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Post# 164299   1/2/2012 at 09:30 (4,469 days old) by juniorsenior ()   |   | |
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Hi can anyone give me some info and history on the electrolux 500 range, ie model numbers and colours etc. Thanks in advance Mark |
Post# 164300 , Reply# 1   1/2/2012 at 09:39 (4,469 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Here is what I know:
1975-1979 - Electrolux 502 with a 500W motor and in a yellow colour 1980-1985 - Electrolux 502S with a 500W motor and in a cream colour 1980's - Electrolux 550 with a 550W motor and in a cream colour 1980's-1990's - Electrolux Twin Turbo with a 550W motor and in a dark grey colour There was also a 504, 540 & 560 model range, but I'm unsure of the dates and motor sizes of those. I hope I've helped somewhat! |
Post# 164306 , Reply# 3   1/2/2012 at 10:02 (4,469 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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The difference between the 502 and the 502S, or the 502Super to give it its full name, is very little!
The colour changed from a yellowy green to a more modern cream, and the stripe on the front of the cleaner extended to the bottom instead of stopping half way down as it did on the 502. Apart from that - They were the same cleaner! 100% of the mechanical parts stayed the same, it was just aesthetic changes. |
Post# 164307 , Reply# 4   1/2/2012 at 10:08 (4,469 days old) by juniorsenior ()   |   | |
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I have seen else where on here that the 502 isnt an easy machine to work on when things go wrong like the bearings etc but if i remember right they were a not bad machine. |
Post# 164309 , Reply# 5   1/2/2012 at 10:14 (4,469 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 164315 , Reply# 6   1/2/2012 at 11:26 (4,469 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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1969/70 sees release of the Lux 500 in white with blue and yellow decals.
1975 sees release of the 502 which is the BOL cleaner in Olive green. 504 is the TOL with variable suction on the cleaner head and hight adjustment in Sunshine yellow. 1980 saw in the 502S. 1983 sees the 505 and 506 which ran short and renamed the more commonly known 550 and 560. 550 was similar to the 504 but in a different colour. The 560 had electronic variable power. These ran until the 600 series took over and then became the cheaper Turbo models in various styles and colours. Blackish grey. White, Red, Lots of variants as exclusives in those. |
Post# 164317 , Reply# 7   1/2/2012 at 12:03 (4,469 days old) by juniorsenior ()   |   | |
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Thanks for the info. my grans was olive green but had a motor speed ajustment on the shoulder and a min - max at the hose attachment could this be a 502? |
Post# 164318 , Reply# 8   1/2/2012 at 12:11 (4,469 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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the motor speed adjuster wasnt that.
thats what everyone thinks but the 502 didnt have variable speed. that is actually an adjustable whistle for the bag indicator. you set it on the scale for the dirt you normally pick up and it sets a diaphragm inside to whistle as air flow reduces in the bag. IIRC its a low number for finer dust and a higher number for fluff and airy things |
Post# 164321 , Reply# 9   1/2/2012 at 12:16 (4,469 days old) by juniorsenior ()   |   | |
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Ah i see thanks i just watched a demo of this on You tube. so can you confirm the olive green colour would make it a 502? |
Post# 164341 , Reply# 11   1/2/2012 at 15:11 (4,469 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 164346 , Reply# 12   1/2/2012 at 15:42 (4,469 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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I am amazed at the complexity of the air path in this vacuum design. Some kind soul on Vacuumland explained to me that the handle of this upright actually has three air channels: the first from the fan to the bag compartment, the second (in the center) from the bag compartment to the brush cavity for pickup, and yet a third to exhaust the air from the motor!
Would love to see a "repair diagram" of the handle on one of these uprights just to get better understanding of how the air made it to and from the motor into the handle. The only hose I see comes from the brush cavity under the motor and up into the handle - the other two channels seem to be hidden somewhere. Very complicated, in my opinion....but I guess if the configuration works well, why not? |
Post# 164347 , Reply# 13   1/2/2012 at 15:50 (4,468 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 164353 , Reply# 14   1/2/2012 at 16:20 (4,468 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Doug (or perhaps Pete) can confirm that this design was alos sold in Canada, as a Volta I think.
