Vacuum Cleaner

[tgifbos]

Does anyone use a Vacuum Cleaner to clean out the inner lint traps on a Wascomat Td30/30 Dryer?
And if so, What type of Vacuum Cleaner do you use?
Or do you have an recommendations for a Vacuum Cleaner?
Thanks!

[laundryboy]

Shop-vac. Don't bother with anything that has a bag, you'll fill it to fats!

[ajay]

we use crafstman vacuum with a 3" diameter hose. The shopvac's hose wasn't wide enough for the lint and it was constantly getting clogged.

[Anonymous]

I have a Lindhaus central vacuum for commerical use.

Soooo handy!

[mike]

Yes,

I went to our local "big box" hardware store (reno depot)

and bought the top of the line shop-vac.

It came with 1.5 inch hose and a couple of fittings.

I wanted to buy additional attachments (to clean my TD-3030's)

I went back to the store to find that all their attachments are 1.25 inch or 2.5 inch !

No 1.5 inch fittings !! They don't stock them !!

What a way to run a business !!

[MichaelCa]

I'm with Ajay: I use a Craftsman shop-vac with 3" hose -

The cannister is jammed full less than 2 weeks.

Mike, were those kiddie-dryers you were looking to clean with a 1.5" hose ? .... oh those must be 1.5 *Canadian* inches ;)

[stlbob]

I also use a Shop vac and love it. I have a 3inch hose with a crevice tool to get into the corners behind the lint drawer. It really does a great job. The crevice tool gets clogged when there is a lot of lint but it is very easily controllable.
Bob

[pete f]

Yes,

I went to our local "big box" hardware store (reno depot)

and bought the top of the line shop-vac.

It came with 1.5 inch hose and a couple of fittings.

I wanted to buy additional attachments (to clean my TD-3030's)

I went back to the store to find that all their attachments are 1.25 inch or 2.5 inch !

No 1.5 inch fittings !! They don't stock them !!

What a way to run a business !!

I seem to end up making my own tools.
For dryer cleaning, I duct tape a PVC pipe that fits in the Dexter Stack lint area to the shop vac (not sure of the size, but maybe 1.2 in"? maybe 1" cpvc. The pipe I cut a wide angle so can get the bottom area better. Not sure Home Depot has a big market for theese special tools, but I AM SURE the stock will go up after 10 BILLION $$ US dollars gets spent on home improvement via hurricanes this year....

[MichaelCa]

pete f : do you mean the *hose* to the pvc pipe is also 1.2 or 1 inch dia. ?
How does that work for you ?

[PeterH]

Are you using it for simple lint screen cleaning, secondary lint screen cleaning, or general preventative maintenance all over the machine? I have yet to find anything other than a stiff brush to effectively clean the 2ndary lint screen.

[pete f]

pete f : do you mean the *hose* to the pvc pipe is also 1.2 or 1 inch dia. ?
How does that work for you ?

I sort of fit pieces together with duct tape till they are the diameter I need. I think the vac is about 2 1/2". From there a 2 1/1" PVC , then a 2" CPVC, a 1" pvc. PVC is thin walled, CPVC is thick wall. As an afterthought now, I think a trip to a plumbing place, you could get reducers so the thing would be a little neater. I have to get way in back of the lint trays in the Dexters, so the 1" piece is very long, and I cut the end at a steep angle so when I stick it in the thing an vacum better