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Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🐴 Sat 16 Mar 2024

melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’m wondering if it might be time for a new vacuum at some point. The normal one I have has crap suction and the Big W stick vac I bought because it was lighter doesn’t have replacement parts. (The crevice tool broke and I keep cleaning the filter rather than throw the vac away.) Also the hole isn’t round, so if I got rid of the big vacuum I couldn’t use the stick vac to suck the air out of the plastic space bags.

But some medical bills are heading my way so I might see if I can fix them. I won’t be removing the motor or messing with the wires but maybe it’s as simple as cleaning filters or finding a deep clog. (The rigid part of the hose already got checked.)

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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Baking soda and superglue will patch most plastics. Mask off the bit you want to fix with tape, then fill with baking soda and drip superglue on. The reaction creates some heat and vapour, so take care where you do this. I’ve used this to fix the hanging hole on brooms etc. and it works quite well.

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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thanks, I don’t have any superglue at the moment but I might give it a try
  
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T156@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The Kmart ones might be worth looking into if you want something cheap, but not secondhand (like the ones from cashies). But not the $99 2400W cyan one. The turbo brushes are nice, but the filtration is atrocious. The filters constantly get clogged, and it will happily blow the seals on the exhaust filter.

Edit: Oh yeah, and the biggest one is they blow out dust when used which can aggravate asthma. My next one will be a HEPA vacuum

Could check and see if the filters need cleaning, or are blocked. I had a vacuum cleaner that does that when they are, and the power drops off considerably (unsurprisingly).

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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Lol I think the one I have is a Kmart $99 2400W
  
  They probably definitely need cleaning
  
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  - T156@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    They probably definitely need cleaning
    
    Certainly, in that case. You generally want to do it about once a month, depending on how much you use it (and how dusty the place you’re cleaning is), since it uses the ones in the barrel to catch all the fine dust (also why I dislike the thing rather much), and will spit some of it out into the exhaust filter, clogging that one too.
    
    The way I usually like to do is just drop it in a bucket with some laundry detergent, and wash it around a bit before putting it out to dry on the porch table.
    
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    melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m going to vacuum some stuff into space bags first (in case I break it) and then do that
    
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