Boat with Kenmore Central Vacuum

[amtraksebo1997]

My dad is really into boats. Yesterday he showed me this video of a boat for sale with a Kenmore Central Vacuum installed in it. I knew that there were compact units available for boats and RVs (I.E. the Dirt Devil CV1500 and others), but to see one with what looks like a full-sized unit is very peculiar, and seems a bit overkill to me, but it's still really cool imo.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Cool!

 

[vacerator]

I would imagine most yachts have them too. Any boat not having an a/c generator onboard needs dockside power to run a vacuum.

 

[centralsweeper63]

True. I would say this is the type of thing the md hru line is made for.

 

[vgwpg]

That's cool! I like boats, and especially when they have a central vacuum system!

I have seen a couple of full-sized central vacuums on boats. (Online only though.)

One is in a GoneWithTheWynns video. You can see it at 17:24. It's a pretty basic NuTone (CV350?) though.



The other is in this 360 virtual tour of a Pearl 95: https://vrcloud.com/?pv=1541238224. You can see it in the one corner of the engine room. That one is an Electrolux unit, and then you can see the inlets throughout the boat. This is a very large boat though, so I would expect it to have a full-sized central vacuum if it were to have one. It doesn't look like they include central vacuums on their new models though.

 

[centralsweeper63]

I would love a boat, though a motorhome is more my price and style!

 

[vacerator]

Our neighbors motorhome has a laundry and built in Vac.

 

[centralvacguru]

We have designed a number of systems for boats over the years. Yes, our MD HRU line would be good for this in the case of water being ingested. For these applications we usually double coat them with paint. It might make sense to even use our AirMaster with the plastic lower bucket to further avoid rust potential. And we put a means by which you can secure the unit to the bracket fully secure so it does not dislodge in heavy seas. I would then normally recommend only air-driven tools such as the Wessel Air Driven brush for any carpeted surfaces.

 

[panasonicvac]

My neighbors had a boat with a central vac inside. It had a black WalVac inlet at first but it later got replaced. I don't know what it actually was because I don't think it was a WalVac.