Shop Vac Maintenance - Filter and Bag Tune Up and Clogs
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Running your vacuum with a bag greatly extends it's life, also changing the filter to a washable one will save money in the long run especially if you use it alot like I have mine.
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It's most impressive that he did this whole video w one hand
Thank YOU! In a million years, I would of never thought to store the extra bag inside the Shop Vac!
I have several dogs that shed and I have noticed that whenever the hose gets clogged with fur it occurs at the hose connector as it enters the Shop Vac. That slight reduction in diameter caused by the connector entering the hose will be enough to create a pinch point. My solution is to use PVC pipe large enough to allow the hose to fit inside instead of outside. The point is to never have the dirt passing from a larger diameter into a smaller diameter. That is where the clog will happen every time.
I agree why buy a new vacuum! Plus it saves it going to the landfill.
Great informative video for shop vacs, best I've seen on YT.
Excellent presentation, Hank. I appreciation you concern expressed and have seen too many shop vacuums abused and not well used with the consideration of how they will operate tomorrow and beyond.
Thank you so much! Just got my first Shop Vac for Christmas and am more of a visual learner. This really helped!
Thanks. Those style shopvac bags are awesome, by the way. I recommend those in a heartbeat. They pick up wet and dry at the same time, and can be dumped and washed out, to be used again. as long as you don't rip 'em.
Just bought this and shop vac didn’t have a video for us newbies. Great idea for clogged hoses!
Thanks! 👍
I figured I'd educate myself before I fire mine up. I picked a 1.5 gallon and ditched my traditional vacuum because I decided to go FT in my small travel trailer. Thank you for the video :)
I just got mines at Lowe's it's just like the one in the video, being a frail little woman I just couldn't make heads nor tails when I took it out of the box but thanks to this vid I thinks I can do it lol.
glad it helped!
Thanks for this video. I was a bit lost assembling my shop vac for the first time and your video was very useful
My dad bought one of these today. He thought you installed the bag by just sitting it in the vacuum. He was also baffled for over 20 minutes on why it was blowing air out. He claims the last one he had didn't blow air out.
our parents generation man I swear lol
Great video. Needed a reminder on the proper setup and placing the extra bags on bottom of inside vac is genius.
Muy
Thanks I si much this really helped someone just gave me a vac and I cleaned it from the top with water I hope I didn’t damage it it was just real dirty but Tomarrow I’m going to check it out and Atleast I’ll know what to do after watching your video 🙏🙏
Thanks so much for the information I have the exact vac and am about to change the filter and this is much needed to know.
I found one these someone throwing trash didn't have attachments but it works great thank you didn't know about bag but learn new trick thanks
Brother, thank you so much for this video. You just made me look good!
I use an air compressor to clean the filter(s) when I salvage them. I, typically, change the filters about once a year. I have two Shop Vacs: one mainly for dry pickup and one for wet and dry. They are great machines. I'd recommend all households have at least one of them for heavy-duty chores.
+Matt Jones I need to do that to a few. I've got a 2.5, 10, and 16 gallon craftsman shop Vacs as well as the one in this video lol. I can't help it they are just so handy. All except this one were trash picked too
Amen. That's awesome you found them in the trash. It's amazing what people throw out.
I agree. You shouldn't use the house vac to clean up sheet rock dust or other construction debris.
So for wet pickup you only have to put the foam sleeve over the motor skelaton part and remove the filter and bag?
@@2010stoof correct, unless there is debris in the water, then it is best to also use the big round filter over it. Don't use the bag in water.
6:50 Life hack! Cleaning crew at the building I work in does that with every trashcan.
Super idea - I retail shop vacs in Ireland and I have never thought of this :P
I don’t even own one but this question came into my head
If your vac has blow function it's always on the motor head so you can take the head and filter outside and blast it clean in a couple of minutes.
I just bought a 12 gal series sl wet/dry Shop-Vac and am trying to but it together. Instructions are next to worthless. You video will help (I hope).
05:04 “I’m cheap. I don’t like spending money if I don’t have to”. That’s called common sense which a lot of Americans unfortunately don’t have.
Very helpful. I’ve used my shop vac for water issues in the basement over the last couple of years and couldn’t remember how to convert it back to dry.
Great to hear!
3:09 HINT: Since OEM Shop-Vac filters are now hard to find, care must be taken when selecting an aftermarket replacement filter. Filtering capability aside, aftermarket SV filters come packaged in one of three ways: 1) Cap required [provided]; 2) Cap required [NOT provided]; or 3) Cap NOT required [press fit design].
Usually, the instructions provided with the 3rd type say to discard the cap. Instead, I highly recommend keeping the original cap on-hand just incase you decide to try the 2nd type above.
Desided to put bag in instead of the cartridge for my ten yr old 12 gal, 5hp. But it was my understanding that both shouldn't be used at the same time because it would be the same as useing a severely dirty cartridge as the motor would get overworked and overheated, and also the suction flow is reduced as if useing a severely dirty cartridge. First video i have seen useing both! I plan on useing bag and or cartridge for fine particles as in ashes and dust, therfore suction flow is already going to be on a stain. But useing both, I'm going to investigate more but nice video thank you.
