New 36v Shop vac | Tools In Action

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SwaglosrevivalMember since Oct 2014Aug 31, 2015 3:40 PM CT

I don’t understand a darn thing he saying but that’s a nice vac. I like that step on/off switch.

AndrullMember since Apr 2015Aug 31, 2015 4:08 PM CT

Looks very promising. 🙂

ANd yeah, that switch looks sooo much better than that crappy akward thingy on the back of my existing VAC.

Nice detail that it got the possibility to lock the wheels. Not a huge advantage, but still, there a a few times where it could come in handy. 🙂

Also, seemed pretty quiet, but thats hard to judge from a video.

mtnkid85Member since Jun 2015Aug 31, 2015 11:34 PM CT

I’m beginning to think I have an obsession with vacuums… I hope we see this guy in the states sometime soon.

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krutonMember since Jun 2015Sep 1, 2015 4:54 AM CT

I would be all over one of these. Looks a good bit smaller than my vac now so it would be pretty handy.

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kornomaniacMember since Oct 2014Sep 1, 2015 10:57 AM CT

Awesome to finnaly see a vind of this one 🙂

kornomaniacMember since Oct 2014Sep 14, 2015 4:34 AM CT

Here’s some more pictures / info.

http://www.makita.co.jp/product/category/syuuzin_buroa/vc860dz/vc860dz.html

If you translate it to english with Chrome Browser it’s almost understandable 😀

AndrullMember since Apr 2015Sep 14, 2015 12:06 PM CT

Hmmm.. I’m no expert here, but this numbers seems a bit odd. Given the runtime and capacity you could make an estimate on the power of the motor. 180 Wh (stipulated), and 30 min runime would at least be in the 300W range.

And for what I can calculate, it seems like it is a bit more efficient (power vs output power) on AC. (350W/1050W = 30 %) DC power didn’t come up as as very efficient at all. And AC motors rarely is very efficient.

So I guess brushless motor is out of the calculation. Perhaps they just run a universal motor made for 110V on lower voltage (36V). That would make it very cheap to make, and also explain those low efficiency numbers.

I have no idea if 70W suction power is enough for smaler stuff, but would at least hope Makita will go the distance.

But I might be dead wrong here guys. But I hope at least to see a DC to DC converter (36V to 115V) on an universal motor or some sort. Or the best option (and most expensive by far), an integratet AC/DC converter, and a brushless 36V DC motor.

You don’t want to loose any joules, or have any lower efficiency when running on battery power.