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Thread Number: 36495
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
HOW DID THIS END UP IN THE US??? |
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| Post# 390934 4/23/2018 at 22:33 (2,184 days old) by sheetstyler (Mooresville) | ||
I was browsing around on OfferUp and came across a DC03!!! The “guy” wanted $10 for it. Messaged him and he was very flexible when to meet and seemed kinda sketchy. Surely enough I showed up and it was the real deal. It was a young kid probably 13 that owned it. He wasn’t a collector either. I asked him where he got it from and he said a friend gave it to him. Oh well handed him $10 and off I went. The thing is actually pretty good for traveling the world. Still has all the origanol attachments and nothing is broken. Besides the enormous marks on it which I think I can get off its in pretty good shape. Its not even faded at all. Such a weird design of a vacuum. Super slim and tall. What country is this from? Has a 2 pin plug and some other language on it that I can’t read. Lol.
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| Post# 390936 , Reply# 1 4/23/2018 at 23:43 (2,184 days old) by singingrainbow (Texas) | ||
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Interesting Very interesting! It appears to be a German model, pretty sure the sticker on the handle translates to "no loss of suction". Very nice find and a keeper for sure. | ||
Post# 390939 , Reply# 2 4/24/2018 at 01:33 (2,184 days old) by tolivac  (Greenville,NC) |
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Schukel plug-for 220V-Indeed German.Our German AEG transmitter has 220V Schukel outlets on it!For the German test gear that came with the transmitter. | ||
| Post# 390954 , Reply# 4 4/24/2018 at 08:17 (2,183 days old) by sheetstyler (Mooresville) | ||
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Interesting | ||
| Post# 390959 , Reply# 5 4/24/2018 at 09:49 (2,183 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
That's a model DC03. I have one in Clear plastic (see thru). It was Dyson's second production model Upright - the first with brush control (bare floor friendly). It uses a small motor (like the one in an Electrolux Discovery upright. It's fairly high pitched, and runs somewhat hot. Nice find. We should get our DC03's together for a photo shoot since I'll bet they are the only 2 DC03's in the USA.
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| Post# 390965 , Reply# 6 4/24/2018 at 13:20 (2,183 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Also when people move here from another country and are downsizing whatever leftover stuff that they have that they can't find a place for in their new home.
There are a lot of Hungarian and Polish immagrants in my town, and my local Salvation Army often has German stuff in it. I got a Nokia satellite TV box from there in 2016, just for the hell of it, I always see a lot of VHS tapes from Canada, and I just seen a whole stack of German cookbooks there last week. With that vacuum I'm sure someone realized that it wouldn't work with USA wall plugs and gave it to the kid to play with, and then he needed some money and sold it off. If you want to get it working you'll need a high wattage power inverter to plug the vacuum into, it resembles a car battery charger. I'm not sure how a Mr Clean magic eraser will work on plastic, but if it is not abrasive im sure the scuffs will come out. | ||
| Post# 390986 , Reply# 7 4/24/2018 at 19:56 (2,183 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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For the smudges.... you may try some 91% alcohol with at terry cloth. Depending on what the smudges are, it may wipe off with a few wipes of the cloth. | ||
| Post# 390995 , Reply# 8 4/24/2018 at 21:36 (2,183 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 391015 , Reply# 9 4/25/2018 at 09:39 (2,182 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
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| Post# 391028 , Reply# 10 4/25/2018 at 15:00 (2,182 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 391029 , Reply# 11 4/25/2018 at 15:02 (2,182 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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Post# 391064 , Reply# 12 4/26/2018 at 04:31 (2,182 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY) |
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Voltage Converter Because I have several machines in my collection from Germany, France, and the UK (including two Dysons, might I add), I have a voltage converter that allows me to run them on 120V. It's called a "Litefuze Convertingbox". Mine was purchased through eBay, but recently I have seen them on Amazon. Here's a link to Amazon's offering, which is the updated version of the one I use. CLICK HERE TO GO TO tazcatsdad's LINK | ||
| Post# 391078 , Reply# 15 4/26/2018 at 08:57 (2,181 days old) by Rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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"won't work here" I don't think folk know the differences between voltages, and I'm quite convinced that they never check the ratings plate on the machine. | ||
| Post# 391101 , Reply# 16 4/26/2018 at 18:01 (2,181 days old) by sheetstyler (Mooresville) | ||
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Thanks for the info | ||
| Post# 391103 , Reply# 17 4/26/2018 at 18:09 (2,181 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
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| Post# 391158 , Reply# 18 4/27/2018 at 16:03 (2,180 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 391327 , Reply# 19 4/30/2018 at 13:14 (2,177 days old) by streakers (Columbus Ohio) | ||
They also | ||
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