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Thread Number: 25981
The Kirby Paradox |
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| Post# 291356 7/31/2014 at 20:44 (3,546 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
 I was chatting with another member here, and the topic of making a Kirby hose run on the 1st gear instead of 2nd came up. This got me thinking, what happens if you ran a Kirby on both speeds at once? A possible 3rd gear? or a giant mess of exploding electrical stuff? let's see what vacuumland thinks!
Get on your super-science safety gear stuff OSHA makes us wear, it's time to see what happens when we run the Kirby on both speeds at once! 
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| Post# 291358 , Reply# 1 7/31/2014 at 20:47 (3,546 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
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| Post# 291359 , Reply# 2 7/31/2014 at 20:49 (3,546 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 291361 , Reply# 3 7/31/2014 at 20:54 (3,546 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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| Post# 291366 , Reply# 5 7/31/2014 at 21:29 (3,546 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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| Post# 291367 , Reply# 6 7/31/2014 at 22:08 (3,546 days old) by kirbyrama (Pennsylvania) | ||
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I am sure it would be to much strain on the motor and it would eventually burn out. It would also be noisy as hell. | ||
| Post# 291371 , Reply# 7 7/31/2014 at 22:24 (3,546 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.) | ||
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| Post# 291382 , Reply# 9 7/31/2014 at 23:44 (3,546 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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Actually, I accidentally hooked up the safety switch on a D50 incorrectly one time and I think it did send too much current to the commutator. It not only caused an electrical fire, but it also melted the brass segments on the commutator. I put a new motor in it but was never able to get rid of that smell.
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