danemodsandy
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Brian:
"A few more questions,, How often do you change all of the filters on your TriStar?"
This info is from the manual I have for my machine, which is the same manual that applies to your EX-20.
The motor filter should be changed every six months, and the cloth bag should be replaced once a year, or more often if it becomes worn or gets a hole in it. The little disc afterfilter should just be vacuumed with the crevice tool. If you use the big mushroom-shaped afterfilter, that's supposed to be changed every six months.
I'd use only one disposable bag in the machine, not two. Two reasons: One, the extra thickness of the second bag's mounting ring may cause your vacuum's door bag to seal less well than it should. That door's latch is adjusted to accommodate the thickness of the cloth bag's rubber ring plus one paper bag's ring. Two, the extra thickness of paper in the airflow path will decrease suction somewhat. Remember that a TriStar's airflow is already working against four layers of filtration- cloth bag, paper bag, motor filter, and afterfilter.
I don't do anything with the cloth bag to clean it; it doesn't really get dirty, what with the paper bag containing and filtering out the dirt, and it will get replaced on schedule next year anyway.
Hope this helps!
"A few more questions,, How often do you change all of the filters on your TriStar?"
This info is from the manual I have for my machine, which is the same manual that applies to your EX-20.
The motor filter should be changed every six months, and the cloth bag should be replaced once a year, or more often if it becomes worn or gets a hole in it. The little disc afterfilter should just be vacuumed with the crevice tool. If you use the big mushroom-shaped afterfilter, that's supposed to be changed every six months.
I'd use only one disposable bag in the machine, not two. Two reasons: One, the extra thickness of the second bag's mounting ring may cause your vacuum's door bag to seal less well than it should. That door's latch is adjusted to accommodate the thickness of the cloth bag's rubber ring plus one paper bag's ring. Two, the extra thickness of paper in the airflow path will decrease suction somewhat. Remember that a TriStar's airflow is already working against four layers of filtration- cloth bag, paper bag, motor filter, and afterfilter.
I don't do anything with the cloth bag to clean it; it doesn't really get dirty, what with the paper bag containing and filtering out the dirt, and it will get replaced on schedule next year anyway.
Hope this helps!