I’ve not heard that. Let me know what you find
Thank you so much for this video!
Man I got to say I took your advice about running bags in the shop vac and my shop vac runs better than it has in YEARS! Next step is to get a cartridge filter.
I dont doubt it man, the bags are great, the bags also add another layer of filtration, which are alot easier on your allergies as shop vacs are inherently not the best at filtering their own exhaust. The bags make a night and day difference.
Thanks! I never installed the bag. :x
Will have to go get one...
Great little vacuum!
FYI they sell the better bags too (more expensive) "high efficiency" bags which catch more dust in the bag (mine are yellow) and are suited for finer dust (says drywall dust and Ash and cement dust on package). I use them all the time after using the one regular one that came with mine and still ended up with a ton of dust in the canister and on the filter. Now I use the yellow all the time. Makes the canister filter work less. I don't use mine all that much so the extra cost doesn't bother me and the more filtration the better.
I very recently started buying those
where did you buy them?
@@glennastevens2974 Walmart sells them for $11.67 for a pack of 3.
@@jaysharp4348 thank you!
Great video thank you for sharing about to get a new filter and bag. Great vacuum to I’ve had no issues with mine works good .
hoping find a video on switching filters over to a wet vac. I am not confident I am doing that right. I'm prolly ruining my vac.
Thank you very much Sir!!! This video was very Informative. and answered all of my questions!!! Right on Dude!!! 👍
Mine lasted 22 years. 10 gallon 4.5 horsepower. Go figure i let somwone use it for dust and it fried. The power switch, thermal rod, and bushing all need to get replaced. Bypassing the thermal safely is a pain and the bushing is getting replaced with a bearing that magically fits.
I get mine generally from scrappers when the switch goes bad, got one now, less than a year old, stone dead, looked new in the bucket when I got it for the whole price of $1. I generally invest in the XL hose for mine, most of mine have a 2 inch hose (I think), and it is great, I never clog those
+BronzeChicken Yea I think I have clogged the hose on this one a handful of times, saw that large hose when I was at lowes, might pick one up or hopefully I can find one in the trash. Ive only ever found one complete shop vac in the trash before it was half the size of this one, the scrappers rip the motors out of them when they are thrown to the curb.
Yeah mine was doing that until I told him I'd double the scrap value for them if he didn't, turns out that actually worked
Excellent my friend absolutely superb.
Keith
Excellent Hank! Nice bike! ;)
Thank you
Nice video
I gotta clean one of those, too. good tips as always amigo!
Yup take Er easy bud
Total cleaning ?
Thank you!!!
I have the same one thanks for the help!!
Thanks!
Thanks
Brush the filter fans with a dust pan brush to remove large filtered pieces first.
Why would I do that when I replaced the filter with a reusable one? No point.
I appreciate your video.
Excellent,Excellent,Excellent tutorial!
Great video, what kind of shop vac?
Only came here because this question came in my head .. don’t even own a shop vac😕
Good video! Well explained.
Thanks for the tips. Just put the bag on. Love my 6gal shop vac!
My ocd can’t stand that your wet/dry vac is so dusty on the outside. Just wipe down with a damp cloth other wise nice presentation.😊
Sure. I’ll build a Time Machine and go back 7 years and address that. Just for you.
@@hanksgarage_ you would do that for me ? Woppee,thanks Hank.
Question: If I'm ONLY using it to periodically suck the water out of my clogged central air conditioner drainage pipe, do I need any filter at all installed while using it, i.e., can I just remove the filter, fill up the reservoir with the dirty water from the central air conditioner condensation overflow pan (through the drainage pipe), empty it out, and put it away?
Good for you. If it works. Use it still
Agree. How wasteful and filling landfills by buying new vacuums
Awesome video.. Great instruction. Thanks for the lesson
Isn't the cardboard part broken off another bag? The plastic part on that bag is all that's needed to slide in there.
I don't understand how the vac works when the bag is installed. Can air pass thru the bag freely? Otherwise where comes the suction?
Thank you! Great video!
Suction is now weak even after replacing a new bag. Old filter looks ok.
James Chuaycham ป้อม ศักดิ์ชัย.
Check if there's blockage in the hose. Also, temporarily remove filter to eliminate the possibility the old filter is the cause.
Put new bags in the bottom 😂 fkn hell genius 😂
What a great video Hank. Maybe you can answer this question since apparently no one on Google knows.
Does attaching an extension cord to the factory cord of a shop vac decrease the suction of the shop vac?
I know that incorrect cord is possible fire hazard etc but I'm only interested in the suction power as the shop vac we have has only a 6ft cord which is useless.
Thanks!
No not at all. You’re good using an extension cord
You are good using an extension cord PROVIDED it is appropriately rated for the load. A quick rough guide is that the extension cord must not be thinner than the cord on the vacuum. A thicker cord (LOWER wire AWG size number) is better. Thicker wire can carry the same current (amps) for a greater distance. If the extension cord ever gets warm to the touch, it is either too long, or the wires are not thick enough.
