Vacuum hose length

[Mel T]

Would love to know if there are regulations in place on how low a vacuum hose can hang to the ground. Or any other regulations that help prevent tripping hazards at self serve car wash facilities in Texas. Thanks!

 

[Waxman]

vac hoses are commonly 15' in my experience. that allows people to return the hose to the vacuum, making 2 or 3 loops. it's up to the customer to return the hose after they finish vacuuming. lots of lazy people just toss the hose on the ground and leave it for 'somebody else' to pick up. if you went to theses customers' houses, you'd find the bed unmade and dirty dishes piled up in the sink.

 

[Mel T]

 

[Mel T]

To me this is such a tripping hazard how low these hoses hang.

 

[Waxman]

thats a different setup from my self serve vacs

 

[washnshine]

Yes - the boom style never needs to be wrapped up, just return the nozzle. Less to do for the customer.

 

[Blanco]

Yes - the boom style never needs to be wrapped up, just return the nozzle. Less to do for the customer.

My initial thought when buying arch vacs. Wow how nice would it be not to wrap up hoses every ten minutes. They look cool.

Fast forward 5 years after probably 6 clogs a week on 19 vacs totaling 1440 clogs total roughly + 100K spent I am finally ripping them out and replacing them with the same brand vacs I took out (no arch) that would have maybe 1 clog a year.

I would rather wrap up hoses any day then have to pull out a ladder and conduit to unclog a vac or have a call every day about how vac has no suction.

Big waste of money. Lesson learned. There neat to look at but thats about all.

If you have a tunnel and give them away for free thats one thing but an unattended SS is completely different.

 

[Blanco]

To me this is such a tripping hazard how low these hoses hang.

OK so what's your point? Are you an insurance agent or car wash owner? Do you think there is a handbook that details how low a vacuum hose can hang?

 

[washnshine]

My initial thought when buying arch vacs. Wow how nice would it be not to wrap up hoses every ten minutes. They look cool.

Fast forward 5 years after probably 6 clogs a week on 19 vacs totaling 1440 clogs total roughly + 100K spent I am finally ripping them out and replacing them with the same brand vacs I took out (no arch) that would have maybe 1 clog a year.

I would rather wrap up hoses any day then have to pull out a ladder and conduit to unclog a vac or have a call every day about how vac has no suction.

Big waste of money. Lesson learned. There neat to look at but thats about all.

If you have a tunnel and give them away for free thats one thing but an unattended SS is completely different.

Had no idea - I just have the regular vacs - thanks for sharing!