Electricians Tips from a professional electrician

[Mike Johnson]

That sounds very professional Mike!

On most occasions you do get what you pay for. ?

 

[telectrix]

i notice nobody recommends dyson crap for serious use. wonder why? sir james dyson for producing unserviceable, overpriced plastic rubbish.

 

[Mike Johnson]

My OH loves the Dyson Animal, take it off the wall and just use around the house, no cable, last long enough to clean the whole of our three bed detached, but we don't have animals or kids to make things very dirty, sorry tel, but IMO its OK.

 

[nicebutdim]

i notice nobody recommends dyson crap for serious use. wonder why? sir james dyson for producing unserviceable, overpriced plastic rubbish.

While I've no love for over-priced goods, I think there's a distinct difference between product designed to clear large amounts of dust or debris and products that are designed to remove every last trace of dust/crumbs/hair etc, while being light enough to reduce the effort required to vacuum in a home. People that want the convenience of a Dyson/Shark/G-Tech product aren't generally the sort of people who regularly set about butchering lath & plaster.


Tl;dr: Dyson etc are about convenience and efficiency, rather than clearing volume.

 

[Mike Johnson]

FIO Distinct difference between HVLP and HPLV, "High Volume Low Pressure" is to move large bits of detritus like shavings from a Planner Thicknesser and are quite large machines at 4500watt with a 150mm intake, my version is taller than me and moves 2200ft3/hr, however the "High Pressure Low Volume" vacuum I also use in my workshop is only 350ft3/hr on an 83m hose, but is high pressure low volume and is perfect for dust and small debris, it's 2400watt, that sort of wattage is not allowed in domestic vacuums anymore.

 

[brianmoooore]

Going back a few years, I'd just finished sorting out a customer's oil fired boiler, which had failed with a fault that had made it run extremely rich for a while, producing copious quantities of light, fluffy soot, much of which was now on the kitchen floor.
Out she comes with her nearly new Dyson, boasting of how it would make short work of the mess, and in spite of my warnings, got stuck in.
There was no doubt it was making a good job of the cleaning - right up to the point that the motor note abruptly changed and acrid smoke started pouring out of it.
I don't think it ever went again.
Having said that, I have four old Dyson DC32s in use (one in each holiday cottage, and two more for cleaning said holiday cottages) and although fragile, they do out perform most other vacuums we've tried.

 

[Dave OCD]

You can't beat a good old Henry IMO.

 

[timhoward]

You can't beat a good old Henry IMO.

There's even a female version now called a Hetty.

 

[brianmoooore]

You can't beat a good old Henry IMO.

The Dysons replaced a couple of Henrys. Henry's OK when the filter's clean, but just like Mr Dyson says, his don't loose suction power as a filter clogs.

 

[nicebutdim]

You can't beat a good old Henry IMO.

My Henry cost less than a fiver, bought at auction a few years back as no one else wanted him.

Noticed last week his flex had escaped the plug's grip and discovered polarity had been reversed the whole time I've owned it ?


Doesn't half get heavy when filled with rubble!

 

[brianmoooore]

Henry's are still here, and come out if there's large quantities of material to be removed, and there's also a wet version of a Henry that we have that deals with floods and carpet/rug cleaning/

 

[Mike Johnson]

Whoever thought that a vacuum cleaner with a smily face would hold such loyalty, at least they are made in the UK, but now a new era has emerged for Henry: NBV240NX - Numatic International - https://numatic.co.uk/products/cleancare/nbv240nx/

 

[R-fur]

My Henry cost less than a fiver, bought at auction a few years back as no one else wanted him.

Noticed last week his flex had escaped the plug's grip and discovered polarity had been reversed the whole time I've owned it ?

How could you have missed that when you were doing all your three monthly PAT checks on all your site tools.

 

[nicebutdim]

How could you have missed that when you were doing all your three monthly PAT checks on all your site tools.

Good question and one that I can answer with ease...

I'm not working in any properties belonging to others and I'm not an electrician. It did teach me the lessons of assuming nothing, taking nothing for granted and amending my own practices in this regard.

 

[telectrix]

now you got me going to open the plug on my henry what i bought for £2 at a car boot sale 12 years ago.to check it. GRRR.