Terry Keeley
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2005
- Location
- Toronto, Canada eh!
Add Shop-vac to the long list of companies that have gone for shit.
Needed a set of brushes for my QPL650, couldn't find a part number so I called. You can't buy just brushes, you have to buy the whole power head unit. Not just the motor, the entire top half of the vacuum! OK, $120, can I come pick one up. Nope, back ordered, possibly 4-8 weeks. Google around and find what I think are the brushes from Dayton but they're not in stock anywhere. Go to a vacuum repair shop and get similar brushes that arc so bad no matter what I do the motor eventually burns up. Yes I turned the armature and changed the bearings.
OK, rant over. So what's a good (commercial?) shop vacuum these days. One you can get parts for if needed besides a new hose or "micro cleaning" kit?
Needed a set of brushes for my QPL650, couldn't find a part number so I called. You can't buy just brushes, you have to buy the whole power head unit. Not just the motor, the entire top half of the vacuum! OK, $120, can I come pick one up. Nope, back ordered, possibly 4-8 weeks. Google around and find what I think are the brushes from Dayton but they're not in stock anywhere. Go to a vacuum repair shop and get similar brushes that arc so bad no matter what I do the motor eventually burns up. Yes I turned the armature and changed the bearings.
OK, rant over. So what's a good (commercial?) shop vacuum these days. One you can get parts for if needed besides a new hose or "micro cleaning" kit?