Hose on PowerSmith PAVC-101 ash vacuum

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tiger

Feeling the Heat
Feb 3, 2014
438
Seabrook, MD (DC suburbs)
I was doing a weekly light front-end cleaning of the Harman and noticed my vac wasn't aggressively picking anything up; looking closer, wow, the hose was almost 100% severed right at the nozzle end. Duh, that would impact things. I "patched it up" with duct tape but that won't hold very long. I see that at Amazon they have a replacement hose, I presume to factory specs, for under $24... but are there other options? Something sturdier? I got the vac not that long after getting the pellet stove, so I guess about 6+ years of age.

There must be something with me and hoses, my previous shop vac also had a failed hose. And I'm on my 3rd hose -- they all seem to be poorly made! -- for my home's central vac system; but, then again, I've had the set-up for 32 years.
 
Check Home Depot, they have some decent replacement hose
 
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Check Home Depot, they have some decent replacement hose

Great idea, and I need to go there anyway. Plus, 5 minutes after posting the topic, I realized the hose itself screws into a plastic fitting and the break is near the end -- to, temporarily, I could just shorten the hose a few inches.
 
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