From Electrolux's documentation 500 was 1971-1975, the 502 taking over in 1975. The more upmarket 504 is from 1974 onwards - i dont have any more infomation on that except that I think it might have been renamed 506 shortly after the 502 was introduced. Al |
Post# 164354 , Reply# 15   1/2/2012 at 16:23 (4,468 days old) by juniorsenior ()   |   | |
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Hi would you mind if i used the above image to show a friend? |
Post# 164374 , Reply# 16   1/2/2012 at 17:25 (4,468 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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Post# 164376 , Reply# 17   1/2/2012 at 17:50 (4,468 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 164434 , Reply# 18   1/3/2012 at 00:37 (4,468 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 164438 , Reply# 19   1/3/2012 at 03:40 (4,468 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Well a 504 actually- 8.50 into this... Seamus CLICK HERE TO GO TO SeamusUK's LINK |
Post# 164445 , Reply# 21   1/3/2012 at 08:32 (4,468 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Thank you for that wondeful video, Seamus....it does indeed show a cutaway of the air flow channels in this Electrolux upright.
The only part of the design that still remains a mystery to me is: If the handle can rotate 90 degrees from "stored" position to "under bed" position, how do the air channels allow the movement of air to and from the motor? The "cutaway" demonstrator vac does not clearly answer this question. I would imagine that this needed to be designed very well so that over the years of use, the constantly-rotating "neck" of the vacuum handle would not leak air as the air made its way to and from the motor. |
Post# 164452 , Reply# 22   1/3/2012 at 11:03 (4,468 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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"The only part of the design that still remains a mystery to me is: If the handle can rotate 90 degrees from "stored" position to "under bed" position, how do the air channels allow the movement of air to and from the motor? The "cutaway" demonstrator vac does not clearly answer this question. I would imagine that this needed to be designed very well so that over the years of use, the constantly-rotating "neck" of the vacuum handle would not leak air as the air made its way to and from the motor."
The dirt gets from the head of the machine to the main cleaner via a flexible hose meaning it can go all the way flat without any compromise in suction. What I have found however, is that after a lot of use that "inner" hose will split, as it did with mine, but a bit of black tape sorts it out! Much cheaper than paying over the odds for a tiny bit of hose. |
Post# 164453 , Reply# 23   1/3/2012 at 11:19 (4,468 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 164461 , Reply# 24   1/3/2012 at 12:45 (4,468 days old) by markus79 (Finland)   |   | |
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I hope these pictures help you=) I think this airflow goes thought the joint. Markus |
Post# 164462 , Reply# 25   1/3/2012 at 12:46 (4,468 days old) by markus79 (Finland)   |   | |
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picture 2 |
Post# 164463 , Reply# 26   1/3/2012 at 12:48 (4,468 days old) by markus79 (Finland)   |   | |
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dustbag airflow |
Post# 164464 , Reply# 27   1/3/2012 at 12:50 (4,468 days old) by markus79 (Finland)   |   | |
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joint and motor airflow |
Post# 164465 , Reply# 28   1/3/2012 at 12:52 (4,468 days old) by markus79 (Finland)   |   | |
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the hose inlet |
Post# 164469 , Reply# 29   1/3/2012 at 13:02 (4,468 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Ahhhhhhh.......NOW I UNDERSTAND!!!!
