I've seen only grey PVC for vac systems; doesn't fit plumbing PVC nor
electric conduit.
Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Watkins"
<harry...@bellsouth.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
> The pipe I got was not sized to match up with regular plumbing
pipe. I
> under bought thinking if I needed a little more, a short hardware
store
> trip would work. NOT. I had to drive 80 miles and I stocked up,
13 > years
> later and I have left over's.
>
> I didn't know about the clear, but that would be the way to go.
>
> Thanks
> Harry
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R A Bennell" <b...@mts.net>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
>
>
>>I did, many years ago.
>>
>> I ran the pipe for the second floor up through a closet on the
main >> floor
>> into a closet on the 2nd floor and then put the outlet through
the >> back
>> wall of the closet into the hallway. Pipe is about 2 inches
diameter >> if
>> my memory is right. Our 2 story house has a duct chase in one
spot >> that
>> permits heating ducts, plumbing etc to go from the basement to
the 2nd
>> floor. I used that as the spot for one of the main floor outlets.
>>
>> Our house has a full basement and the vacuum unit is mounted in the
>> basement. Has worked well for about 25 years. Put a new motor in
it a
>> year or so ago. Think the old one just needs bearings and brushes
so I
>> kept it but SWMBO was very anxious to have it fixed and insisted
we >> swap
>> motors ASAP. It had become intermittent. Sometimes would not start.
>>
>> Ours uses the white pipe. I think if I had to do it over, I would
use >> the
>> clear pipe. I once had to find a blockage and cut it out to fix the
>> problem. Clear pipe would have made it easier to do that. The >>
blockage
>> was a piece of dowel about 2 inches long from kid's toys. Got
caught >> on a
>> T and would not turn the corner.
>>
>> Randy
>>
>> On 07/12/2010 6:39 AM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC,
>> 53310
>> wrote:
>>> Anyone ever retro-fit a house with central vacuum? My house is two
>>> story, has crawl space easily accessible and attic as well.
>>>
>>> I've fished various wires down the walls from above - what size
>>> piping
>>> is required for central vac?
>>>
>>> -Max
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com
>>> [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 10:39 AM
>>> To: Mercedes Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
>>>
>>> I've been using central vacs for 42 years; 'even designed and
>>> installed
>>> systems in IBM, AT&T and DuPont labs at Research Triangle Park,
>>> Raleigh,
>>> etc., while I was off active duty from USAF and playing boy-student
>>> '68-'71.
>>> Power unit for the system I've been using here for 22 years is
one I
>>> "made"
>>> using an old Sears shop vac tank with a Lamb motor/fan assembly
left
>>> over from one of the RTP jobs after I converted the RTP system to
>>> operate VERY well and nearly maintenance-free by shooting
compressed >>> air
>>> through a venturi.
>>>
>>> Wilton
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "LWB250"<lwb...@yahoo.com>
>>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List"<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 10:10 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
>>>
>>>
>>> Central vacs are definitely the way to go. While the initial
upfront
>>> cost
>>> is high, the convenience and efficiency of a central vac system
blows
>>> (sucks?) away any portable vac.
>>>
>>> Not to mention not having to empty it out buy maybe once or twice a
>>> year...
>>>
>>> We have built a couple of homes with central vacs, and I would
do it
>>> again
>>> without hesitation.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Curt Raymond<curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Curt Raymond<curtlud...@yahoo.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
>>>> To: "Diesel List"<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>>>> Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 10:06 AM
>>>> Central vac beats them all, we've got
>>>> a cheap one and it'll put a drunk sorority girl to shame...
>>>> Get too close to one of those plastic grocery bags and
>>>> *sluurrpp* its gone!
>>>>
>>>> I also like that we only need to empty the thing once a
>>>> year, no bags either...
>>>>
>>>> -Curt
>>>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:06:38 -0500
>>>> From: "Allan Streib"<str...@cs.indiana.edu>
>>>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List"<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
>>>> Message-ID:<1291471598.9250.1408627...@webmail.messagingengine.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>
>>>> We
>>>> have an Oreck. It's a good vacuum, better than the Royal
>>>> it replaced,
>>>> but I don't think they really live up to the legend. Open
>>>> one up to
>>>> change the belt---it's all plastic and the motor doesn't
>>>> look like
>>>> much. Hotels use them because they are light and they
>>>> vacuum every
>>>> day---they never have to pick up a lot of deep dirt.
>>>>
>>>> For pure
>>>> suction, I think our Kenmore canister has the Oreck beat by
>>>> a fair
>>>> margin. It's not as easy to use or nearly as light,
>>>> though.
>>>>
>>>> Allan
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:00 -0800, "Kevin Kraly"<kr...@comcast.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> They've been making Orecks with the same basic design
>>>> for 47 years, man
>>>>> that's a long time! The new one has a LED light on
>>>> the front, hepa outer
>>>>> bag and hepa filter bags as well. We'll see how it
>>>> stacks up to the
>>>>> Dyson
>>>>> DC14 and the old Kirby Heritage II Legend. We have
>>>> plenty of a challenge
>>>>> for any vacuum with two low shedding Labradoodle guide
>>>> dogs, a high
>>>>> shedding
>>>>> retired black Lab, a Lhasa Apso, a Maltese and a few
>>>> cats.
>>>>> Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _
>>
>>
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