[Shop-talk] Garage Vacuums

[Steven Trovato]

It does exhaust outside and there is a muffler.  The noise I hear 
inside the garage is from the unit itself, not the exhaust.  I think 
thirty years ago they didn't do much to reduce noise.  Perhaps the 
new ones are better.

-Steve

At 07:38 PM 2/18/2016, Brian Kemp wrote:
>Steve - I don't like noise either.  If your central vac doesn't 
>exhaust to outside, consider routing the exhaust outside.  That 
>takes much of the noise away.  You can also buy or make a muffler 
>for the exhaust on many central or shop vacs.  Search "shop vac 
>muffler" or "central vac muffler".
>
>Brian