Make Tradies jealous with your new Dyson/Milwaukee vacuum 

Awesome video! The dyson batteries suck and take forever to charge. I thought of this idea a couple weeks ago when I was waiting two hours for the battery to charge. Seems our minds think alike 👍 thanks for blazing the trail!

Very nice retrofit job. I did the same last year using a Makita 18v battery. Works fine, but since the Makita (and Milwaukee) batteries are only 5 cell 18650s, and the original Dyson pack has 6 cells, you do lose suction power in Turbo mode. But, it’s much nicer to be able to swap out batteries after 15 minutes, and keep going, rather than having to wait for the Dyson battery to recharge. I’m not sure why Dyson hasn’t made one with a replaceable battery.

Yep did the same a few years back but with a kobalt 24 volt battery as it's voltage is closer. Still works fantastic🤣

If you make these retrofit kits for sale, please let me know so I can purchase. My whole garage is all Milwaukee so this would be icing on the cake with my Dyson vacuum!

I would recommend some flux next time. If it ever breaks, use some next time it’s super cheap Your solder joints looked a bit weak The flux would help suck the solder in

Great idea and thanks for that. You really should watch a few soldering vids though as doing it this way burns off the flux before it can do its job and is a recipe for dry joints.

Beautiful idea. Ive had a dead dyson battery 🔋 for 2 yrs. im going to do this with my makita drill batteries

This is the recommended I needed. Amazing job!

Wired a 12v cigarette lighter socket to power a 12v compressor with Milwaukee m18. Pumps up flat mower tyres and even a tractor tyre on a 4ah. It's a portable air beast in little bucket with a handle and lid.

Brilliant.. i am a Milwaukee and Dyson fan too..but don't know how to do what you did 👍

Oh no, its not finished, you have to paint the motor housing red, and the handle plasti dipped black, and leave the purple, and the garlic looking thing the original colors, other than that, I give that a 9/10 great job 😎👍🏼

Did the same with my Dyson last year. Works great

I stumbled on this video by accident. I had made an adapter for my Milwaukee battery so it could power my Hoover Linx stick vacuum. All kinds of power and battery life now.

Mine smoked the motor circuit board the second I plugged battery in.Dewalt 8ah.

Loved this video, would be cool if you took it a step further and tested it before and after. ( E.g. how long the battery lasts, how much suction you get, ect. )

Nice work this has just inspired me to do the same to our old design aswell. Only thing is am going to design and 3d print a battey mount that will be a mix of ryobi and dyson

I thought about this a couple hours ago, I opened RU-vid and this was the first video

I did the exact same thing but I used 24v max Kobalt batteries so my dyson would receive the correct voltage and run more efficiently. Kobalt batteries are also cheaper than Milwaukee and still use top quality Samsung cells inside.

Don’t bin the old battery pack. The cells are still good to use in torches and stuff like that. In many occasions it is one or 2 cells that are bad and makes the whole pack useless. I have a radio that works with these cells. Works a treat.

What a boss! Nice work

I literally just took a survey from Ridgid/Emerson yesterday and I told them their vacuum cleaner suck (not in a good way). And I asked them why they couldn’t their vacuums be more like Dyson, Hoover and Shark that have no pleated filters. So now I’m going to go out and buy a Dyson vacuum cleaner and do this (i’m looking for a used vacuum with a bad battery). You are a genius, or is it just necessity that made you a genius? Either way thank you!

Badass, I wonder of someone's made a 3d model attachment for printing.

😂 not bad at all mate . Its amazing that its the Dysons charging board craps out , the batterys are normally all good , must be a real good money maker for Dyson . Your hack is the Best mate 💪

Great job. Someone with a 3d printer can make and sell adaptors for this application.

For V6, V7 and V8, you can try to buy an adapter. I have one for DeWalt to V8, but I have seen others as well.

So many issues cold soldiering , no heat shrink, did use a proper crip set piles don’t give proper force , but love the idea 😏

Milwaukee M18 cordless compact vacuume model# 088220. $180-$210 ... and by-pass the Dyson all together. 👍👍for ingenuity though!

Very nice job sir it’s nice to see you have recycled something that could be thrown away well done 👍

would be even more kickass if someone made a .stl file so we could 3d print a whole new lower section.

Dywaulkee. Nice

Nice job. Any issues with that switch yet? Pretty sure that vac is pulling waaay more amperage than that switch is rated for.

Almost 500k views. A few more waits, there will be a Dyson/milwaukee adapter in Aliexpress

Awesome, great to see it getting a new life!

That's sick! I'm going to keep my eye out for one with a bum battery now

Wow great job you missed telling people they need a voltage discount so that the milwaukee battery doesn't get drained to a point where it won't charge again !

Thanks. I have one that needs to be repurposed and will be doing the same.

Came across this video and thought.... This is exactly what I want to do the same thing with different brand.

Someone should 3d print a retrofit kit to diy at home.

I just purchased ryobi vacuum cleaner... I can't believe how great it works...

