Thread Number: 35526
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Hoover junior 1224 supressor |
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Post# 381831 , Reply# 1   11/26/2017 at 15:09 (2,313 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 381880 , Reply# 2   11/28/2017 at 02:04 (2,312 days old) by Jake1234 (greasby)   |   | |
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I know its a risk but i dont want the other vacuum cleaners to go bang like the 1334 did! |
Post# 409169 , Reply# 5   5/7/2019 at 10:48 (1,787 days old) by Garlee (england)   |   | |
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Post# 409200 , Reply# 6   5/8/2019 at 03:23 (1,786 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 409213 , Reply# 7   5/8/2019 at 18:05 (1,785 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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No necroposting rules here.
What the suppressor is for in vacuums is back in the old days of radio, TV, etc. in the 50s and 60s everything was very sensitive to electric currents and whatnot traveling in the air. Even in the 80's as well with C.B. radios and other electronics. Running your vacuum cleaner, the motor current would start scrambling the TV and radio signals and affecting them. So they fitted a capacitor within the vacuum to reduce this current flow and trap it so that it doesn't interfere with any electronics devices. When I had a CRT TV, my Eureka Optima would cause little bits of static and blips on the TV every time I got the vacuum near it, and more than once I had a cheap Sylvania CD player/stereo that would just randomly turn on from across the room as the vacuum was doing something to the IR receiver that made it think I was hitting the remote. But like all capacitors over time, they will leak and short out, which is why the next time they get turned on and current tries to charge them again, pop goes the weasel. |
Post# 409297 , Reply# 9   5/10/2019 at 02:49 (1,784 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Ah, I see. Makes perfect sense. You know, capacitors are like... very easy to come by. It's not like some old rare thing that isn't made anymore. But hey, who the hell's going to be listening to AM radio or even watching TV while somebody's vacuuming nearby? Would be kind of hard to do with vacuum noise in the room, anyway, so what's a little added radio interference?
Also if there's one thing I despise, it's having 3 different names for literally THE SAME THING. (Capacitor, condenser, supressor.) Stupid english language. |
Post# 409316 , Reply# 11   5/10/2019 at 15:26 (1,783 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 409329 , Reply# 12   5/10/2019 at 23:27 (1,783 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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