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Vacuum cleaner infested with dirty maggots!

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james_s:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on August 05, 2019, 10:11:31 pm ---Yeah, seriously though, that's what I would personally do, dump the whole thing.

I usually hate trashing stuff that could still work perfectly, but something that infested - eek. Even the motor could be full of larvae and other pests. Unless you're willing to completely disassemble and clean it, it's probably never going to be clean...

--- End quote ---

It's a shop vac, not a food mixer. Who cares if it's perfectly clean as long as it's not crawling with bugs or full of nasty toxic substances.

Gyro:
It's probably a good idea to keep the hose attached (if it wasn't already). Moths probably don't want to have to walk that far!  :D

Zero999:
Gyro,
I can't find the vacuum cleaner you're talking about on the Aldi website.

coppercone2,
I've not watched The Simpsons for years. I think it went downhill in the early 2000s. Maybe the newer episodes are better.

SiliconWizard,
I'll see what the motor and wiring look like, but it's not mine, so I can't make the decision whether to dump it or not.

ogden,
I don't think it's worth cleaning the filter, which costs under £8 and is the only option, if he wants to keep the vacuum: I'm certainly not going to clean it! Of course I'll have to take the thing to pieces and remove any remaining grubs from the motor and pipes, but that shouldn't be too difficult.
https://www.filtamagic.com/acatalog/Parkside_Canister_Vacuum_Cleaner_Filter_1256.html

Mr. Scram,
There are a lot more grubs tucked away in the filter and other parts for the vacuum than the photographs show. I'm not being squeamish. The problem is they'll turn into moths which lay eggs in furnishings and hatch into more fabric eating larvae.

Electro Detective,
You lost me when you mentioned cleaning it with another vacuum, which would just move the pests from one to the other. If the other vacuum had a bag this might work, but there's still the risk some of the grubs would end up in the pipes

james_s
Yes, it doesn't have to be squeaky clean, but the grubs must go!

Monkeh:
https://www.aldi.co.uk/wet-and-dry-workshop-vacuum/p/018746287808400

ogden:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on August 06, 2019, 08:39:26 pm ---I don't think it's worth cleaning the filter, which costs under £8 and is the only option, if he wants to keep the vacuum: I'm certainly not going to clean it!

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Yes. *If* you don't want to clean filter - buy new one. Why do we even have this discussion? You did not want to harm maggots or what? :)

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