peter in ylw
New member
Hello: I just rec'd a shopvac size Clearvue and I am not enjoying the kind of efficiency shown in this website's promotional video. I must be doing something wrong, I guess.
My vacuum is a new Dirt Hawg from Costco - it says it has a 5 peak HP motor, and uses a standard 2.5" hose. I have mounted the Clearvue cyclone on a circular .5" thick MDF lid. The lid had a rabbit cut around its circumference to register inside the lip of large Rubbermaid trashcan. I have installed stick-on weatherstrip in the rabbit. I have installed a plexiglass window in the lid, and have sealed all the holes in the lid with silicone.
With a bunch of wood chips and sawdust in the trashcan and the lid in place, when I turn the vacuum on nothing is disturbed in the can, and no chips climb up out of the can into the cyclone. When I vaccum chips and dust on the floor, the debris zips around the cyclone, and some of the chips fall down into the can. The remainder of the chips get sucked into the vacuum intake and wind up on the vac's filter.
Does this indicate an air leak from the trashcan? What steps are commonly taken to fix this problem?
Cheers,
pjr
My vacuum is a new Dirt Hawg from Costco - it says it has a 5 peak HP motor, and uses a standard 2.5" hose. I have mounted the Clearvue cyclone on a circular .5" thick MDF lid. The lid had a rabbit cut around its circumference to register inside the lip of large Rubbermaid trashcan. I have installed stick-on weatherstrip in the rabbit. I have installed a plexiglass window in the lid, and have sealed all the holes in the lid with silicone.
With a bunch of wood chips and sawdust in the trashcan and the lid in place, when I turn the vacuum on nothing is disturbed in the can, and no chips climb up out of the can into the cyclone. When I vaccum chips and dust on the floor, the debris zips around the cyclone, and some of the chips fall down into the can. The remainder of the chips get sucked into the vacuum intake and wind up on the vac's filter.
Does this indicate an air leak from the trashcan? What steps are commonly taken to fix this problem?
Cheers,
pjr