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Thread Number: 19847
Help with Kenmore Whispertone 5.1 |
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| Post# 221754 , Reply# 1 3/4/2013 at 11:13 (4,064 days old) by nubz3760 () | ||
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I have a whisper with the exact same hose setup. I'd like to know as well. | ||
| Post# 221772 , Reply# 2 3/4/2013 at 13:43 (4,064 days old) by vacman1961 (North Babylon, New York) | ||
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Just buy the flexible hose and reuse the handle and machine ends. It is not that difficult to replace. | ||
| Post# 221774 , Reply# 3 3/4/2013 at 14:05 (4,064 days old) by nubz3760 () | ||
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Well my problem is the electrical connections on the ends are going bad, so that wouldn't help me | ||
| Post# 221776 , Reply# 4 3/4/2013 at 14:09 (4,064 days old) by BuddyC () | ||
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Good suggstion, but the problem is in the handle itself so I want to replace the entire assembly. Do you or anyone else know if the hoses such the ones I'm including here will fit and power up the nozzle as long as the connections on both ends match? 
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| Post# 221777 , Reply# 5 3/4/2013 at 14:10 (4,064 days old) by BuddyC () | ||
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Or this one: 
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| Post# 221799 , Reply# 6 3/4/2013 at 17:26 (4,063 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
Those hoses you post should work, I do believe. Check that the hose you buy has three prongs, and that the switch has Off-Floor-Carpet positions. Some of those hoses like in the second picture have only two prongs and the switch only has Floor-Carpet positions, they are for BOL machines that have the power switch on the canister.
However, there actually ARE versions of both of those later "gas pump handle" style hoses that have variable speed control, on earlier version (Whispertone) the variable speed slider was where the Kenmore label appears, and on the other hose (Progressive), it's below the switch. In addition, the hose you currently have does come up on eBay from time to time, they're rarer than the later versions, but not totally uncommon. | ||
| Post# 221857 , Reply# 8 3/4/2013 at 22:18 (4,063 days old) by BuddyC () | ||
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Hey thanks both fan-of-fans and sbakerde. Sbakerde, just to clarify, when referring to "Whipsertone/early Progressive hoses", you do mean like the solid gray one in the second picture, correct? | ||
| Post# 221864 , Reply# 9 3/4/2013 at 23:04 (4,063 days old) by HooverCelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Moved to Contemporary forum | ||
| Post# 221885 , Reply# 10 3/5/2013 at 00:25 (4,063 days old) by nubz3760 () | ||
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wrong dates I think the issue with dates lately is when you go to post it says 20 years old or greater or less than 20 years old, with 20 years ago being 1993, not 1980. | ||
| Post# 221920 , Reply# 11 3/5/2013 at 10:23 (4,063 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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wrong dates Small matter but I have also noticed that with each Jan 1 we get further fron 1980.Should there be a new dating system to stay at 20 years? | ||
| Post# 221921 , Reply# 12 3/5/2013 at 10:30 (4,063 days old) by nubz3760 () | ||
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Maybe they should change the posting page say say pre 1980 / post 1980 | ||
| Post# 222197 , Reply# 13 3/6/2013 at 19:50 (4,061 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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The dark grey handled hose is for the Whispertone, and came out in the mid-90s. It is still used on new lower model Kenmores such as the lime and orange PN canisters. The other one with the colored top is the Progressive hose that was used until the most recent Progressives that don't have the metal end on the hose.
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