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Nehmo Sergheyev wrote:
> Whole house vacuum clearer systems have access ports (inlets) where a
> user can plug-in a flexible pick-up tube. Behind the access ports are
> tubes that lead to a central vacuum clearer. The user aims the end of
> the flexible pick-up tube at the dirt, and the suction takes the dirt
> via the tubes to a container in the central vacuum cleaner. This
> article describes one setup: http://snipurl.com/ottj
>
> The vacuum cleaner itself is larger and perhaps has a quieter motor
> than portable units, but it's conventional in design. A fan covered by
> a dust filter provides the suction.
>
> But what about positioning the motor and fan on the other side of the
> dirt? Make the house airtight, and when using the vacuum close the
> usual exhaust ports, like the ones for the kitchen and bathrooms. Make
> an opening from the outside of the house to the inside, and have a fan
> in it blowing through a filter (for pollen etc.) toward the inside. In
> other words, have a fan that pressurizes the house. Behind each access
> port, have a tube goes directly to a screened-in container outside. The
> user closes up the house, starts the pressurizing fan, and uses the
> flexible pick-up tubes as in the conventional arrangement. Dust and
> gases get removed from the house, and the larger pieces of trash get
> caught in the screened-in containers.
>
> I see advantages to this kind of system:
>
> The tube system is simple and cheap.
>
> Short tubes going outside are unlikely to clog.
>
> Instead of capturing most of the dust as with a conventional unit, you
> exhaust the dust to the outside. This exhaust doesn't need much of a
> filter. A screen would prevent you from littering the neighborhood.
>
> Relatively clean incoming air goes to the fine filter. This would need
> infrequent replacement.
>
> Pick-up tubes can be different sizes.
>
> There's a possibility of quiet operation.
>
>
> Would this be a practical system? Has anybody ever seen anything like
> it?
>
You missed April Fool's Day by 6 days....
This has to be a troll, nobody could be THAT stupid...
Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."
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Re: Pressure Vacuum Cleaner for Whole House
