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Thread Number: 23242
Who Owns 32Volt appliances?esp vacuum cleaners? |
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| Post# 260331 12/21/2013 at 16:34 (3,778 days old) by vaclover (Freestate, Virginia, South Africa) | ||
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I have recently seen a vintage add for 32Volt appliances do any of you guys have?I stayed on a farm with the 32Volt generator still intact and original in the generator room. | ||
| Post# 260479 , Reply# 2 12/23/2013 at 06:18 (3,777 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
I have a couple of Goblin Vacuums for 32 Volt as well as Electrolux's model 12 and 30 (Canada) that were made for 32 volt. The Electrolux 12 is interesting in that the switch is on the cord (Which was not removable) instead of the machine and the cord different than the normal one. I assume this was done to accommodate the heavier amperage draw that the 32 volt motor required.
Doug 
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| Post# 260584 , Reply# 4 12/23/2013 at 23:16 (3,776 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
Jerry-Rigging idea, | ||
Post# 260601 , Reply# 5 12/24/2013 at 02:26 (3,776 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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32VDC- yes you "could" try to connect 9V radio batteries in series to get 32V-but the 32V vacuum would drain them quickly-remember the 9V battery was for low current radio and electronic applications-now-smoke detectors. | ||
| Post# 260683 , Reply# 7 12/24/2013 at 21:27 (3,775 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Hey Bill
That happened a lot. People never bothered to look at the name plate to see what voltage they were made for and the appliances burned up. Probably why they are so hard to find now. Hey Alex: Yes it was a DC system. You generally had either a gas generator or a wind powered generator that charged a series of 2 Volt batteries to power the house. All the wireing was 10 gauge to allow for the higher current requirements. (Ergo - don't let an electrician try to tell you that the old wireing in the farm house is bad just because its knob and tube. If you check it out it may be a lot heavier than what they want to replace it with.) | ||
| Post# 260686 , Reply# 8 12/24/2013 at 21:42 (3,775 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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Cool! Carry your 32V Cleaner to anywhere and vacuum, just remember to carry 50 9-Volt Batterys!
I bought one of those Transistor Radios Saturday, Record were 50¢ Each, plus that Transistor Radio and an Elvis stamp all came out to $8.00! I think it was a Harpleys, with something tied to RCA about it, likely the electronics. It takes 1 1.5V D battery, and where a 9-Volt looks promising, I'm supposed to fit a 65.5V! Good luck to me finding a 65.5 volt battery, Looks like i'll be daisy-chaining 9-Volts to see if I can fire the old thing up! | ||
| Post# 260780 , Reply# 10 12/25/2013 at 18:21 (3,774 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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40 Volts would be a bit too much for the motors - I belive 36 V was the highest they were rated to go and even that was pushing it. Actually the voltage regulators at that time were pretty good but it wasn't automatic. The main panel had voltage gauges and rheostats on it to adjust the output.
Three twelve volt batteries that were slightly down on their charges wired in series would work well though. | ||
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