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It finally warmed up enough this week and since I didn't have anything booked the first part of this week I decided to make some changes inside my trailer. I purchased it used and have been wanting to change some things around to suit my needs and so far I am loving the changes.
In an earlier thread a couple people had asked me about the Hanvey upgrade kit that allows you to use your shop vac as a clipper vac system. I have been using it for some time and it works perfect, however I wanted to remote mount my shop vac in the rear holding tank area to free up some floor space and to move the noise out of the grooming area. Here is how I did it. You can look at the attached photos.
I made a platform in the rear, took the wheels off the shop tank and secured it to the platform with screws and wing nuts on the bottom so in the future I can take it out and clean it. I don't have to take it out to remove the hair. Just disconnect the hard line leading into the inlet and remove the top like you would normally.
The inlet on my shop vac was 1.5" so I used a 1.5" PVC pipe coupling, it fits just right. From there it leads into 1.5" PVC pipe, makes a 90 degree and goes up the back wall. At the top it makes a 90 degree turn and follows along the inside top wall and ends with a 1.5" to 1" sealing coupling. I took a 1" 90 degree drain pipe designed to fit the seal coupling and cut the end off removing the 90 degree section.
I then took the flexible shop vac hose and removed the reducer end that would normally plug into the 1.5" inlet opening on the shop vac and used a 1.25" hose clamp to secure it to the 1" drain pipe piece where I cut off the 90 degree end.
I can now attach all of shop vac accessories onto the normal end of shop vac hose plus use my Hanvey upgrade it.
Since the unit is now mounted in the rear I needed to remote turn on my shop vac. To do that I use a on/off foot switch. I got the foot switch at Harbor Freight for $13 bucks. Its mounted on the floor below the grooming table.
Cost of the whole project was about $30 bucks since I used some scrap lumber I had stashed away. The only thing I had to buy was the switch, plumbing pieces, pipe brackets, wall hangers, and self taping screws.
One note I did not glue the pipes together since I wanted to be able to take it apart to clean it from time to time or if it became clogged. So to get a slug fit at all the fittings I put a single wrap of electrical tape and firmly pressed it all together.
In an earlier thread a couple people had asked me about the Hanvey upgrade kit that allows you to use your shop vac as a clipper vac system. I have been using it for some time and it works perfect, however I wanted to remote mount my shop vac in the rear holding tank area to free up some floor space and to move the noise out of the grooming area. Here is how I did it. You can look at the attached photos.
I made a platform in the rear, took the wheels off the shop tank and secured it to the platform with screws and wing nuts on the bottom so in the future I can take it out and clean it. I don't have to take it out to remove the hair. Just disconnect the hard line leading into the inlet and remove the top like you would normally.
The inlet on my shop vac was 1.5" so I used a 1.5" PVC pipe coupling, it fits just right. From there it leads into 1.5" PVC pipe, makes a 90 degree and goes up the back wall. At the top it makes a 90 degree turn and follows along the inside top wall and ends with a 1.5" to 1" sealing coupling. I took a 1" 90 degree drain pipe designed to fit the seal coupling and cut the end off removing the 90 degree section.
I then took the flexible shop vac hose and removed the reducer end that would normally plug into the 1.5" inlet opening on the shop vac and used a 1.25" hose clamp to secure it to the 1" drain pipe piece where I cut off the 90 degree end.
I can now attach all of shop vac accessories onto the normal end of shop vac hose plus use my Hanvey upgrade it.
Since the unit is now mounted in the rear I needed to remote turn on my shop vac. To do that I use a on/off foot switch. I got the foot switch at Harbor Freight for $13 bucks. Its mounted on the floor below the grooming table.
Cost of the whole project was about $30 bucks since I used some scrap lumber I had stashed away. The only thing I had to buy was the switch, plumbing pieces, pipe brackets, wall hangers, and self taping screws.
One note I did not glue the pipes together since I wanted to be able to take it apart to clean it from time to time or if it became clogged. So to get a slug fit at all the fittings I put a single wrap of electrical tape and firmly pressed it all together.
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