Thanks so much for these scans and photos - they explain the mystery to me very clearly. There must be some very good gaskets around those air "holes" in order to prevent any leakage of air and reduced suction where they join the lower portion to the upper portion. I wonder why they did not just exhaust the air through the top of the motor housing....that would have been simpler solution, methinks.....hmmm.... |
Post# 164472 , Reply# 30   1/3/2012 at 13:11 (4,468 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Doug,
I knew you had one and I was sure Volta was not the name - I just could not remember that it was Dometic. Jamie, you have not quite answered Brian's question, and indeed nor could I until I recently had to make a (sort of bodged) repair on one of these. Brian you need to pause the video around 9.10 to get a better idea of how this works - there are indeed three air channels in the handle. If you look at Dougs picture above (or even mine further up) you can see the chrome clip which holds it shut - the whole top is hinged across the rear which will allow it to open through 180 degrees. The bag is vertically mounted with the bag entry at the top. It looks for all the world like an ordinary cannister. Air is drawn into the bag chamber via the hose from the brushroll through the central channel. This bends through 90 degress at the top of the bag chamber exiting into the bag. Air is drawn out of the bag chamber through the left hand channel, through the motor and out again through the right hand channel - you can see the remains of the exhaust grill at 9.17. What is not shown in the demo is that at the bottom of each side of the handle are round "portholes" (for want of a better word) which engage with each side of the motor shroud shown in red in the demo. It is these which allow the handle to swivel up and down whilst maintaining suction. The pully for the brushroll belt is just behind the right hand front wheel. How do I know? I recently got one of these for 99p (Say $1.00) which presumably had been dropped or maybe just misused and part of the porthole moulding on the right was damaged. It superglued the remaining parts together and although a bit wobbly still the cleaner works fine as the left hand port (suction) is still intact. Hope this makes it a bit clearer Al |
Post# 164473 , Reply# 31   1/3/2012 at 13:12 (4,468 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 164475 , Reply# 32   1/3/2012 at 13:24 (4,468 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 164505 , Reply# 33   1/3/2012 at 15:49 (4,467 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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Actually my model 503 is labelled Dometic-Volta It's a nice little vac. I should use it more. Here's my ancient video of it |
Post# 164721 , Reply# 34   1/5/2012 at 01:21 (4,466 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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One, seen in the video link below, was made by AB Electrolux sometime around 1984 (please correct me if I'm wrong) for the American sewing machine maker Viking and was sold through their exclusive distributors. Electrolux also made a line of canister/tank models for Viking as well, as I recall. I had one in the early days of my collection, in fact: wish I had kept the silly thing!
As for my other machine, it's one of the later grey colored models ... a Z1045, to be exact. I'll put a video link to it up in another post. CLICK HERE TO GO TO tazcatsdad's LINK |
Post# 164722 , Reply# 35   1/5/2012 at 01:23 (4,466 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 164724 , Reply# 36   1/5/2012 at 01:32 (4,466 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Hey Bill,
Happy New Year It was a similar machine to the one shown in the link above that I mentioned repairing above - do you have tools for it as well? Of course Husqvarna has long been an Electrolux brand and I recall an magazine ad here in the 1970s which actually had the (male) model dressed up as a viking. Although best known for sewing machines, we did have TOL Electrolux refrigeration products and I think ranges (cookers!) under that brand as well. A good while back I think we had a discussion here about a Lux 345 cannister sold in the USA - I wonder coudl this have been one of the Viking cannisters you mention Al |
Post# 164915 , Reply# 37   1/6/2012 at 14:57 (4,465 days old) by juniorsenior ()   |   | |
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I just bought a 502 from Ebay cant wait to reaquaint myself with this as my gran used to have one. |
Post# 164916 , Reply# 38   1/6/2012 at 15:10 (4,465 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 164918 , Reply# 39   1/6/2012 at 15:28 (4,465 days old) by juniorsenior ()   |   | |
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Sure is and you cant go wrong for 99p It looks as if the furniture guard is missing off it but i am not too bothered about that i just wanted it. |
Post# 164919 , Reply# 40   1/6/2012 at 15:34 (4,465 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 164924 , Reply# 43   1/6/2012 at 16:03 (4,464 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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While we are on the subject of the 500 series I was just wondering if anyone had a spare of the mustard coloured crevice tool or flip over floor/rug tool that came with the Dometic. I took another picture of it to show what I have for parts (the hose, wand and brush were still in the box pictured behind the machine when I got it and I dont think they had ever been used)
