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Thread Number: 38305
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
How loud should it be? |
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| Post# 407669 , Reply# 1 4/5/2019 at 20:27 (1,840 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Hey
That is right. It's all aluminum 10.5 amp motor metal fan. This is a commercial grade vacuum. They are known as screamers. The all metal has nothing to muffle sound. Kirby has amodel enclosed fan. They try to dampen noise. This vacuum is meant to pick up everything in it's path. The motor and fan is highest amperage ever made. This is like a street rod. Drive when wife is gone.
Enjoy Les | ||
| Post# 407680 , Reply# 2 4/6/2019 at 00:17 (1,840 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Les is correct, these are commercial grade machines, so noise levels are not something they have to adhere to, as they were never made to be used at home. If your model has a beater bar, a lot of the noise is likely due to that thumping over the carpet, that can make a lot of noise.
If you have not serviced the motor yet, based on how dirty parts of the vacuum were in your photos, and the fact that Stuart Little had deceased within it, it likely could use a good bit of lubrication to the motor and replace the nasty gummy grease and make sure the bearings are good. If you can find some videos from cleaning companies or janitors on YouTube of them using Royals, that should be how they sound, as their vacuums are usually kept in tip top shape. ?t=14 | ||
| Post# 407690 , Reply# 5 4/6/2019 at 07:26 (1,839 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 407700 , Reply# 6 4/6/2019 at 13:10 (1,839 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Hey
Behind fan spray a little pb blaster. Back bearing spray there too. Spray sides of brush roll.
To gauge how much is brush roll take off belt take out belt brush roll and bottom plate. Only thing in chamber is belt cap. The bottom plate hits brush roll etc. You probably notice alot quieter and you can vacuum probably well. You actually have higher cfm with no brush roll. 140 cfm you can vacuum any area and might be quiet enough to vacuum whole spouse is home. Sanitairre and other commercial vacuums have alot of space from fan which s facing floor and housing around it is lots of plastic. This has literally 1/8 inch of biggest motor in metal upright. I know 12 amp.riccar is different. This is direct air. . If there is a food chain this is t rex. Your dealing with straight beast. I'm not saying it's the best vacuum but power it's top of food chain. Les | ||
| Post# 407710 , Reply# 7 4/6/2019 at 17:06 (1,839 days old) by fairfaxclass (Tillamook, Oregon) | ||
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Post# 407712 , Reply# 9 4/6/2019 at 18:10 (1,839 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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My Three Pre-1995 Royals
These all have the non-drop-in motor with the carbon brush access caps on the sides of the motor housing.
They are, in order of age: 1985 Royal 880 (4.5 amp) 1987 Royal Prince 786 (5.4 amp) 1994 Royal Preferred Collection 9100 (7 amp) ~Ben
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| Post# 407713 , Reply# 10 4/6/2019 at 18:36 (1,839 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 407715 , Reply# 11 4/6/2019 at 20:25 (1,839 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Quiet | ||
| Post# 407729 , Reply# 12 4/7/2019 at 10:03 (1,838 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
Royal Rattles... | ||
| Post# 407731 , Reply# 13 4/7/2019 at 10:51 (1,838 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
Loud is normal. My 10-amp 1020Z makes ear protection a necessity even though it doesn’t have any problems. Honestly, I would be surprised if your vacuum has bearing issues. Both ends of your motor are supported by robust ball bearings. The ones in my 1998 1020Z are still healthy.
By design, these vacuums just completely lack noise insulation. | ||
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