Any Earlex workshop vac owners? Compatibility of accessories.

The items in the picture looks similar to my Nilfisk unit. What's the ID of the hose socket? Just obtained a large diameter hose for my Nilfisk unit after throwing my dummy out of the county over the ridiculously restrictive hose supplied as standard. What I'm saying is that Nilfisk might have what you need. I can measure the ID of the hose socket on my unit if you wish.

Richard

There isn't any bayonet type gubbins on my Earlex of roughly 5 years ago. The hose just wedges in.

Cheers,

Colin.

Would this be, by any chance, the infamous Lavor "Little Willy" cleaner? If so then it doesn't fit the Earlex hoses[1]. And TBH given that the Lavor is fairly rubbish and the Earlex cheap, I'd just go and buy an Earlex.

Ah, thanks, would be great if you could.

The outside diameter of the hose is 55mm, the single bayonet/nipple is

Not sure about it being the "Little Willy" as I've only ever used it as a vacuum and never as any kind of sex toy. It's a 2200W GN-32 with power take-off and it's done sterling service over ten years so I really can't complain.

Thanks for that. I just found the Earlex hose on the TLC website - which has specs that Earlex's own website lacks - and it seems the hose is 60mm OD and therefore incompatible.

Mine has lasted for 10 years, but I'm fairly sure that for 9.5 of those years it has just made a noise and not actually done much cleaning. YMMV.

Hello Mike

I don't think that the Nilfisk hose is going to work for you. The socket in the cleaner is 57mm ID while the hose plug is 58mm OD. The actual ID of the hose seems to be 38mm.

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Sorry

Richard

Ah well, thanks very much for checking and getting back to me.

I phoned Lavor today and they said they didn't do wide bore hoses for the lower end models so it looks like I'll either have to invest in an Earlex or hit the hire shop.