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Unclogging an Electrolux hose... |
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Post# 129105 , Reply# 1   3/27/2011 at 09:29 (4,750 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 129107 , Reply# 3   3/27/2011 at 09:49 (4,750 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Could be a crumpled piece of paper wadded up against something as silly as a toothpick or hairpin. subsequent ingestions of dust & hair are piling up against it building a bird's nest clog.
Well, you want to knock out whatever it is from the coupler end of the hose toward the wand end. A broom/rake handle is never long enough nor do you want something larger than 1" diameter. I use a roof rake hollow pole with click together segments up to 20 feet long. Another good pole is a long bit of quarter round cove molding or a drapery track 'I' beam. Once you hit the clog you'll feel it - don't keep pushing, you want to knock against it until it dislodges. The worst clog I had to deal with was a plastic toy soldier that was just big enough that the arms & legs wedged against the side walls. Nothing left to lose so I just kept banging against it until it moved to the end one coil at a time. Good luck and do let us know what the mystery clog is. Dave |
Post# 129115 , Reply# 4   3/27/2011 at 10:36 (4,750 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC)   |   | |
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If you have a filter queen, try placing the blower end of the hose on the Lux hose. Blow each end and see if anything comes out. If that doesn't work, the broom handle suggestion works well. Another thing we do at the store is taking a screw placed in a piece of molding. This can be used very carefully to remove clogs and pull out what is inside. Let us know how things go!
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Post# 129125 , Reply# 5   3/27/2011 at 11:11 (4,750 days old) by drodger ()   |   | |
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