Thread Number: 39497
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Cordless craftsman hand vac to corded |
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Post# 419107   1/25/2020 at 16:12 (1,552 days old) by 4501933ho (Canfield ohio)   |   | |
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I have converted a craftsman cordless vacuum to corded by using a bridge rectifier and a 12 volt ac transformer so it can run on 120 volts
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Post# 419116 , Reply# 1   1/25/2020 at 22:09 (1,552 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Very interesting idea. I've used car adaptor vacuums. They have small opening and under powered.
I imagine this conversion would make for much better performance. How well does it work. Does it clog easy. How much does it hold. Very creative I put a longer cord on a radar detector for my Toyota. I imagine you could cut off ac adapter and solder a plug in on it. I doubt it would work because of the size of wires. Les |
Post# 419120 , Reply# 2   1/26/2020 at 00:21 (1,552 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Eyy, that's pretty good! I'm wondering if there's some sort of readily available high-current 12v switch mode power supply... to maybe take a couple ounces off the extra weight of a full size transformer.
Part of me wants to say that you should put a single diode across the motor to absorb inductive kickback, or whatever it's called, but I don't really know for sure if it's needed. It'd probably be over-engineering for something like this. |
Post# 419126 , Reply# 3   1/26/2020 at 01:10 (1,551 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 419143 , Reply# 4   1/26/2020 at 14:29 (1,551 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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