|
Thread Number: 14649
The dreaded Hoover Dual V Windtunnel |
[Down to Last] |  |
| Post# 155092 , Reply# 1 10/11/2011 at 23:04 (4,574 days old) by gmerkt (Edmonds WA) | ||
|
The wand section is Hoover, but not approptiate for this machine. I'll get one soon; I looked at the 35 or 40 extra wands I have and couldn't find the correct one. 
| ||
| Post# 155126 , Reply# 3 10/12/2011 at 11:17 (4,573 days old) by thissucks () | ||
|
much like the panisonic dual sweep- what a sad machine that is. cool concept though. | ||
| Post# 155134 , Reply# 4 10/12/2011 at 12:03 (4,573 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
A very peculier vacuum brushroll concept
Gary, the base of a slightly earlier version of the Dual V Windtunnel (mine does not have the turbinetool) is what I used to build my Monster Vac on, which at the last minute I decided to take to the Minneapolis Convention. The one I had, which I took off Pete's hands, had been abused in a renovation cleanup and had impacted nails, staples and plaster dust, the upper body was cracked open and the dustbin had cigarette burns distorting the bin and filter cylinder.
I was intrigued by the double brushrolls and the clear double dirt paths to watch the ingestion, but mine too had stripped bearing plates. It appears high heat friction melted them. I set it aside until a chance inquiry at a Vac Shop in western New York turned up a new set. This set my mind to humming... I built the Monster Machine just for fun from an assortment of spare parts but then the darn thing went and won two Blue Ribbons - 1rst Place MonsterVac & Most Innovative (?) - so I have to keep it now. :-) In this pic the FrankenHeuver has completed it's back pass over the test carpet. Surprising me and probably everyone watching, on it's forward pass it sucked up the all rice, confetti and sand without scattering. There is some white 'Angelhair' fluff - whatever it is called - in the left tunnel whipped up & compacted into balls by the helix 'wringer' brush action, but the suction is so high merely tilting the machine back swallowed the clog. It was fun to watch. An interesting experiment by Hoover, to be sure, but I think doomed to an early death by the heat generated by the four rapidly spinning brushes, especially if they get jammed with warp & weft carpet threads wrapped around both rolls. The gears & transmission for the rolls is very robustly built and torqe-y enough to snap most threads but...jute & nylon backing weave rope is virtually unbreakable. Dave 
| ||
| Post# 156648 , Reply# 6 10/23/2011 at 17:10 (4,562 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
wait.... | ||
| Post# 156688 , Reply# 8 10/23/2011 at 23:35 (4,562 days old) by lunchboxsean () | ||
|
I recently got one of these at goodwill and another at a friends vac shop and have taken the best of both to make one good one, but that's another thread. I have a few extra brush rolls if you need them. Not sure about the gearbox, but I can check. | ||
| Post# 158611 , Reply# 9 11/11/2011 at 00:22 (4,544 days old) by thissucks () | ||
|
someone brought in one of those, she loved it untill it sploded! literally one side of the nosle exploded on one side. too much going on for it to be reliable. | ||
| Post# 158625 , Reply# 10 11/11/2011 at 08:35 (4,543 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
My church has/had one
My church had one of these as with any of these bagless hoovers the airflow was pretty poor but the brushrolls were interesting when cleaning up after events i would often reach for the Elite instead despite the shorter cord I've wondered how the dual rows of brushrolls would work on non commercial grade carpeting
| ||
| Forum Index: | 
| Other Forums: |
|
|
|
|
|
Comes to the Rescue!
