Dyson Hoover wrecking my life!

ykt0di9url7bc3

Ok I have a great job, and one of my many tasks is to hoover the floor every so often....and i dread it....

I start the ole girl up and hoover away and then BANG such a static shock that i have never felt before in my life...and it happens again and again...

I've tired always holding the hoover but when i contact other objects WALLOP...I have resorted to wearing big and bright yellow cleaning gloves when hoovering and my Boss looks on in bewilderment...

...is there anyone out there with the same problem?

mike65

Topic line of the day!

Mike.

Victor

Buy non-cheapie shoes and anti-static floor coverings or keep in constant contact tith some metal.

There is a story of a cleaner doing in £50,000 worth of computers in the 1980s with static electricity.

ykt0di9url7bc3

Nike runners or CAT runners, it doesnt make a difference

smiaras

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yellum

Originally posted by Victor
Buy non-cheapie shoes

scuse me there Victor but I get shocks in my 300 euro pair shoes as well. Its not the price of the shoes that gives you a static shock.

Seems your not earthed properly. You could make yourself a makeshift anti-static strap.

azezil

All these references to sucking and rubber are making my eye twitch

Raskolnikov

As yellum said, you can get anti-static wrist strap jobbies, where you'd get them and how much they'd cost is a mystery to me. Argos would probably have them.

LegacyUser

any computer store would sell them , like petes or similar

Paddy20

Try buying a modern real "Vacuum cleaner", I thought "Hoover"! was only a trade name, and was practically extinct ?..

P.:ninja:

ferdi

i used to get shocks from an out-board motor on a boat i had to drive for my job, i said it to my employer and it was fixed. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS. THIS IS MORE IRISH APATHY, stand up for your right not to be electricuted through your work, its totally crazy.

azezil

Originally posted by Paddy20
Try buying a modern real "Vacuum cleaner", I thought "Hoover"! was only a trade name, and was practically extinct ?..

P.:ninja:

hover is only a brand name but they're still going strong

Big Chief

Originally posted by mike65
Topic line of the day!

thats what i was thinking, although the topic itself wasnt what i was quite expecting to read about after reading the topic line

ToxicPaddy

Originally posted by azezil
All these references to sucking and rubber are making my eye twitch

Are you sure its only ur eye thats starting to twitch

Evil Phil

This sounds like a Health and Safety issue to me, mention that to your boss, followed by the word 'Inspection' and it will be fixed in jiffy.

ai ing

definitley a Health and safety problem . You could do yourself some harm if your eye keeps twitching like that

oneweb

There ain't no such thing as a Dyson Hoover. Yes a Dyson vacuum or a Hoover. If it is, indeed, labled a Dyson Hoover, methinks yer company may have been buying cheap from the Middle-East

Shoddy workmanship Ted. Shoddy, shoddy SHODDY!!

Why should you be put out of pocket getting neu shoos? Demand a new floor in the colour of your choice

yellum

Originally posted by azezil
All these references to sucking and rubber are making my eye twitch

Ah yes, lets focus things on you.

ur mentor

nylon in carpet is problem- its there to prolong carpet life- makes it harder wearing- but also generates static electricity.
You need to get yourself grounded. a small bit of earthing gear from employer should help. also ask other people in work how htey sorted it.

Stark

This should keep you properly protected while you hoover the carpet:

Cal

This may be more serious than you think.

I too have a Dyson Vacuum/hoover jobbie and Twice so far the flex has shorted itself. Where the flex enters the Dyson there is a rubber sheath (On the 01 model anyhow) Inside this sheath the constant cable movement wore out the internal cable cover causing it to short.

Check your Dyson out.

Cal

yellum

Originally posted by oneweb
There ain't no such thing as a Dyson Hoover. Yes a Dyson vacuum or a Hoover.

The phrase hoover has been subsumed into the general language as being any brand of vacuum cleaner. Hoover were not on the ball when it came to protecting brand identity.

This is why Google is sending out legal letters to anyone that uses a phrase "to google" or "to do a google". They make sure people refer to Google as a trademark when they use that phrase, thus preserving and stenghtening brand identity.

koneko

I love my purple Dyson vacuum cleaner. Never had any issues.

That is all.
/over

Mr_Roger_Bongos

You should make yourself a static conductor, (thin strip of metal covered in rubber, you see them on cars) attach it to your leg and youll be static free!

While looking a bit foolish

Billy Turdhed

I know your problem ...Its to do with the static build up as you agitate the hoover on the carpet...First thing...are you wearing tights...nylon tights? Yes?.... whip em off and get the brushed ones in Clerys...antistatic and cooler..No?...yr ..ahemm ..kex..
are they nylon....Yes.... get yerself a good cotton set in Guineys...nice and loose....Shoes.... synthetic soles... you are stuffed... get into leather... natural fibre...

Now if you have a problem with static after that....make sure its the freakin Dyson is plugged to the mains not yerself!


ww) Billy Turdhed

Beruthiel

Billy Turdhed

:rolleyes:

Capt'n Midnight

The best bit is that most hoovers (generic term) are double insulated rather than earthed - so the static generated by friction (air / dust / carpet) builds up.

You could build a Faraday cage around the vacuum cleaner. Natrural fibres are best and some fabric conditioners have anti-static stuff in them - maybe get a similar carpet shampoo instead..

Use a Brush ?

Or get a Vax (you don't get much static offa one of dem) - dampish though..

BTW: On Italian TV a certain Irish F1 driver who has no shame advertised anti-static shoes...

Vacuum Cleaner - strange name - I always thought a Vacuum was about as clean as you could get.