Installing a central vac for the first time, I was tearing my hair out about this problem. Your concise video showed me how to solve the problem of the four-wire house system to the two-wire vac hookup, and also the headache of two wires emerging from a wall terminal. BRAVO and thank you.
Thank you VERY MUCH for this. I have not found anything to explain this at all and your video was right to the point, explained very well and with very clear visuals. Very much appreciated that you took the time to put this out there. Appreciated!
thanks- just what I needed as I have a 1st floor inlet with the two sets of wires and I know there is an inlet upstairs above it. I am surely having a brain fast and going to regret asking but how would I wire up an additional inlet?
My question, is what can I do for a central vac 2" pipe that goes up inside the wall through the top plate. after 20 yrs, the pipe became brittle and broke about 1/2" belowe the top plate in the attic and the break is jaggered. I am running new 2" pipe in the attic to that intlet. Is there some sort of adapter I can buy that will insert inside the pipe and then would have a built in coupler to insert new pipe above the top plate?
I'm going to take a wild guess that it was grey pipe that broke.. that stuff is notorious for falling apart. As for joining 2 pipes together, the only fittings available are couplers which join around the outside of the pipe, I haven't seen any that fit inside the sleeve. Doing so would create an edge in the airflow and lead to stuff building up over time. Time to cut and patch some drywall.
That's fine. Some places will only use 2.. around here we mostly use quad because the majority of company that do the installs are also low-voltage installers for things like alarm. Just keep everything the same at each inlet.
Most likely that is a cat3 cable and was just what they had on the truck when wired. No problem, all you need is 2 conductors. I would suggest taking the green pair and bundling it together to create a single conductor, and the orange pair bundled together as the second conductor. Just be consistent at every wall plate.
Installing a central vac for the first time, I was tearing my hair out about this problem. Your concise video showed me how to solve the problem of the four-wire house system to the two-wire vac hookup, and also the headache of two wires emerging from a wall terminal. BRAVO and thank you.
Thank you VERY MUCH for this. I have not found anything to explain this at all and your video was right to the point, explained very well and with very clear visuals. Very much appreciated that you took the time to put this out there. Appreciated!
I was confused about 4 wires along with the pipe, after watching your video I realized why there were many wires, thanks!
great video demo, and i really like the terms Christmas bundle and halloween bundle! lol good job
Very straight forward. Thank you very much. You answered a lot of my questions. You should be a teacher.
Thank God. Someone who can explain it to me!!! Thank you!!!
thanks- just what I needed as I have a 1st floor inlet with the two sets of wires and I know there is an inlet upstairs above it. I am surely having a brain fast and going to regret asking but how would I wire up an additional inlet?
this is a great video. super helpfu. thanks!
Great video!
Well done thanks for the info...shouldn't be a problem now
Very good instructions
Thanks, excellent video
My question, is what can I do for a central vac 2" pipe that goes up inside the wall through the top plate. after 20 yrs, the pipe became brittle and broke about 1/2" belowe the top plate in the attic and the break is jaggered. I am running new 2" pipe in the attic to that intlet. Is there some sort of adapter I can buy that will insert inside the pipe and then would have a built in coupler to insert new pipe above the top plate?
I'm going to take a wild guess that it was grey pipe that broke.. that stuff is notorious for falling apart. As for joining 2 pipes together, the only fittings available are couplers which join around the outside of the pipe, I haven't seen any that fit inside the sleeve. Doing so would create an edge in the airflow and lead to stuff building up over time.
Time to cut and patch some drywall.
I’m assuming it doesn’t matter which terminals you use on each outlet?
Each inlet has 2 terminals. Doesn’t matter which you use. It does matter that you keep the wires the same though.
I’ve only ever seen/used two conductor wire on a central vac.
That's fine. Some places will only use 2.. around here we mostly use quad because the majority of company that do the installs are also low-voltage installers for things like alarm. Just keep everything the same at each inlet.
I have 6 conduter wire
Green ( sold and dotted)
Orange( sold and dotted)
Blue ( sold and dotted)
Most likely that is a cat3 cable and was just what they had on the truck when wired.
No problem, all you need is 2 conductors. I would suggest taking the green pair and bundling it together to create a single conductor, and the orange pair bundled together as the second conductor. Just be consistent at every wall plate.
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