Need HELP fast !! - CT 36 !!!!!!!!!!

[Cableaddict]

Hey folks.

I'm right in the middle of acid etching my basement floor.

The aicd did it's thing, then I neutralized it with 10 gallons of baking soda in water.  

I vacuumed up the water, no problem, and before my CT36 was compleely full, I turned it off, pulled out most of the liquid with a small pail, and dumped it.

I dumped another ten gallons of soda-water, turned on my CT36, and it ran for about 1/2 second then died.  It will not run with the top closed, although it runs fine if I take the top off.

There is no water on the "inside" edge of the foam.

HELP !  I have a huge mess, and need to get to sleep.

Any ideas?

 

[Cableaddict]

OK, I read the manual, and it says something about cleaning the sfill-sensors, but I can't figure out exactly where these sensors are.  The diagram is too "close up" to tell.

Are they on the bottom part, or the top part?

And "check for damage?"  WHAT damage?  Can I damage them by cleaning them?

And why is this happening?  I only fill the vac about half full, then I emptied it with a pail.  I didn't even pick it up or turn it over.

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After a while it started to work again.  then it died 2 minutes later.

I now have baking soda deep into the pores of my concrete, which is going to ruin my epoxy floor if I can't figure a way to get it out.

This is REALLY not good.   I love this vac in every other way, but if I knew how badly it performed with water, I would have bought a $90 Home Depot vac just for this job.

Ugghh.

So, is there anything I can do to stop this in the future?

-thanks.

 

[Rickfisher]

Hey .. 

Cant help you with the vac, but can you hose the baking soda out off the floor ?  Assuming you have a drain of sorts in the basement ?

 

[Cableaddict]

Yeah, but now it's sunk down into the pores.

Maybe I can add some kind of sealer, I dunno.  I'll make some calls tomorrow.

I figured out where those sensors are,  eventually, but the manual needs to be more more clear.

- and they should turn the vac off just because they get a little dirty.  It seems like a bad design, in an otherwise excellent machine.

Well,  I guess that's why festool calls it a "dust extractor."  (g)

 

[Roseland]

I've had a look at my CT26, which I think is similar, and as far as I can tell the water level sensors are moulded into the bit the hose plugs into in the base.  There are three mating connectors between the top and the base just above where the hose enters.

Andrew