I took a quick look at it for any obvious problems and didn’t see any. I would consider the ShopVac to be a critical necessary piece of equipment at the space, especially if we have a shop and wood tools. Note: Even without a ShopVac you are still required to clean up after your self. Use a broom!
I would like to buy another one, using VHS’s funds
I am open to suggestions on other makes or models.
I will wait a week if someone would like to investigate the current broken ShopVac before we buy a new one. Or better yet if someone has a spare one they want to donate.
I have that model, works fine, but if I had to do it again, I’d get one made
out of metal, more rugged. Also most of the metal ones I’ve seen tend to be
thinner and taller so take up less floor space.
This might relate to the fact that it had to be repaired couple weeks ago? Not sure how or what. Just know that it was sucking up dust and blowing it out the back. So more snowblower then vacuum
I have used that Ridgid model and like it a lot. Great suction. But it is noisy as hell. Yes worse then the one we have now.
Yep - it’s fried. I checked the float and also the power switch and cleaned out the filters. I’m assuming the motor is fried. It is now in the 3 week bin.
There are 2 remaining vacs that work - one I got out of the broom closet (it’s a smaller shop vac but it still sucks stuff up) the other vac is the R2D2 vac which is an older vac but still works.
So…we have 2 working vacuum cleaners. They are basic models but they do the job.