RV NOW: A Central Vacuum You Can Install Yourself

Want a tidy central vacuum in your RV coach? The Dirt Devil CV 950 may be just right for you. It has an 11.2 Amp motor and comes with 30 feet of hose that retracts to 7 feet.

It also comes with a power brush attachment that is small enough to get into tight spots plus all the other standard attachments. This unit also comes with a 3 year warranty.

This is just like a central vacuum system in a stick house. You open the vacuum face plate cover and insert the hose. The switch is activated by the metal collar on the hose and automatically turns the vacuum on. When you remove the hose it turns off. Easy to operate and easy to install. Jim Soukup recently installed this unit in his Tradewinds LTC motorhome.

It will take some time to decide where you will place the unit and drill the holes, but once you’ve decided, it’s really quite simple to install.

First mount the motor housing unit. It will install horizontally or vertically in a 10” by 20” space. You can mount it behind a cabinet as shown here.

You can also mount it in the basement or storage compartment under the coach. It comes with five feet of hose in the flex connector kit witch is included. A detailed instruction guide is also in the box if you care to read it.

Once you’ve mounted the motor housing unit you can drill the holes using a hole saw for the face plate and a small drill bit for the included electric wire.

Put the electric wire through the back mounted retaining plate and feed it through the hole you drilled.

Now attach the two-pronged electric wire by simply pushing it into the holes on the back of the face plate.

Attach the face plate with screws.

Now drill a hole in the floor (where you have carefully measured and predetermined will not interfere with cross-members, plumbing, electric wires or international relations).

Attach the flex hose to the face plate and run it and the wire down through the hole into the storage compartment.

Attach the hose and the wire to the motor housing unit. Here Jim decided to add an additional faceplate (purchased separately) by adding a PVC “Y” adaptor to the motor housing unit. This way he can use it to vacuum his storage compartments.