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Thread Number: 11816
For Brian in KS, my Kenmore Ultra Vac 29459 |
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| Post# 126927 3/7/2011 at 20:19 (4,797 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO) | ||
Tom G. gifted me this uber rare canister a few weeks ago after I have swooned over it for a long time and had the resources to make it fab again. What makes this unique is the Power-Mate II, which can be used as a separate upright vacuum as it has its own fan and dirt cup or when connected to the hose, you have a tandem air canister system. It's also the first Kenmore with the newer "Whispertone" body style and cord reel and also one of the last 100% Whirlpool made Kenmore canisters.
To use it as a standalone upright, the machine came with a separate cap and cord that you plugged in the handle to divert suction to the dirt cup and provide electricity from a standard outlet, however I don't have that and would love to find one someday as it's NLA from Sears/Whirlpool. Even though I have extensively read (and memorized) every patent on this machine, I am more obsessed with finding an ad with it. The model number indicates it should be a 1989-1990 model, but none of the Big Book or Wish Book catalogs had this featured, and it wasn't until fall/winter 1991-1992 that the model number was included in the 5055 model list for ordering replacements. Now Tom and my friend Daniel remember it being on the back page of a Sears sale catalog you got in the mail in either 1990-1991 and it was $599, more expensive than its Sears Best siamese twin Whispertone at $350 and even the previous Sears Best light gray 27455 at $450. 
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| Post# 126929 , Reply# 1 3/7/2011 at 20:23 (4,797 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO) | ||
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Hose/cap attachment end | ||
| Post# 126931 , Reply# 2 3/7/2011 at 20:27 (4,797 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO) | ||
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Light and Deep Cleaning Instructions | ||
| Post# 126934 , Reply# 3 3/7/2011 at 20:34 (4,797 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO) | ||
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Propelled by a 2.4 amp motor | ||
| Post# 126935 , Reply# 4 3/7/2011 at 20:44 (4,797 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO) | ||
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Business end
This brushroll was unique to this machine only and is essentially a clone of the Quadraflex. The grooves in the brushroll are part of the "anti-cord swallowing system" so if you accidentally run over the cord it won't get all jacked up. Also, Whirlpool had patented a belt tensioning system for this Power-Mate, however they probably didn't include it to cut costs IMHO.
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| Post# 126936 , Reply# 5 3/7/2011 at 20:54 (4,797 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO) | ||
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Running The only gripe I have about it is it would've been nice to have a swivel wand on top to let it easily clean under tables and furniture, maybe it does however I had to super glue the wand connector to the main tube on mine. This could've been a good selling vacuum had Sears marketed it more than the "promo" 3.9/4.0 canisters AND put it in the big book catalogs | ||
| Post# 126947 , Reply# 6 3/7/2011 at 22:53 (4,797 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Congratulations on getting a machine that you've been after for a long time... I know what that's like to finally get something that's on "the list..." Fred | ||
| Post# 126986 , Reply# 7 3/8/2011 at 10:34 (4,796 days old) by HenryDreyfuss (Ohio) | ||
Cool! | ||
| Post# 126995 , Reply# 8 3/8/2011 at 11:50 (4,796 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
OH MY STARS...
I love it! Congratulations! I have never seen one in peron, only in a Special order/Promotional catalogue in the vacuum department at Sears. It was near Christmas 1989, when Sears was starting the renovations for "Band Central". After the remodeling I asked one of the guys if they were getting one to diplay. They said they didn't know =(.
Good luck with it. You should be able to make a cord for it if you can find a donor hose.In fact a newer Whispertone hose would be perfect because when you take apart the handle there should be plenty of wire to work with. Kenny | ||
| Post# 127019 , Reply# 9 3/8/2011 at 17:27 (4,796 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO) | ||
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Yay another clue!
Kenny, do you remember the price and was this catalog an Appliance Specialog or a sale catalog that came in the newspaper? I have scavenged Newspaper Archive and have not found one ad with this machine.
And how would I be able to make a power cord for it to be used as an upright because for starters there are 3 prongs and the cap/cord were one piece you connected to the end of the handle. | ||
| Post# 127068 , Reply# 10 3/8/2011 at 23:59 (4,796 days old) by Briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 128238 , Reply# 11 3/22/2011 at 21:44 (4,782 days old) by alexb1186 (Ferguson/St. Louis, MO) | ||
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| Post# 128254 , Reply# 12 3/23/2011 at 01:06 (4,782 days old) by briguy (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
Enjoyed this thread sooo much!!
Wow Alex, I just made it back to Vacuumland tonight & was checking out posts. What do I find, but your awesome thread on your Ultra-vac. I haven't been on in awhile due to being with my mom while she had surgery & getting her well enough to go home finally. I enjoyed your pics & posts immensely!! Glad you got some more clues from our fellow vacuumlanders out there too.
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Post# 128262 , Reply# 14 3/23/2011 at 05:30 (4,782 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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Interesting-A KN "Monster vac"Wonder if you could do something similar with a canister vacuum and an Oreck upright head-Use the Oreck head as a powernozzle with the canister vac.One vac store owner I knew wanted to try it-we talked about it.Would be something like the cleaner shown. | ||
| Post# 129079 , Reply# 15 3/27/2011 at 03:28 (4,778 days old) by Kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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Sorry for the delay, iirc the price was 599.99 and it was in a special order book near the register.
I don't remember it being in the catalogue. As far as making a cord you would have to cut the recepticle off of a whispertone hose and connect the two positive wires to the positive of the donor cord, then of corset the neutral. The two positive should be black and red or blue. Its been a while sence I had a wt hose apart. I will take mine apart later and look. | ||
| Post# 129096 , Reply# 16 3/27/2011 at 08:22 (4,777 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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Ohhh Duh... | ||
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