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Thread Number: 28834
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
How old is this New Old Stock Dustbuster I will be buying? |
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| Post# 322207 4/16/2015 at 18:40 (3,290 days old) by phoenixman2014 () | ||
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How old is this New Old Stock Dustbuster I will be buying? It's a Sears Dustbuster. I am thinking Early 80s.
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Post# 322208 , Reply# 1 4/16/2015 at 18:48 (3,290 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Post# 322209 , Reply# 2 4/16/2015 at 18:50 (3,290 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 322317 , Reply# 6 4/17/2015 at 18:06 (3,289 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
NOS or not, I would question whether the thing will even work at all. The NiCad batteries in it are over 30 years old. Hopefully they haven't leaked inside it. If it uses a standard battery, perhaps you can replace it with a modern NiMH battery.
I did that with a Remington cordless shaver a few years ago. The original NICad batteries lasted maybe three years. They were AA cells with solder tabs, so I replaced them with NiMH batteries that had much higher capacity--2,300 mAh vs. 750 mAh. I got another TEN years out of the NiMH batteries I soldered in and the thing would hold a charge about three times longer. Those batteries have finally bitten the dust and I've got another set I need to solder in. | ||
| Post# 322610 , Reply# 8 4/20/2015 at 04:39 (3,287 days old) by Hooverboy81 (Myrtle Place) | ||
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