Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

--
The only dumb question, is the one not asked

"PHT" wrote in message
...
Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.


I agree they should be replaceable but especially on a device like that, it
ought to be easy enough to replace it with a pretty standard switch or just
wire it through and put a switch inline.

Ed

I have one of their 10 Gal units and the switch went bad on mine as
well. I didn't even inquire about a replacement because I figured the
part would be extremely expensive. I just put a toggle switch in its
place and it's worked fine for over six or seven years so far.

G.S.

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:04:25 GMT, PHT
wrote:

Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

Welcome to the throw away society! You are not supposed to fix it. You are
supposed to buy another one!
Greg

"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Welcome to the throw away society! You are not supposed to fix it. You are
supposed to buy another one!

Listening to the politicians these days, it seems the cure for all our ills
would be for us to all buy a car ... and not drive it.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)

"Swingman" wrote in message
...


"Greg O" wrote in message
...
Welcome to the throw away society! You are not supposed to fix it. You
are supposed to buy another one!

Listening to the politicians these days, it seems the cure for all our
ills would be for us to all buy a car ... and not drive it.


I am already being reminded of the "Carter" days. We have had our hey day
now we must pay out the nose for others mistakes. I cannot wait until Obama
grows a shoulder length "Fro".

Greg O wrote:
Welcome to the throw away society! You are not supposed to fix it. You
are supposed to buy another one!

Hmm - where does this "supposed to" come from?

If you're planning to dumpster the ShopVac, hang on to the hose (or send
it to me!)

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

PHT wrote:
Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

Check the date code in the bottom. Mine was a couple months shy of 3
years when it went out. Called their CS number and explained what the
problem was. They sent me a new power unit no charge. Still crazy to
have to replace the whole thing over that but was satisfied it was not
on my dime. To be honest, I would be very surprised to find any vacs in
the Shop Vac price point are any different.

Daryl

Daryl wrote:
PHT wrote:
Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that
the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

Check the date code in the bottom. Mine was a couple months shy of 3
years when it went out. Called their CS number and explained what the
problem was. They sent me a new power unit no charge. Still crazy to
have to replace the whole thing over that but was satisfied it was not
on my dime. To be honest, I would be very surprised to find any vacs in
the Shop Vac price point are any different.

Daryl
The point of building the on/off switch into the unit is that it costs
less to manufacture that way. Repair is the last thing a design engineer
looks at. If you don't believe me look under the hood of any modern
automobile.

Dave

"Leon" wrote in message
...

I am already being reminded of the "Carter" days. We have had our hey day
now we must pay out the nose for others mistakes. I cannot wait until
Obama grows a shoulder length "Fro".

Ah, yes, the Rush Limbaugh School of Conservative Thinking: I WANT HIM
TO FAIL !

Dave in Houston

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:24:19 -0600, "David G. Nagel"
wrote:

Daryl wrote:
PHT wrote:
Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that
the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

Check the date code in the bottom. Mine was a couple months shy of 3
years when it went out. Called their CS number and explained what the
problem was. They sent me a new power unit no charge. Still crazy to
have to replace the whole thing over that but was satisfied it was not
on my dime. To be honest, I would be very surprised to find any vacs in
the Shop Vac price point are any different.

Daryl
The point of building the on/off switch into the unit is that it costs
less to manufacture that way. Repair is the last thing a design engineer
looks at. If you don't believe me look under the hood of any modern
automobile.

Dave

And then compare it to the underhood view of a '57 Chevy with a 6
cylinder inline engine - you can actually see all the way to the
ground on either side of the engine ;-)

John

wrote in message
...
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:24:19 -0600, "David G. Nagel"
wrote:

Daryl wrote:
PHT wrote:
Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years.
The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that
the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but
this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

Check the date code in the bottom. Mine was a couple months shy of 3
years when it went out. Called their CS number and explained what the
problem was. They sent me a new power unit no charge. Still crazy to
have to replace the whole thing over that but was satisfied it was not
on my dime. To be honest, I would be very surprised to find any vacs in
the Shop Vac price point are any different.

Daryl
The point of building the on/off switch into the unit is that it costs
less to manufacture that way. Repair is the last thing a design engineer
looks at. If you don't believe me look under the hood of any modern
automobile.

Dave

And then compare it to the underhood view of a '57 Chevy with a 6
cylinder inline engine - you can actually see all the way to the
ground on either side of the engine ;-)

John

John... My 71 Ford pick up. 6 cylinder. I climbed over fender and stood on
the ground to change spark plugs. Sold it last year. WW

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:02:03 -0500, news wrote:

The point of building the on/off switch into the unit is that it costs
less to manufacture that way. Repair is the last thing a design engineer
looks at. If you don't believe me look under the hood of any modern
automobile.

Dave

And then compare it to the underhood view of a '57 Chevy with a 6
cylinder inline engine - you can actually see all the way to the ground
on either side of the engine ;-)

I had a '51 and, as a skinny teenager, I could stand in the engine
compartment and work on it :-).

