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Thread Number: 32845
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Question about Kirby's Speed selector switch |
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| Post# 359516 9/18/2016 at 22:54 (2,773 days old) by brycerivers (Atlanta,GA,30273,United States) | ||
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Post# 359517 , Reply# 1 9/18/2016 at 23:40 (2,773 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 359565 , Reply# 2 9/19/2016 at 11:08 (2,772 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
Bryce,
The 2 speed switch caused more problems than any other model Kirby. One of the biggest is that customers didn't realize that when the switch was lit up, it was in low speed and off for high speed. Customers were constantly returning their machines complaining that their machine was not cleaning well. If they had read the User's manual they would have realized that when the switch was lit up the machine was set to LOW speed.
Another problem was that the Diamond edition actually had 4 speeds confusing users even more. The switch produced hi and low speed in carpet mode and a separate hi and low speed in hose mode. The Diamond edition had many more service calls than any previous model solely because of improper use of the speed switch.
It is for these reasons Kirby decided to remove the speed switch from all future models.
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| Post# 359585 , Reply# 3 9/19/2016 at 14:28 (2,772 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Post# 359620 , Reply# 4 9/20/2016 at 03:58 (2,771 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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I also remember accounts of Kirby motors being blown while users trying to use the shampooer in the low speed mode-the manual stated to use the shampooer in high speed mode only.Same with the fluffer and hard floor polisher.These would put too much of a load on the motor when it was on low speed. | ||
| Post# 359686 , Reply# 5 9/21/2016 at 08:13 (2,770 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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