Super job

Mines is going out and I didn’t even think about this wooooiw

There is one bit of drama in that if you use the vacuum for long enough you will discharge the LI batteries below the point of no return and brick your batteries. The circuit board in the Dyson battery is there to disconnect the motor get discharged too far.

Great idea and build! Quick question though, as Milwaukee batteries don't have any voltage protection built into them. Do you know if the Dyson has any voltage protection in there? The risk is if you run the vacuum for too long you could lower the voltage in the battery to point where it won't charge anymore rendering the battery useless.

Ive been saying we need this at home for years

I've done this sort of thing soooooo many times.

Great video dude really great idea I can do this and I will do it I hate the battery life on my wife’s Vacuum

Aye make a RU-vid short of this and it will surely go viral

Now i can be a mechanic amd a house wife while at the shop, bahaha 😂

How are you getting around the inbuilt low voltage cutoff ? Dyson 6 cell series = 22.2 v nominal & the milwaukee battery 5 cell series 18.5 nominal so wen a preset voltage is reached the vac cuts out & that won't tap into the batteries full capacity. I have a 6cell lipo pack hardwired into mine but i tryed 5cell series makita batteries before i decided needed 6 cells

The rigid 18v rocks 👍👍

Cool build. But I have the Milwaukee 2 gallon pack out vacuum lol you could of just bought that? lol It’s pretty quiet too

would you mind leaving a parts list so i could build mine like this

Yep, good vacuum except for the battery/charger. I did the same thing with mine using makita batteries.

looks better than the milwaukee cordless handheld.

I love this but i need those brass solder scrubbers. Dont use the kitchen ones they destroy it. Add some extra flux to the brass ball and mix it around when new. Ur soldering will be way more reliable and better for longer years to come. Sponges r dead and old news and lower ur temp

Most battery specialist shops can rebuild batteries/replace the dead cels

IT’S BEAUTIFULL

Great work mate !

Another great U-Tube video on how NOT to Solder!

Yes yes yes, I was thinking of doing this for years, the mrs loves them dysons but I hate the batterie life, not for much longer any more👍🇬🇧

Milwaukee needs to make a vacuum with some pre filter cyclone. Most of thier vacs clog filters quickly.

Funny switch!

Nice work!

Definitely doing this

Im gonna try it with a V7 dyson. Spewing i didnt notice sooner coz we just bought a brand new v10 for $799… ah well, may as well convert the v7 for $15

love the concept, the vacuum will prob just kill this battery just as fast

That's excellent!

lol awesome 👏 😎

Only problem is the dyson batteries are 21 volts and you put in an 18 volt battery, so your actually loosing power on top of the fact that dysons battery is a 6 cell and the Milwaukee battery you used is a 5 cell. Great idea but I would have used a 24 volt battery.

You made me jealous! 👍😂

If it was the newer v11 vacuum i imagine there would be a loss of power but idk. The v11 is i think 28v max and 25.2 nominal and the v11 has larger cells. I forget the size but they are larger then even 21700. Dont know about the older dyson

Fuck yea bud! You read my mind because the M18 vacuum of the same form factor as that Dyson is a loud piece of complete junk. We love our Dyson and I run a ton of M18 tools so this is a no brainer.

Cool project. But one Question How long will the switch last with it being rated for 1.5A ?

I would not use Dyson for a shop vac...thing has a very small opening in the unit so it will always get jammed

DeWalt 20V is closer to Dyson's 21. Have to try this out

Nice job where did you buy the switch?

Definitely doin this mod

High demand batteries would be best suited

Good Job, but I would have just bought the superior Makita Vacuum Cleaner.

I’m late to the party! Keep up the great content.

About how much run time do you get on the 5.0 Milwaukee battery?

I guess he is I swing the stain voltage regulator to monitor battery voltage

The mill-why-son

man you didn't tell us the most important part, how many minutes with a full speed??

At last, somebody doesn't have a 3d printer to make something fit something else. ✌🏼🌍

Awesome!

Did you rolling road it 😊

Do not keep a battery on that and use a dedicated pack, also I would not store it in my house after using it for a long time

Uhhh... those batteries will break if discharged too low. Any issues with that, yet?

Interesting!

The stock Dyson batteries are complete shit, ours died after a few years of very light use (literally probably not even once a week for 3 years, that's

what about the auto voltage shut off. on milwaukee it in the tool not the battery?

Regarding the lack of a voltage protection circuit, has anyone wired in a voltmeter display? I figure it'd be straightforward like vehicle battery circuits but may as well ask if anyones wired a meter in for those neurotic about killing a battery

lol v6 that's the first cordless vacuum... Don't sell those at stores anymore..

Thats a grouse idea

I thought this was a Tim Allen Video

Hi good job ,does anyone know where to buy such a switch or similar, thank you.

Make your fire brigade even more jealous...

Those drill packs are 18v and the vacuum runs at 24v. No issues?

any problems with the vacuum now that a year has gone by?