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Unread 21-03-2010, 19:52
LLogan LLogan is offline
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Re: Are COTS shop vacs legal? They have motors

My team gutted a handheld vacuum and replaced the motor inside with a fisher price. It's basically just an enclosed impeller assembly on the inside. The most difficult part was replacing the motor. The impeller was pressed onto the shaft of the old vacuum motor, so we had to cut the shaft of the old motor and press the impeller onto the shaft of our fisher price.

We showed the inspector pictures (that prominently displayed the fisher price's serial numbers) of the process and we were good to go.

Last edited by LLogan : 21-03-2010 at 19:53. Reason: Clarification