Power Head for a numatic NVQ 380 b-22

[ben770]

Hello! I have a Numatic NVQ 380-b22..I am sorry for the simple language, I am not a technical guy. I bought this years ago brand new and just opened it now. - Long story- Beside the power switch there is an outlet for a two pronged plug, like you'd plug into an electrical outlet, not two skinny pins) and it says "for use with a motorized brush".. Where on earth can I find one or one that will work. I drew an arrow in the attached picture, the plug has two small inserts, not a big one and small one)

 

[ben770]

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[luxflairguy]

I too have a Numatic Henry with a PN outlet...I'll post pics this weeks of how I converted a regular US plug that fits perfectly. It's still going strong 15 year later, though is a little loose. I earn my living cleaning house with this great vacuum! One of the best purchases I've ever made!! Greg

 

[ben770]

Luxflairguy

Thank you. But what nozzle do you use?

 

[gregvacs28]

Official Henry pns are rare in their home country of the UK and even more rare here in the US.

If you intend to add a pn you'd have to be creative. Go with a quality pn and then decide how you're going to power it.

Are you going to simply run a cord along the hose? That would work.

You're lucky to have a vac with the outlet.

Taking a standard extension cord and trimming the wings will allow it to plug in.

 

[ben770]

Gregvacs28

But id need a power nozzle that just plugs into an outlet. Any suggestions?

 

[gregvacs28]

It's doubtful you'd want a power nozzle with one long cord. Nor would you find anything like that.

You'd want something that you could unplug at the wand so you can use other attachments.

You need to decide what pn your going to use.

Wessel-werks is my recommendation.

Essentially you'll need a cord like this but a bit longer. It has the standard plug and the 2 pin female plug for the power nozzle.

 

[gregvacs28]

kit EBK360

This includes the wand and cord.

All you'd need is a cord from the wand end back to the plug on the back.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wessel-Wer...452433&hash=item44771e1c35:g:FK8AAOSwZo5fT6lV

 

[gregvacs28]

The only other thing I can think you'd need is possibly a button lock for the end of your hose wand.

Does yours have a button to hold the wands in place?

If not you'll need to get a button lock, then carefully measure, drill a hole, and slide the button into place.

 

[ben770]

Gregvacs28

Gregvacs28: thank you so much . It's such a good vacuum so I'd like to use it as I have two saint Bernards. So if I buy the combo nozzle and wand and the 6ft cord I should be good correct ?

 

[ben770]

Gregvacs28

Gregvacs28 no it doesn't have a button. Actually it doesn't have a metal part..just a plastic insert. I'll take a pic tomorrow. I also have 20 Hoover convertibles from the early 80s never opened in box. We used to own a department store and have thousands of items in storage . Lol. 40 years lol. Think they'd sell on eBay?

 

[blackheart]

So

Let's make this a little easier for ya. There's another model out there called the NVH380 This machines does have an electric hose. If you got this hose all you'd need is an electric wand and powerhead. The NVH380 normally uses a Sebo ET-1 head but this hose should allow for the hose of other heads like the EBK360 mentioned above.

Oh and Nacecare being a canadian company you may have an easier time finding one the part is HZNUM

https://www.discountvacuums.com/shop/hoses-1734/product/numatic-henry-power-nozzle-hose-nvh380-3708/

 

[compuvac]

@ben770 That's a really cool Numatic you have. Could you tell me the first 2 digits of the serial number? That would indicate the year it was made (example: 96 = 1996, 03 = 2003, 20 = 2020) I'm curious what year was it made because in Europe Numatic stopped putting a PN outlet since the late 90's.

@blackheart That's a neat hose. Would be ideal for a modded Henry.

 

[ben770]

Compuvac

Compuvac... 092316485.
Blackheart: thank you so much . It's not cheap to add all this stuff but , I have two giant st Bernards and I don't think tgere is a better vac on the market .

 

[ben770]

Last question .

I also have the Kent euroclean whisperclean. Same issue. It has an input to plug a pn into the body of the vacuum, but the input is just two small circles . Also a good vac, but what pn would I need? Which vac is better?

 

[ben770]

Correction .

My other vacuum is a nilfisk gd 2000. What powerhead goes with that? If I were to buy a powerhead and wand and everything needed , and I have to choose between the nacecare and nikfisk, which vac is better?
Thanks again for everyone's help

 

[n0oxy]

nvh380

I may look at getting one of those, if they're available in the United States. That's the only down side of the regular Henry, there is no easy way to connect a power nozzle, of course you can use a battery powered nozzle or use an external electric cord but those ways are definitely not the most practical.
Mike

 

[gregvacs28]

Yes, if you got the Henry electric hose Blackheart suggested and the
powernozzle kit I suggested.

That's all you'd need and you wouldn't have to install anything just snap the new parts together and you should be ready to vacuum up all those dog hairs.

 

[ben770]

gregvacs2

gregvacs28
thank you so much for the help and advice. I just want to make sure the PN , wand, and hose all plug into each other lol. And my last question:
I also have a new nilfisk gd2000... between the nilfisk and the nacecare, which one should I invest in the power nozzle for?
Which is the better Machine?
thanks!