Entropy Reduction

Personal log of yet another digital native.

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Project maintained by andre-abadi Hosted on GitHub Pages — Theme by mattgraham

Purpose

• Effectively clean filter for iRobot Roomba i7+
  • Requires cleaning twice a week
  • Previously completed by using brush head of Dyson stick vacuum
• Inspired by Adaptor to clean roomba filter by mread
  • That one used a bike pump for ++ static pressure but was for a different style of filter

References

• Adaptor to clean roomba filter
• Dyson v6 drill dust collector

Actions

• TinkerCAD a new design
• Used Dyson V6 plug from Dyson v6 drill dust collector
• Numerous iterations to get a good seal on the filter
  • Filter slightly tapered to seal well into the vacuum, clever design
  • Stops added to inside walls to prevent over-insertion of filter

Pictures

Observations

• Effective seal obtained
• Gradual increase in vacuum force as typical in household vacuum does not remove much of the caked in dust
• Less effective than using the V6 brush head to brush out the dust
• Much less effective than repeatedly hitting the filter against the side of the sink
• Overall a good exercise in designing things but superfluous