 2/9/2008 at 08:36 (5,914 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Well, Rex, it's certainly not us Vacuum Rescuers that run these torture tests - we just get nice restorable vacuums from those who do and as you say think the bag has a rock crusher brush roll and some sort of matter vaporizor inside the bag. LOL In preparation for a photo shoot of my G3 last night I emptied yet more sand, grit and nails from the fam chamber and emptor cavity - gosh, I thought I'd got it all out...was turning the fan by hand when it stuck on something again. on inspection I found a few nails and a bolt wedged into the casing, though thankfully nothing has pierced the housing. | ||
| Post# 31260 , Reply# 9 2/9/2008 at 08:56 (5,914 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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As for Shop Vacs, I was lucky a few years back to find at the side of the road on trash day a 1983 Model 725 four gallon original Wet/Dry Shop Vac in really nice shape, in the box with papers and all the tools. The metal bucket's paper bag was half full of plaster & sawdust & pebbles but the motor filters were all in place. I keep this one in the basement and do use it outside in the garage in the spring to pick up all that winter road grit & stones. This vacuum must have been used by a very careful contractor or handyman guy who reads and follows manuals- in the box was also a really nice Dirt Devil Ultra model 08230 cloth bag hand vac with the rotating brushroll cover that directs suction to the attached side hose. Again, no more cosmetic damage to it other than a few light scuffs. When it was time to move the waterbed I used the Shop Vac to suck out the last of the water in the motionless wadding inside. It removed 12 gallons and sucked the waterbag flat and dry. Was then able to roll the matress up and move it easily on my own. | ||
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