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Post# 164927 , Reply# 44   1/6/2012 at 16:42 (4,464 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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To the best of my knowledge this combination was never offered in the UK which came with white hose handle & tools Until the later version with completely different hose, wands & tools. The hose handle looks like that from the 345, so I suppose the tools would be the same. I have never seen either version of the flip over tool of thsi vintage in anything but white, although later versions (such as the basic one used on 303) were also in black, I think I have also seen it in really dark chocolate brown, but never in this colour. I may have a spare crevice tool in brown
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Post# 164930 , Reply# 45   1/6/2012 at 16:56 (4,464 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 164987 , Reply# 58   1/7/2012 at 05:58 (4,464 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Doug
Thanks for taking the time for scanning and posting the instructions and catalogue pages - very interesting indeed. We would all like to see an example of the 666 - persoanlly I did not even know of the model's existance until I picked up a Goblin brochure a few years back. I am attaching a scan of that page I have never seen one of these come up on ebay, although i have just bought something a bit similar, pictures hopefully coming soon. The hose appears to be simular to the Hoover stretch hose (Hooverflex) that was used here for many years after it was dropped in N America. Some interesting snippets of info in your scans though. Interesting to see the 303 with that version of nozzle - I only associated it with the one shown with the 96 but in black. Only ever saw an 87 with braided hose not that plastic one, which appears similar to that shown on the 170. By the way the 87/96 are the direct descendents of the Lux 48 as teh BOL model that you wanted copy of the manual cover. The Lux 380/390 would have been their answer to the Hoover Sensortronic range although never with the PN that some of the Hoovers had. From some other information i have it appears that the bodies are not quite the same colour although they appear the same in teh scans. Al |
Post# 164998 , Reply# 59   1/7/2012 at 08:48 (4,464 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 165001 , Reply# 60   1/7/2012 at 09:02 (4,464 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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I have it recorded as 1977.
The 602 had been around for a long time, at least 10 years - indeed I was surprised that they were still listing it in 1977. The body of the machine is all plastic, unusual at the time, even the most basic Goblins were made of metal. Here is the rest of the brochure - front cover. The suction control on top of teh cleaner is an air release valve |
Post# 165002 , Reply# 61   1/7/2012 at 09:03 (4,464 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 165003 , Reply# 62   1/7/2012 at 09:07 (4,464 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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It looks like they were targeting the softbag housemaid at a specific market :)
Well fair play to Goblin on this one - for years and years their uprights were very clearly based on the Hoover Junior, as close as they could be, but this was their own, new design And, although not particularly well rated at the time its not a bad cleaner at all |
Post# 165020 , Reply# 64   1/7/2012 at 12:22 (4,464 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 165095 , Reply# 66   1/8/2012 at 02:53 (4,463 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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It was very interesting seeing all those advertisements, and to see how expensive my 502S was when she was new! When you have a vintage cleaner you forget that it must have been very high tech in its day, and thus, cost a lot.
And going back to my question I asked a couple of days ago, I think my 502S did originally come with a plastic hose, as in that advert, it looks like the tool set had a plastic hose included, not woven ? |
Post# 165100 , Reply# 67   1/8/2012 at 03:13 (4,463 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Jamie
You need to remember that the scans above are from Home Shopping Catalagoues ("Club Books") and that the prices quoted there were ALWAYS much higher than you would have paid in the shops - the payment plans are not interest free, the just quite a higher price to begin with to cover interest. Argos and Which are the only reliable written media for prices. Al |
Post# 165115 , Reply# 68   1/8/2012 at 07:17 (4,463 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 165117 , Reply# 69   1/8/2012 at 07:35 (4,463 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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No nowhere near a rough idea.
Which listed best prices for the Lux 502 at being around £49 with free tools thrown in at the cow shed retailers and yet above in the catalogue its about 40% more expensive. Even the Hoover Junior in Trident was around £39 yet the Goblin which was a cheaper brand is advertised at £39 in the catalogue. The Lux 610 Was quite expensive here for £114 as Argos retailed the Twin Turbo around £79 in the late 80s. The Lux 610 was about £100 and the 612 about £115. Catalogues were very expensive, a basic 800 spin hotpoint washer cost around £250 best prices in the likes of Currys yet these catalogues it was around £320. A low earners weeks wage was around £150 so the difference of £70 made a huge difference. |
Post# 165129 , Reply# 70   1/8/2012 at 09:45 (4,463 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 165137 , Reply# 71   1/8/2012 at 10:38 (4,463 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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Sorry I re read and realised my maths error. The lux 520 was about 80% more expensive.
