I know there have been threads on these things but I'm coming up cold on a search. My wife is wanting one. It would have to be able to take warm or perhaps a hot coal; not one of those for cold ashes only. Any ideas?
I have had a couple. I don’t mess with hot coals any longer. The metal lined hose held up but the plastic inner parts of the canister has had some melting occur. The one I have says to not use for ashes hotter than 160 degrees. It seems that that would rule out hot coals. This is with the power smith ash vac.
So far that is the one that looks best. One thing they don't tell on their ads is what the length of the vacuum hose is. What model is yours and what is the length?
I snapped a pic of this info. The hose I have for appears to be about 8 feet. I want to say when I bought it, I saw the company had the option for this longer hose. Side note, I’m really glad I went down to the basement to look at the vacuum. I realized that I left the basement door open about an inch when I was bringing in wood this morning. With this frigid cold we’ve had, that mistake would have been costly!
Thanks for the info Ctwoodtick Ouch. Leaving a door open in this weather is a disaster. But I'll bet most of us has had this happen. Just a few days ago I complained to my wife, thinking she had a window open or a fan on and my feet were getting cold. Ah ha, front door was "almost" closed. But what drives me crazy even more is at this time of year when people start to leave and open the door then stand in the doorway and want to talk. Close the dammed door! Same thing can happen in summer if air conditioner is on. That's just as bad as those stupid people who open a refrigerator wide open and leave it for a long time. Close the door, stupid!
I'm not gonna' say my wife is stupid, but you should talk to her about this issue. Smart as a whip except for this stuff.
I think that being “involved” with your heat makes you more protective over it. Wood is quite involved!
I had seen the wife comments above, and then started reading this, about being “involved” with your heat, and was really wondering where the rest of the sentence was going to!
Have someone heat a glass of water to, say 5 degrees higher. See how much fuel it takes. Now just imagine that for the opposite, or for cooling. Perhaps this comes a bit from my background. I was born into a poor family and not only did we not have a water heater, we didn't even have running water. But, we got a new wood cook stove that had a reservior in it. Hooray! Warm water without having to heat it on the top of the stove. Well, in theory anyway. Because I was the youngest in the family, guess who got to wash last.... Also, heating water on stove top really makes one appreciate how long it takes and how much fuel. Now just imagine that it takes about the same to cool things.
Were you thinking that “being involved with your wood” was coming next. I have way too much decency than that, lol.
I’ll bet you appreciate a lot of things that others might take for granted. I feel bad for kids from wealthy backgrounds. I wonder what actual motivation they have for working when the are old enough to.
