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Post# 422953 4/7/2020 at 18:47 (1,471 days old) by nilfiskGA70 (Limerick, Ireland)
Checkrate/Likes 2 Hello, Peter here from Limerick, Ireland. I am also on the autowasher forum. I work in factory maintenance for a semiconductor manufacturing firm, but I spent 2 happy years away form home in my first real job from '87 to '89 as a repair technician at a cleaning supply firm who were official Nilfisk agents. Looking forward to sharing my Nilfisk experience and hints/tips with any Nilfisk heads out there. I grew up with a new GA70 my parents bought in 1976 for Ł70, not a small sum back then. As a kid, my Saturday chore was the vacuuming so I got to know that vac pretty well! It is still on the go - I stripped and serviced it in 1989. Acquired it a year ago after Mum bought a light-weight vac she could handle easily. Today I use it as a workshop vac and for cleaning oil burners, but I need to restore it as its commutator is badly dished/worn - no doubt in part to all those hours I was using it back then! We also repaired other makes of vac, I liked the Electrolux cylinders, esp. the 345 and the Hoover Junior/Senior. My other past times are hiking and classic cars - I own and run a roadworthy 1977 Triumph Dolomite 1300 and am a member of the UK Triumph Dolomite Club - drove one of these as a daily from 1991 to 1993.

Post# 422965 , Reply# 1 4/7/2020 at 22:15 (1,471 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Welcome! Cleaning oil burners - that's interesting. I have two big waste oil heaters in my shop. Cleaning them is a pain in the ash. Huehuehue. I wonder now if I should get a dedicated machine to vacuum them.

Post# 422978 , Reply# 2 4/8/2020 at 00:39 (1,471 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *Welcome, Peter.* You'll enjoy this forum a lot. I only collect Hoover products. My family comes from County Mayo. I still have family in Navan. Been there 3 times. John Long, Vice Pres of The V.C.C.C.

Post# 422980 , Reply# 3 4/8/2020 at 03:52 (1,471 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)
Checkrate/Likes Madman - Shop Vac makes a special variant of their vacuums for vacuuming up ash for fireplaces and BBQ's. There is also by a different company - vacuums for sucking up...umm...cremated remains - both hot and cold.

Post# 423018 , Reply# 4 4/8/2020 at 17:12 (1,471 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Welcome Peter!!! So nice to hear from a cleanerphile who has expertise in a brand we rarely hear about in North America!!! The only Nilfisk I've seen in Canada was a very industrial looking commercial tub vac being offered in a vacuum specialty store. And I do seem to remember a Nilfisk canister vacuum rated very well by America's Consumer Reports one year - many years ago. I can't remember the heritage of the brand - is it based in Denmark or in Norway? Also...was there not a time in Nilfisk's history when it was owned by Sweden's Electrolux? Glad to have you join our online community!

Post# 423039 , Reply# 5 4/8/2020 at 21:31 (1,470 days old) by nilfiskGA70 (Limerick, Ireland)
Checkrate/Likes Thanks for the replies. Yes, Nilfisk were Danish - named after the surnames of their original owners: Nielsen and Fisker. They did some large commercial/industrial vacs, namely the following: GA71/GS81: A medium-sized metal oval-bodied cleaner with the same motor as the domestic vacs and a heavy duty green rubber hose with a robust floor nozzle. GA72/GS82/GM82: Larger oval-bodied machine, approx 30" high, with a larger diameter green rubber hose and external filter shaker knob. Fitted with 2 of the standard motors as used on the domestic vacs. Very popular with chimney sweeps in Ireland. GS83/GM83 - Large cylindrical vac with external filter shaker knob and 3 standard motors fitted to the domestic models. GB733 - Same as the GS83, but using a single 3 phase motor, popular in factories. These were models I worked on from '87 to '89' - obsolete now but a lot of them still earning a crust. Brilliant suction due to the huge filtration area and ability to shake off the dust using the external shaker knob.

Post# 423052 , Reply# 6 4/8/2020 at 22:45 (1,470 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)
Checkrate/Likes *Why* When I order from Amazon or wherever it says it's comparable with Nilfisk. I'm guessing they have commercial grade machines and or central vacs. Les

Post# 423079 , Reply# 7 4/9/2020 at 14:12 (1,470 days old) by bisonian (Where the buffalo roamed! (Ocala, FL))
Checkrate/Likes *Nilfisk* The company is a HUGE player in the commercial/industrial cleaning equipment business worldwide. Over the past three decades, they have taken over many smaller, often family-owned companies, including Advance, Clarke and Viper here in the U.S. In fact, Advance, once based in Plymouth, Minnesota is now known as Nilfisk-Advance, and it appears the company is gradually fading out the Advance brand all together. Other brands the company has absorbed include Alto, WAP and Kent/Euroclean. Still based in Denmark, never a part of Electrolux.

Post# 423081 , Reply# 8 4/9/2020 at 14:22 (1,470 days old) by bisonian (Where the buffalo roamed! (Ocala, FL))
Checkrate/Likes *Link* Forgot to add this. CLICK HERE TO GO TO bisonian's LINK

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