h a l f b a k e r yPlease listen carefully, as our opinions have changed.
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
The power switch on my upright vacuum cleaner is an inconvenient little foot switch that's hard to reach in emergencies, like when I accidentally vacuum up rug fringe, the cat's tail, etc. If the vacuum had a quick release on the handle, like lawnmowers have, I could cut power instantly.
While we're
at it, put the power switch on the handle so I don't have to hit the foot switch to turn the thing on, either. With these little conveniences, maybe I wouldn't go 6 months between cleanings.
The quick release handle could be bypassed or disabled if I wanted to use the hose attachments.
Trigger switch
http://www.tycoelec...prodnews.asp?id=449
Pull the trigger. [Coal Drag, Jan 12 2005]
[link]
|
| |
I hate the little foot switch thingies. |
|
| |
By the way, I have a Hoover Wind Tunnel, a very common vacuum cleaner; it and many others have the switch on the handle. Also by the way, it doesn't help much with emergency shutoffs. |
|
| |
How about a type of trigger switch? Power is proportional to trigger position and there is a locking mechanism. Please see the link. |
|
| |
sorry, but [-] since if you have a "quick release" switch (ala lawnmower), then it wouldn't allow you to let go of the handle while you use the hose & attachements (instead of the handle). And there are already switches on handles (on mine even). |
|
| |
"wouldn't allow you to let go of the handle while you use the hose & attachements "...unless you also included in a switch or mechanism that would allow it run hands free while the hose was attached. |
|
| |
ah / ok. bone removed then |
|
| |
Good plan. Just like drills - a trigger to make it go and a button next to the trigger that locks the trigger on. |
|
| |
Oh yeah. Like [Coal Drag]'s link. |
|
| |