I was vacuuming earlier today, when all of a sudden, the pitch of the motor changed, and I checked, and had no suction. I checked to see if I had disconnected the hose, but I had not. But, there was suction at the machine, so the problem had to be the hose. The hose is a pleated vinyl or plastic, and is translucent. It was hard to see the problem looking through the hose, but looking into it, I could see the clog. It turned out to be a wash cloth that the vacuum cleaner sucked out from under the desk!
Evidently, as it travelled up the hose toward the machine, the cloth became more and more compacted. The hose actually tapers slightly as it nears the machine. I tried to push it out, from the wide end, and the narrow end, to no avail. So, I put a nail in the end of a broomstick handle (no broom), and picked at the cloth, loosened it up, and got the cloth out. This process took about a half hour. I was very frustrated at first, but all worked well, including that the vacuum worked well after the hose clog was cleared!
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