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Re: Electric leaf blower...
If you can find a leaf blower with a round outlet it's pretty easy to build and adapter so you can use a 2.5" vacuum hose when using it to dry your car.
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
The cordless one sounds nice, I've got a toro and it works great for cars that have any sort of wax on them. If doing your own car, this is great, for new customers when a car hasn't been waxed in years, it's not as beneficial, but still great for getting water out of cracks and crevices. Good luck with it!
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
I'm hoping you will always plug whichever electric
leaf blower you choose, into a GFCI protected
outlet...especially whenever using it in/around
a "wet environment".
Bob
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
I have a Toro as well.
The thing to look at is not MPH as the end all - be all, but more importantly CFM / THEN MPH.
IOW's..... if it's doing 170 MPH with a lower CFM than one that does 160 MPH with a much higher CFM then the second one will win, hands down.
Another thing would be look at 12amp units as a minimum requirement.
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
Originally Posted by cardaddy
I have a Toro as well.
The thing to look at is not MPH as the end all - be all, but more importantly CFM / THEN MPH.
IOW's..... if it's doing 170 MPH with a lower CFM than one that does 160 MPH with a much higher CFM then the second one will win, hands down.
Another thing would be look at 12amp units as a minimum requirement.
Yep, all the units I am looking at are 12 amp. Good info on the mph/cfm. Wasn't aware of this. Thanks.
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
Originally Posted by ski2
If you can find a leaf blower with a round outlet it's pretty easy to build and adapter so you can use a 2.5" vacuum hose when using it to dry your car.
I'm having difficulty finding the parts that'll fit the homelite (round outlet) to get it to the house connector without modifying the outlet. Guess I just need to buck up and modify. It was only 32 bucks....
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
Originally Posted by FUNX650
I'm hoping you will always plug whichever electric
leaf blower you choose, into a GFCI protected
outlet...especially whenever using it in/around
a "wet environment".
Bob
Absolutely! Ever since my friend's dad drilled into a 240v circuit inside the garage wall using an old metal case Craftsman drill, I've had a healthy respect and awareness when it comes to electricity. I swear it knocked him about 6 feet across the garage. (That could be my imagination but it sure seemed like it)
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
Originally Posted by ski2
I found the parts I used in the plumbing department at HD.
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I believe the 'special' fitting you need is a fernco flexible coupler, can be found in the HD plumbing department. There are a number of brands other than fernco.
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Re: Electric leaf blower...
Yeah.. I just don't want to be "that" guy who carries parts of a leaf blower and vacuum hose into Home Depot and starts trying different things. I think I'll just have to get over that and swing by tomorrow.
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