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[SPSlick]

More powerful vacuum cleaners (above 1600w) are being outlawed by the EU
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28878432

 

[theartfulbodger]

That's not great news.

And from the article:
From 1 September 2017, all vacuum cleaners will have to be less than 900w.

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[Shrubby]

People who buy vacuums based on input wattage are wholly missing the point
That ruling is for domestic stuff where customers buy things with the biggest number on it without a clue to the retention rate ,emissions standards, filter surface load rates etc
Industrial vacuums have their own standards L.M and H class
Don't panic and do your homework

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The manufacturers should invent a new name for them or rebrand them for another purpose - that's what'll happen in the rest of the eu outside Britain and Germany.

 

[SPSlick]

People who buy vacuums based on input wattage are wholly missing the point
That ruling is for domestic stuff where customers buy things with the biggest number on it without a clue to the retention rate ,emissions standards, filter surface load rates etc
Industrial vacuums have their own standards L.M and H class
Don't panic and do your homework

We don't all buy industrial equipment.

 

[theartfulbodger]

...and when we talk about cloth bag type dust/chip extractors we refer to the horsepower