Central Vaccum Question

[bigbearcountry]

I've got a Hoover central vacuum and it is located in the garage. It has two intake ports on it and one is used to feed our 2 story house and basement. I'm thinking of adding 2 outlets in garage (one at the front and one at the rear (right next to the machine), but worried that I'll have too much tubing and the vacuum won't **** properly in the house or garage. I looked at the Hoover Vacuum user guide and their isn't any information on the amount of tubing/space is the maximum.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

 

[8man]

I had a central vac in the garage with tubes run throughout the house and in the garage. They had flaps so when the vac was turned on no air sucked through the pipes except the one you had the hose plugged into. So I would think it would work fine, ours did.

 

[Milton Shaw]

Only one hose will be used at a time so the number of outlets and the length of the tube really don't make any difference.

 

[gregtwojeeps]

Should not be a problem. If anything, your garage ports will be the strongest ones the unit has hooked to it as the ports will be the closest ones to the motor...eliminating the resistance of the long piping the house ports endure. JMO

 

[easyrider13]

I put vacuum connections in my garage and they work great.

 

[chops101]

I have 6 outlets running all over a two story house. Proper closing outlets that seal when not in use, you won't have any issues.

Mine has a garage intake port on it also, for vacuuming cars etc, with a 25' hose.