Archive for April 4th, 2011
Vacuum Cleaner Hose Disintegration
Posted by Ed in Home Ec, Machine Shop on 4-April-2011
The hose on our aging Samsung Quiet Jet (used to be a Quiet Storm, but I suspect they lost a trademark fight) vacuum cleaner has been a constant nuisance. Most recently, the end toward the handle began splitting:
Splitting vacuum hose
The fix consisted of a tight duct tape wrap, which has absolutely nothing to recommend it other than expediency.
When the same thing happened on the other end, I sealed it up and added a length of husky heatshrink tubing.
Strain relief on vacuum hose
The flared end isn’t particularly decorative, but it serves to reduce the strain on the hose. Alas, there’s no practical way to do the same thing on the handle end.
The replacement cost for the hose roughly equals a new vacuum, so when we run out of bags, this one gets harvested for the shop’s Parts Heap.
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