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Post# 143538 7/16/2011 at 22:00 (4,661 days old) by bagintheback  (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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My biggest vacuum dream is to own a central vac. I've felt this way since I first saw one online. I've only used one once: a 1980s Beam in July 2007, when I was 10 years old.
Being financially incapable for buy and install a central vac unit, I have just spent $100 on a 50 ft vacuum hose and vintage turbine-brush. I plan to connect this hose my Miracle Mate or Kenmore Magic Blue to make a home-made central vac by placing the vacuum in a closest and vacuuming with the hose. At worst I can still dust and sweep the tile with the hose. Has anyone tried something like this before? The turbine-brush I bought is the same one I used back in 2007, so I will be recreating my first experience almost exactly. I did find a video of the T-21 from "This Old House". It even shows the same hose I used in 2007, but the inlet was different. Here is what I bought: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllQUES... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllQUES... I will post pictures when the parts arrive somewhere around the 20-26th. | ||
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Post# 143550 , Reply# 2 7/16/2011 at 22:39 (4,661 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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I do expect some suction loss. Before I bought the parts, I put some hoses and wands together, about 20 feet total, and there was some suction loss, but my trial was not sealed, as the new hose will be.
When I used the 30 year old central vac in 2007, the suction at the hose was very close to my Kenmore, and it cleaned very well. So I expect decent performance. But like I said, if it's not that great, I can still sweep the floors, clean in the couch, stuff like that. I will keep you updated! | ||
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Post# 143553 , Reply# 3 7/16/2011 at 22:44 (4,661 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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| Post# 143560 , Reply# 4 7/16/2011 at 23:05 (4,661 days old) by KirbyLover (Louisville Kentucky ) | ||
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if it doesn't work well you can always shorten the hose... | ||
| Post# 143751 , Reply# 7 7/18/2011 at 11:11 (4,659 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
I've donr it... When I was younger I tried it with a Shop-Vac, It worked ok but I did have 3 or 4 hoses linked to each other. I didn.t have a tubo nozzle but the suction was pretty decent and I did use a PN plugged into a home made cord and it seemed to do ok. I to have always wanted a central vac system, Im pretty tempted to buy a Bissell or Hoover garage vac. Let us know how it turns out =) | ||
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Post# 144379 , Reply# 8 7/22/2011 at 21:47 (4,655 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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THE HOSE CAME TODAY! | ||
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