Bright House do pretty much the same these days. Currys have a £220 Beko cash price (dont see that term used much these days) where total repayable at BrightHouse the same machine comes out at over £500 paying £4 a week for 3 or so years however it works out. The catalogues used this practise back in the day. |
Post# 165152 , Reply# 72   1/8/2012 at 14:19 (4,463 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)   |   | |
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Post# 165196 , Reply# 74   1/8/2012 at 17:09 (4,462 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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Post# 165218 , Reply# 76   1/8/2012 at 21:20 (4,462 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Wow.....that white carpet nozzle shown with the Goblin canister looks almost identical to the classic Eureka carpet nozzle of the 1950's and 1960's! The only difference seems to be that it has an attached neck like the very first ones did on the Golden Crown Roto-Matic.
Am I seeing things? Did Eureka supply attachments to Goblin? |
Post# 165250 , Reply# 77   1/9/2012 at 00:38 (4,462 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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I doubt it very much, as by this time Goblin was operating towards the bottom end of the market, so cost woudl have been all. The only "genuine" Eureka tools i have ever seen here was on the Parnall Vibrabeat later 10/10, or the even rarer Singer variants around the early 1960s all of which were an exact copies of the Eureka. Co-incidentally later 1960s Singers were manufactured by Goblin, but were direct copies of Goblin cleaners. Al |
Post# 165271 , Reply# 78   1/9/2012 at 06:35 (4,462 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill (Birthplace of the Railway),England, UK.)   |   | |
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these where a great vac and ahead of the field for its day, very quiet in action, the brushes & beater bars very effective in removing grit & dirt, and the bonus of clean air suction and plug in tools etc with the same suction level.
I always thought that Electrolux (known mainly for cylinders) put a lot of design & aesthetic thought into the first of their upright cleaners, whereas Hoover ( known for uprights) only managed to produce a large clunky first cylinder cleaner!!! |
Post# 165276 , Reply# 79   1/9/2012 at 08:03 (4,462 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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I was thinking that Goblin might have acquired that carpet nozzle from the Parnall people!!!! :-)
When using one of these Electrolux 500's in tool-mode, was the revolving brush sufficiently raised off the floor to prevent damage? This has always been my complaint about many uprights that offer above-the-floor tools: if the carpet brush or agitator can't be turned off or covered somehow, it becomes a rather dangerous device that can harm floors, carpets, fingers and toes! An exposed revolving brush can also easily get jammed by socks and plastic bags as it is dragged over a bare floor. :-( |
Post# 165277 , Reply# 80   1/9/2012 at 08:48 (4,462 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)   |   | |
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sadly was long gone before this cleaner was ever thought of. The Parnall version of the Eureka must have been withdrawn in around 1964/65 and there were no further vacuums (that I am aware of) from them.
To the best of my knowledge, and its a while since I used one, when the tangle is returned to the upright position the brushrool sid eof teh cleaner is raised slightly, whether the tools are connected or not. Al |
Post# 165282 , Reply# 81   1/9/2012 at 09:41 (4,462 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 165286 , Reply# 83   1/9/2012 at 09:53 (4,462 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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Post# 165291 , Reply# 87   1/9/2012 at 10:01 (4,462 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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Post# 165294 , Reply# 88   1/9/2012 at 10:17 (4,462 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 165297 , Reply# 89   1/9/2012 at 10:28 (4,462 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire)   |   | |
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Post# 165298 , Reply# 90   1/9/2012 at 10:52 (4,462 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 240177 , Reply# 91   7/15/2013 at 19:50 (3,908 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 240223 , Reply# 93   7/16/2013 at 10:43 (3,908 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 240227 , Reply# 94   7/16/2013 at 11:11 (3,908 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 240295 , Reply# 96   7/16/2013 at 16:11 (3,908 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 240313 , Reply# 97   7/16/2013 at 17:15 (3,907 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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You make very good point Benny, which is probably correct!
