Thread Number: 34102
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Flour UNDER The Carpet Test For Electrolux Olympia One |
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Post# 369565   3/30/2017 at 11:06 (2,555 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH)   |   | |
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I bought a new 5'x7' Mohawk medium pile carpet for vacuum tests in my basement recently. I wanted to see what vacuums had enough power to pull flour up through the carpet into the dust bag.
The test was completed with only 2 complete strokes (2 forward/2 backward) at medium speed right through the middle of the flour. I think this qualifies as maybe 50% total pickup? Maybe less since it seemed to just spread it around a lot. This 1401-B was quite mediocre with 75 CFM at the nozzle. BUT an airflow density of about 3.6 CFM per square inch is very good. AND all this cleaning power comes from two motors requiring a total of 10.0 Amps @ 120 Volts = 1200 Watts. Just for kicks, pic#4 shows the result after 10 complete passes. Slightly better, but still not great. BTW, my thumb pointing horizontal in pic#5 is meant to be taken as a "Meh" rating. The Olympia One works great on everything on and in the carpet, just not under it. Bill |
Post# 369796 , Reply# 1   4/2/2017 at 13:34 (2,552 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 369801 , Reply# 2   4/2/2017 at 14:10 (2,552 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH)   |   | |
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My Lux is all original except the obvious new hose. That $50 I paid for that hose alone gives the machine about a 15 CFM boost over the typical (working) woven hose. I do use HEPA cloth bags as well, so the airflow doesn't drop like a stone. I have many packs of the higher-end paper bags and the airflow drop when picking up fine dust is quite large compared to the HEPA bags. In fact, a full cloth HEPA bag won't trigger the eject mechanism, but the 4-ply paper ones will.
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Post# 369815 , Reply# 3   4/2/2017 at 15:12 (2,552 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Bill
I should order some cloth bags for my lux . I also have a vinyl hose works great .I use my Electrolux AP 200 on the highest setting thats 6 so m y bag is filled all the way before i change it .For the money i paid for it 40 $ works flawless.
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Post# 369823 , Reply# 4   4/2/2017 at 16:06 (2,552 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 369836 , Reply# 5   4/2/2017 at 19:24 (2,552 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH)   |   | |
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Nice looking Lux you have there! I wish I had a vinyl replacement hose in the same color as yours as it would look much better than my gray one.
BTW, you do know that adjusting the "automatic cleaning selector" has absolutely zero effect on cleaning performance, right? All it does is sense airflow back pressure in the bag compartment and pops the eject mechanism when airflow drops to a preset level, say a "3" or "6". Switching over to HEPA bags in my Olympia One has created a situation where the ejector mechanism never pops even when the bag is full because the airflow is much higher than a 4-ply paper bag. Bill |
Post# 369941 , Reply# 6   4/4/2017 at 00:16 (2,551 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 369942 , Reply# 7   4/4/2017 at 00:22 (2,551 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH)   |   | |
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I got a 9 pack of white HEPA bags for about $20. Not too bad I think.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/H10-hepa-Cloth-v... Bill |
Post# 370122 , Reply# 8   4/5/2017 at 19:27 (2,549 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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