New Tornado Power Pipe Cloths
I am happy to report that I have finally tried the Tornado Power Cloths on my own home. While I am not thoroughly convinced that they improved the power of the system, I do believe that they have marketable value.
Initially the performance of the system did improve because I changed the paper bag. The cloths then did run through the system and did come out dirty. Because I ran the first one through from the furthest inlet, it would come out as dirty as possible. The subsequent cloths were less and less dirty. My system is about 9 years old and the longest run is about 80 feet of pipe.
Because the cloths stay in the filter, they do provide a scent that identifies that they were used. This is a good marketable issue. Of course, Andrew, my e-commerce director used some on his home and he was offended by the smell as he is highly alergic to scents.
One minor problem, I initially put the cloths in with the rough side inwards rather than outwards. This caused me to use a second one to insure the best results.
Did my performance improve? Not that I could statistically quantify. There still may be some sort of anti-static force that opens up the airflow better in the pipes by using these cloths so I recommend that Wincor run a few scientifically quantifiable tests and they will have a winner.
August 11th, 2006 at 11:11 am
I tried the new tornado cloths because I have been having some intermittent decreases in suction on my central vac. We have two dogs and I was hoping that it would sweep out any debris along the pipe that may be catching the hair. ON the contrary, a single use of the cloths on just two of my outlets, closely following the instructions, seems to have further clogged my lines to the point where the suction is inadequate to pick up anything but very small, light debris. Now I am faced with having to troubleshoot and maybe hire someone to fix it. Wish I had never tried them.
August 14th, 2006 at 10:35 am
It is true, if your system has a full blown clog the “maintenance” cloths will not become the “clog remover”. The cloths are getting a 5-Star rating from our customers and you can read there comments here - http://builtinvacuum.com/productRatings/viewRatings.php?product_id=1805