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Thread Number: 30330
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
My twin motor Columbus find |
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| Post# 336396 10/28/2015 at 10:47 (3,094 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
Found this Columbus Cyclone 50 vacuum on gumtree lately.
They are made by Soteco of Italy and they are probibly the worlds biggest manufactures of wet and dry vacuums. When I was in Junior school they had one of these but with the metal tank. I loved the orange top and the two switches that glowed. This is a twin motor unit featuring two double stage by pass motors. It has a simple yet effective plate system that allows either motor to be run seperatly without losing suction through the one that is not working. I used it for a quick garage clean up before i cleaned it up | ||
| Post# 336411 , Reply# 1 10/28/2015 at 15:15 (3,094 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 336472 , Reply# 2 10/29/2015 at 13:32 (3,093 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Thank you.
So i stripped it down to clean it and show you guys what it looks like Top cover off revealing the cooling fans of the two motors. By the way this machine can take 3 motors in total
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| Post# 336475 , Reply# 3 10/29/2015 at 13:38 (3,093 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Further down into the machine.
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| Post# 336480 , Reply# 5 10/29/2015 at 14:36 (3,093 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 336487 , Reply# 6 10/29/2015 at 15:32 (3,093 days old) by Rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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"What is in background of photo 2 above...?" It is a single tub, HOOVER wringer washer. | ||
| Post# 336497 , Reply# 7 10/29/2015 at 17:31 (3,093 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Hoover washer Thought it might be but as it was with vacs I was hoping it might be similar to the Alemite that I have only seen one picture of(without hose or atts).I have or have seen examples of many typical round commercial vacs but never one like the white Alemite with the chrome strips. | ||
Post# 336528 , Reply# 8 10/30/2015 at 01:39 (3,093 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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Nice WD vacuum!!!I have a NuTone CV450 that has twin motors.Never seen a vacuum that has provisions for three motors!Does this machine run off 220-240V? | ||
| Post# 336629 , Reply# 9 10/31/2015 at 13:32 (3,091 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Yes that is the standard power here 220-240v .
The whole idea of 3 motors is not that you would use all 3 at once but rather when you are on a site cleaning up, for example Allot of these machines are used for cleaning up after stripping of large factory floors, and one motor fails you can still continue with two and get the job done | ||
| Post# 336630 , Reply# 10 10/31/2015 at 13:37 (3,091 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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Post# 336808 , Reply# 11 11/3/2015 at 03:57 (3,088 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Great idea-use the 3rd motor as a spare. | ||
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