Q:How can I tell how loud a vacuum is before I buy it (if there is no display model)?

Decibel okorder /

Q:i have $700 to spend on a vacuum-what's the best brand I can get for that? I want one of those w/spec filter

I have both a Bosch and Miele and they make great high-end vacuums (w/Hepa filters). They are also eerily quiet. Make sure you shop around online and check out Consumer Reports before you spend that kind of money.

Q:I am looking to replace my old vacuum cleaner and want to get a nicer one my old vacuum cleaner is a bissell power force we broke the piece of plastic that hold it upright and lost it while moving a few months ago we want to replace it with a better vacuum if anyone has any suggestion let me know.

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Q:Any one have any idea what it is or how much it will cost to have it repaired. (VA./ D.C. area)

All Miele vacuum cleaners have an over-heating sensor built in. It should activate, shutting off the power, when the motor gets too hot. Usually this happens because there is a clog in the hose or the vacuum itself, which causes the motor to overheat. Disconnect the suction hose. Turn the vacuum on. Put your fingers over the intake. If it feels like the suction is great and the motor sound happy, reconnect the hose. If the motor sounds unhappy (whining, grumbling, acting like this is hard work), you have a clog. Either take it to a vacuum repair shop or research vacuum clog and take it from there. (A coat-hanger often works).

Q:i was cleaning my pc with with a vacuum ( wich im already doing for years)and before i know my pc would't startup when i pressed the power button i connected my power SW (switch) and reset SW and speakers to my motherboardnow my pc will start but after i get my first ASUS screen it just shuts down???? everytime again.....this is what i already tried to do : unplug 1 RAM card see if my cpu fan was properely attached to motherboard changing the POWER SW and the RESET SW from positions and it still doesn't want to work ???Please help me i would appreciate that.greets Jason Dewaide

remove and refit all memory remove and refit graphics card remove and refit heatsink/fan

Q:1. Vacuum Cleaners2. Straws3. American Idol4. or ????

NUMBER 3! I can't believe they got rid of Gina! Melinda is my favorite, but Gina is very good and should have stayed. I think this will be my last year watching. That show is just a bunch of baloney!

Q:Vacuum CleanerWeights Upright vacuumcleaners have either a hard body type or a soft bodytype. Shown are the weights in pounds of a sample ofeach type. At a=0.05, can the claim that there is adifference in the variances of the weights of the twotypes be substantiated?Hard body 21 17 17 20 16 17 15 20 23 16 17 1713 15 16 1818Soft bodied types24,13,11,13,12,15

Hard body : Arithmetic mean : Xbar = ΣX / N = 296 / 17 = 17.4 Standard deviation : s = √ [Σ(X - Xbar)^2 / N] = √ [96.12 / 17] = 2.38 Variance : s^2 = 5.66 Degrees of freedom = 17 - 1 = 16 -------------------- Soft body : Xbar = 88 / 6 = 14.7 s = √ [113.34 / 6] = 4.35 s^2 = 18.92 Degrees of freedom = 6 - 1 = 5 -------------------- Using the F distribution : F = (larger variance) / (smaller variance) = 18.92 / 5.66 = 3.34 (with v1 = 5 and v2 = 16) This is a two-tailed test because the null hypothesis is that there is no difference between the variances. With a 5% probability limit, each tail area = 0.025. Looking up a table of the F distribution for v1 = 5 and v2 = 16, the value given for 0.025 is 3.50. The observed value of 3.34 is less than 3.50, so it lies between the 5% probability limits. Thus, the null hypothesis is accepted, so the claim that there is a difference in the variances of the weights of the two types CANNOT be substantiated, at the 0.05 level of confidence. (My apologies to statistical experts if that is incorrect)

Q:Which came first, wall-to-wall carpeting or vacuum cleaners?

Carpeting, obviously. The vacuum couldn't come until LONG after the discovery of electricity. We have proof of carpeting before that, but not with such high pile.

Q:Poll: Sitting here with only a towel on. Sexy or not?

TOO SEXY

Q:It is model 116. and is about 6 years old. The motor itself works, but will not turn on with the switch. Any ideas? What typically goes on these?Thanks.

Most vacuum cleaners develop a wire break near the plug from constantly being pulled and so strained at that point. Try cutting six inches from the plug side and rewiring the plug; forget if you can do that in the USA, was there for 5 years many years ago but live in the UK now. That said I didn't have a wire tester when I tried that solution and it worked. You of course could rule this out with a wire tester. (power getting to switch?)