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Electro Hygiene Model 890 |
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Post# 98111 , Reply# 2   5/11/2010 at 21:30 (5,091 days old) by louvac (A)   |   | |
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Thanks for the info, Jim! So you are telling me that you have experienced the same thing as far as the binding goes? I have never had the brush roll ends spin in their holders, though, so that's news to me. |
Post# 98188 , Reply# 5   5/13/2010 at 01:50 (5,090 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH)   |   | |
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Hi Lou, I also have an 890 and I agree with what Jim told you about the brushroll. I also think it's possible that when they added the metal clips on the end of the brushrolls, they might have made the clips inside the nozzle a little smaller to make it fit, which could be the cause of the binding when you put the newer brushroll in the older nozzle. As for the motor wattage or amperage, I'm quite sure that the Electro-Hygiene had the same wattage or amperage as the comparable Royal had in the same time period. The Electro-Hygiene was NOT a lower counterpart to the Royal, but equal and in a couple ways, superior to the Royal. To begin with, from the time Electro-Hygiene was introduced, the built-in deodorizing chamber was an EXCLUSIVE Electro-Hygiene feature and was only re-introduced on higher end Royals after Electro-Hygiene went out of business in the 80's. Actually it was because of this feature that Electro-Hygiene remained a straight suction machine long after the revolving brush was introduced on the Royal--they didn't know what to do with the crystal chamber. After losing sales for not having a revolving brush, they came up with a crystal chamber that would snap on in place of the Adjust-o-rite plate, and introduced the model 285 in 1955. Also, Royal only had a one year warranty, where Electro-Hygiene had a lifetime rebuild warranty similar to the Kirby. As for model numbers, there were some numbers used by both Royal and Electro-Hygiene, and some were different. For example, the 701 Special tank was an economy model for both, the only difference being the nameplate. And when the 880 upright was introduced, it was both a Royal and Electro-Hygiene, the only differences were the crystal chamber under the headlight of the Electro-Hygiene and trim color. The Royal 880 had a long run, but it's Electro-Hygiene counterpart was replaced with the 890, then the 903. When they introduced models with detachable nozzles, it was 888 for Royal, 980 for Electro-Hygiene, and 990 Galaxie Prestige. Model series are still somewhat a mystery to me, and I still run into one now and then that I've never seen before. Jeff |