I need a small battery or rechargeable vac for ash

[wahoowad]

Years ago I bought a 3-gal ash vacuum but do not use it as often as should because unwinding, plugging in and rewinding the long power cord is just a pain in the butt. Also the longish hose is makes storing it away in my in-house kindling box difficult. I would prefer a smaller battery powered unit kinda like my Ryobi shop vac or Dustbuster style vac but I'm under the impression ash dust makes it thru the filters and can damage the motor, or pass back out into the air. I don't know if this is even true.

Anybody have a compact battery solution they use for frequently spot cleaning their stove?

 

[stoveliker]

I have a Dyson.
Presumably the cyclonic flow prevents ashes from getting in the motor. The filter behind the motor remains pretty clean.

 

[wahoowad]

We have occasionally used a non-ash house vacuum to clean up ash (well, the wife has done it despite me asking her not to many times) and I know the filter gets clogged up pretty fast with fine ash. I guess what I want is a Dustbuster size/style small vac that comes with a filter suitable for ash. I don't mind cleaning it more often.

 

[stoveliker]

This is a small Dyson, hand held.
We don't use it as a house vacuum (though it came with a long tube and floor head too); we mostly use it as a dustbuster type thing.
And its charging station is in the basement where my stove is, so that's convenient.

 

[EbS-P]

I’d get a shop vac that uses what ever battery your battery tools use and a hepa bag for it. And get hepa filter with a foam pre filter. (The last two might be over kill).

 

[highanddryinco]

Not a vacuum, but possibly another solution.
I built a dustpan that's about a 1/2" smaller than my stove floor size. One big scoop, walk it out to the outdoor metal can, and the stove is empty. Even if there's a couple of red hot klinkers hiding in there, no big deal.

 

[wahoowad]

I built one of those too. My issue is the Jotul F3 easily drops ash when the door is opened. It falls over the front thing meant to keep wood in the stove and it falls off the door lip. Then it falls outside the stove and spreads from there. If I cleaned my stove daily it wouldn't be an issue but I don't do that, not even close to that.

I bought a small-ish Ryobi 1-gallon battery powered vacuum. I am already in the Ryobi line. It doesn't have a special filter so I'm going to find out how much of an issue that really is.

 

[EbS-P]

I built one of those too. My issue is the Jotul F3 easily drops ash when the door is opened. It falls over the front thing meant to keep wood in the stove and it falls off the door lip. Then it falls outside the stove and spreads from there. If I cleaned my stove daily it wouldn't be an issue but I don't do that, not even close to that.

I bought a small-ish Ryobi 1-gallon battery powered vacuum. I am already in the Ryobi line. It doesn't have a special filter so I'm going to find out how much of an issue that really is.

Most shop vaccs can hold a small filter bag.

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