Questions & Answers for: ridgid shop vac suction

...shop vac can I run my sears shop vac without the paper bag, for dry pickup? Just do it. The vacuum cleaner is made to handle both dry dust and wet dust to include sucking up water. Notice the little ...

...Ridgid to **** up dry dirt and construction leftovers, then used it when my basement flooded. It worked fine, until the water backed out of the nozzle and leaked out of the back hose hole. I tried to ...

...vac will **** water normally, than the motor makes a higher pitched sound and stops suction. Does this have anything to do with the filter si since it is in bad shape and hasn't been replaced? no it ...

...Ridgid expected during engineering. The adapter port was most likely intended to be plugged into a small 5 to 10 gallon shop vac which won't generate the 650 and up CFM's that most dust collection ...

it as a wet vac. I t does not seem to have much suction. Absolutely remove the filter for wet vac. Also, if your present filter got wet replace it as the pores are now clogged and you can't save it. J

vac and changed the filter but I can hardly **** up leave on the garage floo. Try this: Detach hose, turn on vacuum, hold hand in front of intake to check airflow/suction. If it seems good, you either

...shop vac goes on and runs, but the suction is VERY REDUCED! I removed the top, cleaned the filter, and replaced the top. Still runs, but very little suction. Help! Hi Linda: It sounds as if you may ...

shop vac make a high pitched whistle with a long hose on it but not a short hose? The high pitched whistle that you are hearing from your Rigid shop vac with a long hose may be due to several reasons.