How Does a Vacuum Work? 💨
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Morning suckers!
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Speaking of things that suck…
How does a vacuum cleaner even work?
Let's shrink Durd down to find out:
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Alrighty, power button on!
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This sends 120 volts of electric current to a little motor thingy.
Which spins a fan at like 500 times a SECOND.
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But, how does a spinny fan cause it to suck?
Well…as the fan spins, it pulls air through the vacuum.
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This creates an area in front of the fan with very low pressure.
Meaning: Very little air.
And for some reason air really doesn't like that.
So it rushes to fill that “low pressure area” as quickly as possible.
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As the air rushes into the Vacuum, it drags a whole bunch of little particles with it.
Like dirt, dust, and…
Durd! Watch out!
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Run Durd!!
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After the air drags all the crap through the system,
It deposits it into a little bag.
The air then flows right through the bag and out through an exhaust port.
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But anything that's not air gets left behind in the bag… FOREVER.
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Bye Bye Durd.
Stay Cute,
Reece, Henry & Dylan 🌈
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