Posted on 08/22/2014 12:27:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Consumers are being urged to buy powerful vacuum cleaners while they can after it emerged that some of the most powerful models on the market will disappear in September when a new EU rule comes into force.
An EU energy label, to be introduced from 1 September, means manufacturers will not be able to make or import vacuum cleaners with a motor that exceeds 1,600 watts.
The Which? consumer group said many of its Best Buy models had motor sizes that exceeded this, “so if you’re in the market for a powerful vacuum, you should act quickly, before all of the models currently available sell out”. The wattage will be limited to only 900 watts by 2017—further restricting choice. Current cleaners typically boast an average of 1,800 watts. …
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They can have my Dyson when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
This sucks!
We see what you did there............
This sucks!
If the EU hasn’t yet outlawed flea markets (car boot sales?), this would be a really good time to invest in a truckload (lorryload ?) of high power vacuum cleaners.
Sales of the Copper Hand-Pump Vacuum Cleaner, Little Wonder will go up
Guess they’ll have to ban Bill Clinton from entering, because he has a nose like a Hoover.
Anything more than 1,500 watts will probably trip the breaker if you try to use anything else at the same time.
About 3170, which is almost 29 amps at 110 V. Must make your lights dim when you start it.
Of course, not all that 3.17kW goes into moving air and creating suction. Vacuum cleaners usually have fairly inefficient air-cooled motors (called "universal" motors) that depend on the presence of vast amounts of cooling air to keep from burning up.
Not that I've actually made any measurements, but judging from the amount of heat that comes out of the typical vacuum cleaner's exhaust, I would guess that their motors are on the order of 70% efficient. Then, when you factor in all the mechanical losses (impeller and volute, turbulence, pressure drop through the hoses, etc.) I wouldn't be surprised if less than 50% of the input power was really going into the creation of pressure drop at the suction head. Maybe quite a bit less.
For the first 15 years or so, the wife and I used 2nd hand washers and dryers. She really wanted a new washer and dryer, so we finally went and bought a set. The dryer works OK, but the washer is the worst piece of crap I've ever experienced. It's the "modern" front load type without an agitator. It doesn't get the clothes as clean, it takes an hour to wash a load, and the drain water pump has failed 3 times in only 7 or 8 years.
I think the reason it doesn't clean very well is because it uses much less water than the top-load agitator type washer.
Because if people want to pay a little more for the electricity it takes to run it, that isn’t allowed.
If the vacuum cleaner is weaker you will probably need to go over the same area multiple times. This will use even more electricity. Hence, there will be no energy savings.
This sucks!
I think it’s just a lot of planned obsolescence be it design obsolesce i.e. the desire for a new stylish front loading washer to replace the “out of style” top loading machines and lifespan limiting design obsolescence i.e. using inferior materials and underpowered motors to all but guarantee a diminished useful lifespan all to prevent deflation within the washing machine industry. It’s the same thing everywhere and governments, via regulations and mandates are one of the primary drivers of this activity.
Exactly. They sure put the “mental” in “environmentalism”.
Think of the extra energy required to manufacture replacement appliances for all the burned out appliances that end up in land fills and scrap yards thanks to government mandated under powered motors and other design flaws.
a smaller motor of any kind will almost always have to “work harder” to produce the same amount of force as a larger motor. Trying to compete with larger sized motors also typically requires more moving parts. This all translates into more heat and more wear and a shortened lifespan.
These imbeciles on the left would like us all to go back to the caves and live in filth and eat grass.
Not them, though, they’ll still be jet setting around the globe and golfing with Mr. Obama.
“This sucks!”
I think it is better stated, ‘The EU Sucks!’
“This sucks!”
I think it is better stated, ‘The EU Sucks!’
They are way ahead of you. From the article: “The wattage will be limited to only 900 watts by 2017 –...”
The last paragraph stated that the government was there to help, and since you were too dumb to research crappy vacuum cleaners on your own and ended up buying one, the heretofore unregulated industry will now be regulated[ so everybody will have to buy an even crappier by design model].
No, my point was they are not measuring efficiency.
They need a new rating of “suck per watt” ...:^)
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