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Thread Number: 17364
Volta U505 upright 1974 |
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| Post# 187007 , Reply# 1 6/24/2012 at 14:27 (4,317 days old) by markus79 (Finland) | ||
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Volta U505 High suction=) 
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| Post# 187008 , Reply# 2 6/24/2012 at 14:28 (4,317 days old) by markus79 (Finland) | ||
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Volta U505 back 
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| Post# 187012 , Reply# 3 6/24/2012 at 15:20 (4,317 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 187014 , Reply# 4 6/24/2012 at 15:30 (4,317 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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lovely vacuums, this was the 504 in this county 
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| Post# 187015 , Reply# 5 6/24/2012 at 15:30 (4,317 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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Electrolux 504, 1976 
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| Post# 187025 , Reply# 6 6/24/2012 at 19:36 (4,317 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
 I remember that vac with a passion. It was one of the first models I ever used when I worked in a residential home as a cleaner. The house I worked for had two of these yellow uprights, Hoover Senior and the Commercial brute. Much preferred the Electrolux as it was super light, a breeze to clean with & a far easier machine to carry up 4 flights of stairs. Now I know, after reading these posted brochures to why the LED light always went off when the machine switched on. I never had that on my old Z517. | ||
| Post# 187049 , Reply# 7 6/25/2012 at 02:01 (4,317 days old) by Docker (Cape Town, South Africa) | ||
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Euromate plug I have never seen a Euromate plug on a vacuum, but being only 450W, this equates to 1.95A, well within the Euromate's 2.5A rating. In SA, all vacs, power tools etc are sold with a moulded Schuko plug, even though we don't have Schuko sockets. Replacing the Schuko with a BS plug invalidates the guarantee! | ||
| Post# 187059 , Reply# 8 6/25/2012 at 05:06 (4,317 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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I once had a pimped up 504 with a 1300w contour motor. It was incredible, it used to pull itself along | ||
| Post# 187062 , Reply# 9 6/25/2012 at 05:39 (4,317 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 187063 , Reply# 10 6/25/2012 at 05:39 (4,317 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Hi
Hi Ryan. When you put a 1300 watt motor in your Electrolux 504 did you have any problems with it pulling the bags in to the machine??
As years ago when I had a newer more powerful motor fitted in a Electrolux z358t the bags cardboard front use to fold in half and get pull in to the bag compartment once the bag got about a quarter full. James:o) | ||
| Post# 187064 , Reply# 11 6/25/2012 at 05:41 (4,317 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 187065 , Reply# 12 6/25/2012 at 06:26 (4,317 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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James - No it was fine actually, it seemed to get through belts quite quick though | ||
| Post# 187100 , Reply# 13 6/25/2012 at 12:15 (4,316 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 187103 , Reply# 14 6/25/2012 at 12:20 (4,316 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 187110 , Reply# 15 6/25/2012 at 13:14 (4,316 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 187127 , Reply# 17 6/25/2012 at 14:50 (4,316 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 187212 , Reply# 19 6/26/2012 at 07:16 (4,316 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 187216 , Reply# 20 6/26/2012 at 07:48 (4,316 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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LOL
Hi Doug. That is so true lol! I get people come over who want to look but end up touching most things. Even if you have posters saying "Please don't touch" And there not always gentle when they do touch. Same when you put a sign up saying "Private" or "No one beyond this point" They seem to look at it and ignore it! Some people need a good slap!;o)
James:o) | ||
| Post# 187305 , Reply# 21 6/27/2012 at 10:14 (4,314 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 187542 , Reply# 22 6/29/2012 at 10:44 (4,312 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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506 Electronic c1980 I bought this from a friend yesterday, it's in mint condition. 
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| Post# 187550 , Reply# 23 6/29/2012 at 11:56 (4,312 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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These were the best selling vacuums in SA during the eighties, I have a 560 in my showroom ( same colour different badge)
Every customer that comes in here says , Oh my mom had one of those or my gran or I had one. In the late 90"s once these had outlived there usefulness and every one wanted a wet& dry. the second hand shops were filled with them, I remember seeing 25 standing in one cash converters shop To me this was the vacuum that put Electrolux on the map, up until then every one had Hoovers. The 500 range was light years ahead of its time and this model particularly was fantastic | ||
| Post# 187551 , Reply# 24 6/29/2012 at 12:01 (4,312 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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I totally agree, even today they really are a great cleaner. I used to both 506 and 560. 
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| Post# 187553 , Reply# 25 6/29/2012 at 12:05 (4,312 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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1980 Electrolux 506 brochure 
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| Post# 187554 , Reply# 26 6/29/2012 at 12:06 (4,312 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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1980 Electrolux 506 brochure 
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| Post# 187557 , Reply# 27 6/29/2012 at 12:47 (4,312 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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pop! Just been using my 506 and was sitting down to eat dinner when all of a sudden the bloody thing blew up :( the suppressor has blown annoyingly 
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| Post# 187562 , Reply# 28 6/29/2012 at 14:03 (4,312 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Oops! | ||
| Post# 187564 , Reply# 29 6/29/2012 at 14:26 (4,312 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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it did go with quite a bang, my dinner nearly ended up on the floor lol glad it didn't go in my hand while I was using it | ||
| Post# 187590 , Reply# 31 6/29/2012 at 16:51 (4,312 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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can the suppressor be bypassed on these? | ||
| Post# 187593 , Reply# 32 6/29/2012 at 17:14 (4,312 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Not bypassed, but it can be removed altogether. I am not a technical person, so I don't know how it will or won't affect modern TV sets if you remove it. | ||
| Post# 187598 , Reply# 33 6/29/2012 at 17:54 (4,312 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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I'll give it a go tomorrow and see what happens lol | ||
| Post# 187673 , Reply# 34 6/30/2012 at 02:18 (4,312 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 187758 , Reply# 35 6/30/2012 at 15:14 (4,311 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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hmmm took it out, now I have no power at all lol could it have blown the fuse in the plug too? | ||
| Post# 187769 , Reply# 37 6/30/2012 at 16:27 (4,311 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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lol thats how its done these days | ||
| Post# 187771 , Reply# 38 6/30/2012 at 16:47 (4,311 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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well she lives on! was just the fuse that needed replacing. And it doesn't affect the tv either! | ||
| Post# 187785 , Reply# 41 6/30/2012 at 20:51 (4,311 days old) by vacu-finder () | ||
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fine looking machine... | ||
| Post# 187856 , Reply# 43 7/1/2012 at 18:38 (4,310 days old) by ryry_87 (Earth) | ||
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i'm sure it wont be too much of a problem. It's not like I use it everyday | ||
| Post# 187869 , Reply# 44 7/1/2012 at 21:35 (4,310 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Just a quirky comment on this unique European upright.....
The motorhead is quite bulky for a bag-first design, as the motor rests in the lower part of the vacuum, not in the handle part as in the innovative sleek Singer of the 1950's and the Hoover Dial-A-Matic. Because of this, the motor sits far forward of the assembly in the Electrolux, compared with positioning further to the rear under the bag compartment. On the one hand, this seems to make it more difficult to get under furniture compared with the sleeker Hoover and Singer. On the other hand, the Electrolux design just begs for a headlight!!!! I guess here is where we see how headlights are a real North American "thing" these days - even though the old European Hoovers indeed had headlights...... | ||
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