I have to say the lack of whistle would not be a great hardship, as I find it either whistles prematurely or too late - much like any other bag full indicator come to think of it! Luckily there was an option to turn it off, by setting it to 0. They did however - as with all bag full indicators - serve as a feature to alert the user of a blockage, which was what they became far more useful for. |
Post# 240318 , Reply# 98   7/16/2013 at 17:19 (3,907 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 240320 , Reply# 99   7/16/2013 at 17:22 (3,907 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 240322 , Reply# 100   7/16/2013 at 17:23 (3,907 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 240329 , Reply# 102   7/16/2013 at 17:28 (3,907 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 240331 , Reply# 103   7/16/2013 at 17:30 (3,907 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland)   |   | |
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Post# 240336 , Reply# 105   7/16/2013 at 17:39 (3,907 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Did the Convertible have an additional filter system other than the bag? The Z500 of course had the filter at the bottom. Possibly the manufacture at that time of vacuum cleaner filters was harder than it is now/1990 where the manufacture of filters were more commonplace.
Looking back at my own Z500, the genuine original bags had the open style clip closure at the bottom - so at that time, with open bags being the norm as well as Hoover themselves, with sealed bags finally coming onto the market - it is easy to see how slow things really were in order to improve dust capture. |
Post# 240346 , Reply# 107   7/16/2013 at 18:01 (3,907 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 240786 , Reply# 109   7/18/2013 at 13:56 (3,906 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Post# 240792 , Reply# 110   7/18/2013 at 14:19 (3,906 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 240794 , Reply# 111   7/18/2013 at 14:40 (3,906 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)   |   | |
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Speaking as a fan of the Junior and Senior models, I used to wonder why buyers bought the Electrolux Z500s until I owned one. I found it remarkably light to push, very easy to use, far more compact and "nimble," ironic given Electrolux's far later decision to market such an upright vacuum using that name - and compared to Hoover's models, the plastic on the Electrolux seemed to withstand scrapes and cuts far better, but then that may be down to my usage, later in life.
Even when I got to try the electronic one with the suction control dial, I found it a very effective vacuum cleaner and far quieter than any of Hoover's models. The electronic models also had a far better way of filling the bag compared to the lowly model I originally had (special/catalogue exclusive base Z517 I think.) What I didn't like was the screw fit filter at the bottom of the bin underneath the bag on that model. |
Post# 240837 , Reply# 112   7/18/2013 at 20:13 (3,905 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Since we are back on this thread I might as well update the information about the coloured accessory kits for the 500 series. Through some digging (and a lot of help - thanks Al, James) we have found that the early kit for the Dometic 505 (Electrolux 504) had the mustard handgrip and dusting brush but the rug/floor nozzle and crevice tool were white as pictured below. As well the early kit for the 502 had the same arrangement with the dusting brush being a greeish grey like the machine.
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Post# 307585 , Reply# 113   11/29/2014 at 15:20 (3,407 days old) by murdock ()   |   | |
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i have one to sell .... anyone interested |
Post# 307594 , Reply# 114   11/29/2014 at 17:49 (3,406 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 452370 , Reply# 115   5/6/2022 at 17:09 (691 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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So I found this thread while doing some research and thought I would share some South African 500 series machines. we did get the first 500 in grey but I have yet to find one, here are some brochures from Electrocol, the agents for Electrolux before it became Electrolux owned again in 1996
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Post# 452371 , Reply# 116   5/6/2022 at 17:10 (691 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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The 502 in green, we also got this in brown which I had many years ago
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Post# 452372 , Reply# 117   5/6/2022 at 17:15 (691 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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506. I loved this machine when was a kid, They were hugely popular here and basically dethroned Hoover as the NO1 upright vacuum in our market
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Post# 452373 , Reply# 118   5/6/2022 at 17:18 (691 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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My moms friend had one of these, It stood at the top of a huge staircase on the landing, She was awesome and always let me vacuum when we went to visit
This is also one of the odd all machines while all he otherswere manufactured right here in Cape Town, This model was imported |
Post# 452374 , Reply# 119   5/6/2022 at 17:21 (691 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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I remember these in the shop I thought they were awesome, My mom however chose a Turbomaster Hoover
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