Thread Number: 39850
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Electrolux Renaissance |
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Post# 423026   4/8/2020 at 19:29 (1,472 days old) by Compactelectra (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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With all this talk about Electroluxes I dug out my Renaissance. This is the newest Lux I have owned. It was a gift from my partner for Christmas in 1994. I remember seeing it advertised in a magazine which Lux generally never did due to its marketing model of door-to-door sales and, of course, I had to have one. It was the last high end model made while the company was still owned by Consolidated Foods. It was completely redesigned from top to bottom and ushered in the end of the metal bodied machines. I own a metal bodied Ultralux which I’ll post about as well which I believe was the model that was just before the Renaissance. I dusted it off and fired it up today and am still impressed with this machine. It’s light and very powerful. I found a bunch of germ grabber bags I had for it and with the after filter is probably as good as it gets for filtration. It didn’t come with the flip over rug and floor tool but I might get one for it.
These machines were problematic. I can’t remember whether it was the control board or the hose end controls but I remember reading that they had to replace these hoses and control boards quite a bit. Mine is unusual since it is all original and still works well. As I recall the controls were a problem if the customer left it plugged in. Here’s a post I dug up about the Renaissance. If anyone has anymore information about these machines, let’s hear about it. The Rennaisance.... was problematic from the outset. The Guardian had a 25 yr warranty to give the salse force confidence in selling it. I was branch manager from 1998 until 2002. When one of these babies came in the following parts were replaced just to make sure all the bases were covered and it could be fixed in one go. Hose, wands, P/N elbow, light socket, circuit board. canister circuit board, switch, and cord winder. Not all were necessary in every case, but it was easier to replace it all, send the old parts to Bristol and make the customer happy. In any event mine is complete and original. My vacuums were very lightly used if at all since the housekeeper used the central vac. The last picture is of me at Christmas with my new gift. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Compactelectra's LINK |
Post# 423040 , Reply# 1   4/8/2020 at 21:33 (1,472 days old) by keither (California )   |   | |
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Fred I was working for Electrolux ( St Paul Mn ) part time when the Renaissance was first introduced. A brand new unit was stolen from my car - Talk about a gut wrenching experience - I've always admired the Renaissance in its color, style and performance, despite having trouble adapting to the new lexan bodied machines that replaced the metal canisters.
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Post# 423054 , Reply# 2   4/8/2020 at 23:26 (1,471 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 423091 , Reply# 4   4/9/2020 at 21:04 (1,471 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth)   |   | |
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Post# 424596 , Reply# 6   5/1/2020 at 16:45 (1,449 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Jo wrote:
(W)e were told was the control boards that needed replacement and a whole new hose. Quoted $289.99 plus tax. Gave up on the unit and parted it out. I reply: That's exactly what they designed it to do. The circuit boards self-destruct, effectively killing an otherwise perfectly good machine. Then they price the replacement parts (which will also eventually self-destruct) so ridiculously high—if they're even available at all—that you just scrap the machine and they hopefully can sell you a new one. Welcome to the twenty-first century. The only flaw in their logic is that for $289.99, you could buy a helluva nice second hand machine that's old enough not to have those damned self-destructing circuit boards and thus will outlast their latest offerings by several decades and you could well have a few bucks left over in your pocket when it's all said and done. |
Post# 424680 , Reply# 8   5/2/2020 at 19:43 (1,448 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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