Thread Number: 36155
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Electrolux 1521 Question (Diamond Jubilee) |
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Post# 387618   3/9/2018 at 19:25 (2,239 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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I've read on the forum that the early 1521 motors were problematic. I just disassembled an early Diamond Jubilee, and it's motor is pictured on the right. The other motor is a genuine Electrolux motor that came from an Ultralux LX.
The Diamond Jubilee was very clean, with very little dust inside. However, it had that old, funky vacuum smell, and it has some carbon dust built up on the motor (even though the vacuum and motor don't seem to have that much use). I'm going to disassemble the motor and clean it up, but I'm just wondering if someone knows if the motor on the left is the problematic motor from the early 1521 run! This inquiring mind wants to know! |
Post# 387676 , Reply# 1   3/10/2018 at 09:02 (2,238 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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I decided to install the new motor in the Diamond Jubilee!
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Post# 387677 , Reply# 2   3/10/2018 at 09:03 (2,238 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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I looks like it was well cared for and has little use.
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Post# 387678 , Reply# 3   3/10/2018 at 09:05 (2,238 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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I've heard some people sing the praises of the Lamb motor that is in the Electrolux knock-off, but this motor has more than enough power.
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Post# 387679 , Reply# 4   3/10/2018 at 09:05 (2,238 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 387790 , Reply# 5   3/11/2018 at 19:57 (2,237 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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So wait a minute. Which motor did you use? The original one (right) or the Electrolux one (left)?
I don't know anything about *these* motors, but I'll make some observations. The motor on the left is clearly an older design, all metal frame, brushes perpendicular to the field coils. Sometimes they engineer the brushes to be at a slightly advanced angle to perpendicular, to help prevent arcing, but the newer motor on the right had the brushes at 45 degrees, which is way more than an adjustment. Likely the armature is wound differently because of that, so I'll wager the armatures are not interchangeable between the two motors. The field coils look the same. But the newer motor has a plastic frame, which is fine... until a bearing failure then it'll melt. If and when, of course. |
Post# 387795 , Reply# 6   3/11/2018 at 21:25 (2,237 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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