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Thread Number: 39302
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 416998 12/6/2019 at 17:10 (1,595 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma) | ||
i believe it had a chain switch a long time ago. i thought i remembered the chain coming off. i decided i wanted to see if i could fix it. i remember taking it to a guy thats worked on these motors like this since 1959(about 15 years ago) he's gone now. i think he robbed me! this is what if found when removing the switch cover
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| Post# 416999 , Reply# 1 12/6/2019 at 18:07 (1,595 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 417003 , Reply# 2 12/6/2019 at 19:13 (1,595 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma) | ||
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no but close
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| Post# 417005 , Reply# 3 12/6/2019 at 19:17 (1,595 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
Huh | ||
| Post# 417008 , Reply# 4 12/6/2019 at 19:27 (1,595 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma) | ||
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for real? | ||
| Post# 417010 , Reply# 5 12/6/2019 at 20:15 (1,594 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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It was a while ago | ||
| Post# 417014 , Reply# 6 12/6/2019 at 23:02 (1,594 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma) | ||
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the vac chasing? lol i'd like to seen that. i did figure out a temporary switch
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| Post# 417027 , Reply# 7 12/7/2019 at 17:35 (1,594 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
You can buy replacement pull chain switches. There's many different styles and types, and I'm not sure if they are rated for an electric motor operation.
Here's an example; www.zoro.com/zoro-select-... | ||
| Post# 417029 , Reply# 8 12/7/2019 at 18:33 (1,594 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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One of those touch lamps that has 3 dim settings might give you a deluxe three speed vacuum, right?
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| Post# 417030 , Reply# 9 12/7/2019 at 20:05 (1,593 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 417036 , Reply# 10 12/7/2019 at 22:33 (1,593 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma) | ||
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yes
this was a long time ago- when the switch still saw there maybe the switch no longer worked? anyway, whenever it was wired without the switch it ran. ok-see the metal ball? that would go between the fork and theres a metal bar you step on and that pulls the chain
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| Post# 417037 , Reply# 11 12/8/2019 at 01:23 (1,593 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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The contacts in the switch are likely just dirty or bent apart, probabaly needs a good cleaning. I'm sure the foot pedal was just a way to make it easier to pul lthe chain, still works without it. I've never even heard of a vacuum that has a pull chain to turn it on, but a lot of the early vacuum cleaners were the wild west - everyone was trying every possible thing to see what worked and what didn't.
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| Post# 417041 , Reply# 12 12/8/2019 at 08:57 (1,593 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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I think the Ohio vacuum also had a pull chain or it was a switch the was triggered by the handle bale.
Huskyvacs - his problem is that the switch is gone Here's a picture of the switch parts for an Ohio from a 1936 Buckeye catalog.
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| Post# 417048 , Reply# 13 12/8/2019 at 11:52 (1,593 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma) | ||
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switch pics
i found a pic with it when it had a switch. i think what happened was the switch chain broke-therefore it wouldnt work
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| Post# 417055 , Reply# 14 12/8/2019 at 14:40 (1,593 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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I knew it, that's pretty cool. Honestly, it looks like a totally ordinary pull chain switch. Maybe the length of the chain will need to be adjusted, and a big ball end put on it, but other than that, it looks like a totally ordinary, run of the mill pull chain switch. Go to the lamp parts section of the hardware store and buy one. They may have a couple different types, I would buy one of each and return what you don't need.
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| Post# 417057 , Reply# 15 12/8/2019 at 17:39 (1,593 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma) | ||
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that would be neat | ||
| Post# 417059 , Reply# 16 12/8/2019 at 19:45 (1,593 days old) by gregvacs28 (U.S.) | ||
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Hope you did it outside so the dust could just blow away. | ||
| Post# 417062 , Reply# 17 12/8/2019 at 21:27 (1,592 days old) by jrdavis (oklahoma) | ||
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nope | ||
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