Cordless craftsman hand vac to corded

[4501933ho]

I have converted a craftsman cordless vacuum to corded by using a bridge rectifier and a 12 volt ac transformer so it can run on 120 volts

 

[lesinutah]

Nice

Very interesting idea. I've used car adaptor vacuums. They have small opening and under powered.
I imagine this conversion would make for much better performance.
How well does it work. Does it clog easy. How much does it hold.
Very creative I put a longer cord on a radar detector for my Toyota. I imagine you could cut off ac adapter and solder a plug in on it. I doubt it would work because of the size of wires.
Les

 

[madman]

Eyy, that's pretty good! I'm wondering if there's some sort of readily available high-current 12v switch mode power supply... to maybe take a couple ounces off the extra weight of a full size transformer.

Part of me wants to say that you should put a single diode across the motor to absorb inductive kickback, or whatever it's called, but I don't really know for sure if it's needed. It'd probably be over-engineering for something like this.

 

[lesinutah]

Ya

Over engineering a diode. I kind of understand your post but doing it nope not capable.
Les

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

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