And then there were those babbit bearings ...



--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
om...

I had a '51 and, as a skinny teenager, I could stand in the engine
compartment and work on it :-).

And then there were those babbit bearings ...

And mine was a hand-me-down, non-running '50 Deluxe four-door, three
speed on the column, cracked water jacket. But it saw me through my senior
year in high school . . . once I finally got the replacement timing gear
installed. I had to use a quilt for a back seat cover which, BTW, wasn't
actually a bad thing. ~)
Deluxe, BTW, meant it had a heater in it.

Dave in Houston

"Dave in Houston" wrote in message
...

"Leon" wrote in message
...

I am already being reminded of the "Carter" days. We have had our hey
day now we must pay out the nose for others mistakes. I cannot wait
until Obama grows a shoulder length "Fro".

Ah, yes, the Rush Limbaugh School of Conservative Thinking: I WANT HIM
TO FAIL !


No, I absolutely do not want him to fail. Every one poked fun at Clinton,
and Bush, just imagine the up roar that would be created if Obama changed
his look to that of "Link" from the Mod Squad. I guarantee you the shiny
head look would vanish.

Dave in Houston wrote:
"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
om...

I had a '51 and, as a skinny teenager, I could stand in the engine
compartment and work on it :-).

And then there were those babbit bearings ...

And mine was a hand-me-down, non-running '50 Deluxe four-door,
three speed on the column, cracked water jacket. But it saw me
through my senior year in high school . . . once I finally got the
replacement timing gear installed. I had to use a quilt for a back
seat cover which, BTW, wasn't actually a bad thing. ~)
Deluxe, BTW, meant it had a heater in it.

Then there was my Dad's F-100. It came with a heater, but to turn _off_
the heater required turning a valve under the hood. The valve was an
extra-cost option. This was in Florida.

Dave in Houston

"Leon" wrote in message
...

No, I absolutely do not want him to fail. Every one poked fun at Clinton,
and Bush, just imagine the up roar that would be created if Obama changed
his look to that of "Link" from the Mod Squad. I guarantee you the shiny
head look would vanish.

Yes, we have Michael Jordon to thank for that fashion milestone. Better
shaved than regular male pattern baldness.

Dave in Houston

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...

Then there was my Dad's F-100. It came with a heater, but to turn _off_
the heater required turning a valve under the hood. The valve was an
extra-cost option. This was in Florida.

My best-friend in high school had a '60 or '61 [unsafe at any speed]
Corvair with a gasoline heater! And, it had a slow drip over on the
passenger side like where the heater core was located behind the glove box.
It's a wonder we didn't torch ourselves, Marlboro men that we were.

Dave in Houston

"PHT" wrote in message
...
Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

--
The only dumb question, is the one not asked

I had the same problem about 6 months ago. I complained and was told that
for liability reasons they did not sell the switch alone. They ask me how
old the unit was and I told them about 2 years. The representative on the
phone "decided" it was under warranty and sent a complete motor unit for no
charge. Call them back because I suspect this is a common problem on this
model and they are trying to keep customers happy. You can always talk to a
supervisor and keep going up the chain until you get satisfaction.

Remember, " do not talk to anyone that does not have the authority to say
yes to solving a problem".

Brian

Mine died last summer also. You can remove the handle and then the cap to
access the switch. There are slide-on connectors fastening the wires to the
switch. I cut mine and wire-nutted some 14ga. wire extensions and bored a
hole off to the side for a Radio Shack switch that I had laying around.
Works better than before.

Bob A.


"PHT" wrote in message
...
Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

--
The only dumb question, is the one not asked

wrote:
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:24:19 -0600, "David G. Nagel"
wrote:

Daryl wrote:
PHT wrote:
Just thought I would give a word of caution.
I have had a Shop-vac Pro, model QPL625 18 Gal for a number of years. The
on/off switch went bad the other day. A call to Shop-vac revealed that
the
on/off switch is not a replaceable part. You have to replace the entire
power unit. I don't know how many models have this requirement, but this
model does. It doesn't make any sense at all to have to replace a
perfectly good power unit because of a bad switch.
I know that I will never buy a Shop-vac product again and will never
recommend Shop-vac to anyone.

Paul T.

Check the date code in the bottom. Mine was a couple months shy of 3
years when it went out. Called their CS number and explained what the
problem was. They sent me a new power unit no charge. Still crazy to
have to replace the whole thing over that but was satisfied it was not
on my dime. To be honest, I would be very surprised to find any vacs in
the Shop Vac price point are any different.

Daryl
The point of building the on/off switch into the unit is that it costs
less to manufacture that way. Repair is the last thing a design engineer
looks at. If you don't believe me look under the hood of any modern
automobile.

Dave

And then compare it to the underhood view of a '57 Chevy with a 6
cylinder inline engine - you can actually see all the way to the
ground on either side of the engine ;-)

John
I was going to add that comment but decided I had said enough. "Enough"....
Dave