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Thread Number: 6556
Filter Queen Model 33 - my very first! |
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| Post# 72666 , Reply# 1 6/22/2009 at 04:39 (5,414 days old) by jdinstl () | ||
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Oh wait... ...wait a minute...that's the cat's reaction to the news... Here's the vacuum *blush* 
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| Post# 72671 , Reply# 2 6/22/2009 at 07:29 (5,414 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Lovely vacuumage dancing partner, ain't she?
Ooh yes, the 33 in Tuna Pank. :-) Well, it's not really Salmon. A soothing shade that makes the 33 look so light on it's feet - tho it weighs more because of the cordwinder base. :-) Seems very very odd to me but I have yet to see one of these elephantine ballerina beasts with both a two-speed switch AND a PN port. Mine even came with the electric hose but no place to plug it in ??? Oh well, this whole ensemble set me back $15, says the price sticker on the suitcase full of nifty pank accessories. Felix does like to pose for pictures... Dave 
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| Post# 72696 , Reply# 3 6/22/2009 at 10:00 (5,414 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
Nice John | ||
| Post# 72721 , Reply# 4 6/22/2009 at 14:33 (5,414 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC) | ||
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very nice FQ John That is a very nice FQ and congrats on that being your first one>.. How quiet is it? | ||
| Post# 72945 , Reply# 5 6/23/2009 at 23:04 (5,413 days old) by ridgidvac () | ||
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Congrats for getting the best of all vacs. A FQ will OUTCLEAN the other brands' vacs & filters better than HEPA & ULPA (when using the MEDI-PURE filter) You'll never breathe any dust in your home with a Filter Queen! | ||
| Post# 73173 , Reply# 6 6/25/2009 at 19:59 (5,411 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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You'll enjoy this, John. :-)
Mine is remarkably clean inside - a testament to FQ's filtration superiority - and I decided to take it out for a spin. It ran for about 3 minutes on both speeds then began to hiccup and stopped. So, get out the diagnostic tools... Long story short, after testing out all circuit paths I finally made my way in to the motor. Spinning the armature I could hear no tell-tale brush friction... 
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| Post# 73181 , Reply# 7 6/25/2009 at 20:20 (5,411 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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Sure enough, both brushes worn to the stubs. Must have been making its final contact through the magic of carbon dust aether. :-) I could raid another FQ for brushes but I'll get new ones from Bill Ellison. I am carefully considering and want to add a PN socket to this fine Filter Queen 33. Since the socket hole is full of riveted-in two speed switch, if Bill has a suitable socket I'll mill out a new hole for it beside the switch. It would have to locate there on the rim because the hose's 8" pigtail is not long enough to reach all the way up to a vent - where I could easily install a socket - and still allow the hose to rotate. I'd rather not run a PN pigtail through one of the motor vents. The chances of finding a salmon pink pigtail is extremely unlikely... Dave 
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| Post# 73555 , Reply# 8 6/28/2009 at 21:02 (5,408 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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New brushes & new PN socket. | ||
| Post# 73556 , Reply# 9 6/28/2009 at 21:07 (5,408 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 73557 , Reply# 10 6/28/2009 at 21:19 (5,408 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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"and on the lower speed the thing is whisper-quiet." I'll say it is! At a reading of 49" it's no 'louder' than a tower fan on low and it's easy to imagine running one of these in the sick room with mentholated medicated spirits, purifying the air and allowing for restful sleep. :-) The hose had a slight gasket leak but with a beefed up rubber sealing ring the loss of 5" on either speed was eliminated. 
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