I got an old 2 OR 5 HP Sears shop vac. never seen something suck that good. New filter on it, however the hose doesn't really fit.
Forget the exact HP and too busy watching YT to go take a pic of it lol.
+Sean “S3EN” Slater Yea you cant beat the older stuff sometimes, or alot of the time actually
Nice! Thanks for the video.
Any ideas why the smaller version of this shop vac just stopped working I used it then the next day it wouldn’t turn on
Great video 👍🏽
My small Shop-Vac is used for liquid only. I noticed recently it will not lock itself as if the bottom is smaller than the top now. Can I troubleshoot that? Thanks for the video
Same thing has happened to mine. I don’t think there is any way around it sadly
Thank you for your help
would have been perfect for me f you showed ho you removed the hose from the vac before inserting new bag. I can’t get my hos out
Great video..thank you
Hey, I'd like to modify my Ridgid 16 gallon, 5 Hp vac to accept vacuum bags and your shop vac looks like it has the part that I need. Can you tell me the model number of your shop vac?
How do you get the lid off?????
So would install the filter AND the bag? I thought the bag when filled would take the whole internal space (16 gal) occupied by the filter otherwise?
I have a small version of a shop vac, more portable I suppose I bought it to clean my car out with, I used to have one that worked great same size and brand but this one that is new has zero suction and I don't understand what I did wrong or if it is a manufacturing issue.
please answer to this ! can we shamphoo the car seat and use sucker with this ? will that work for car auto detailing ? this vacuume ?
Yes. It’s wet pickup. Take the filter out and don’t use a bag.
Very helpful!
Dang. I can't find any videos on how to install the tool holder
Plus the fact that if you just throw it out instead of installing reusable cartridge filter etc, how long does it remain intact in a landfill?
Decades probably
Bags cost too much. I just hose out my paper filter and use air compressor to dry out. Also, the heat sync fuses go on shop Vacs. just bypassed mine. Other UA-cam videos mention this issue.
thing is you really dont have to change them that often, this vacuum still has this same bag in it since I made this video and it gets used all the time, alot of consumer appliances have those thermal fuses unfortunately everything from fans to toasters, and yea the go randomly for no reason too
Look up the cyclone collectors that are hooked up between the shop vac and the nozzle. The centrifugal force created by the air vortex pulls most of the debris out of the air stream and into a separate bucket. Some of it does make it to the paper bag in the vac, but the change over time is greatly increased. I wouldn't bother unless I was running a lot of saws and had to vac up huge amounts of saw dust though. It takes a long time for me to fill a bag so I don't mind dropping a "saw buck" on a fresh one. ;-)
Since I'm putting this together myself......paper bag.....how does that work if I'm sucking up water????? It IS a wet/dry vac.
You would need to remove the bag for wet pick up
I just empty old filter bag out then reseal and reuse bag it’s easy and free 😳
I will never do that. Bags are cheap. 😳
I have the exact same vac. Where can i get the filter and where can i get the foam to use as wet vacuum?
I got the same Shop-Vac do I remove the sponge cuz it's brand newand I don't know if I should leave the sponge inside the shop
Thank s for video
Do you still have this?
What about the foam sleeve, before you put the filter on.?
Foam sleeve not needed
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Thx u
9:35 what is this shaft deal? Can you show what are you talking about? Thanks!
I cant get the curved part off the bag in orrder to install the bag, that's the one part you skipped in the instructions. Is there a lock? I dont want to break the thing taking it off. I've nearly broke it I think. It's just jammed on there.
Some models, the curved part does not remove like his model in the video. You just slip the bag over it and up against the tank wall.
Do you need to remove the bag and debris before using the shop bag blower feature?
Yes or it will blow everywhere
do you need to use both filters when using the shop vac? can you use just the bag filter or the circular filter and not both?
Yes you do, you can use without the bag, but not the filter.
I have a little problem, i bought a Shop vac 12 gallons and 4.5 hp and the filter bag is the same as you but i can't put it as easy as you do in the video, it has a kind of tube and the instructions are general for all the versions.
You need to kind of force it in I doubt you can break it by hand
Is it the shop vac micro? I have one and am struggling to know what cartridge filter to get when I want one. I am using bags and the foam thing.
I think that you just push the bags on the inside tube.
Great video. When do you know it is time to change the bag? Thanks
Lift the top off and I change around half way full or when performance degraded enough
I have a stinger shop vac
Will that filter fit a 12 gallon shop vac
Nice video but I have an older QPV 12gal 3.5 h.p. vac that needs a new filter and bag. How do I know what size filter to buy? Do we measure the old filter by outside or inside diameter? My old filter seems to be 7 3/4 inches wide (outside diameter) and 6 1/2 inches tall. Is this a common size or an oddball? I've spent a lot of time online looking and was shocked to discover no one offers information on how to measure a filter and order it (for the off-beat brands). Maybe I just need to carry my old filter into Lowes and say: "Got anything like this."
Thanks
Dale Hammond you will need to take model number of your vacuum and put into google. That should get you part numbers for what ya need.
Had one exactly like that, except it was yellow, I miss it.