Some Electrolux Model LX Miscellaney

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Here are a few miscellaneous photos about the LX.

Photo 1. I don't use the original hose when vacuuming. Although it looks absolutely brand-new with dark and vivid colors, it leaks like the proverbial sieve. So I have this nice coiled turquoise hose from an old Eureka that does the job and nicely matches the LX.

Photo 2. When I was a little boy, any time I spotted one of these hassocks when we were visiting folks I knew exactly what was inside! Many homemakers got these trunks to store their vacuum cleaners. They were made by a company named "Pennant" and were sold in vacuum shops and department stores.

Photo 3. And here's what's inside! This LX was sent to me, hassock and all, by a lady who found me on the Internet quite a few years ago. When the lady cleaned out her sister's home after she died, she found the Electrolux with everything in the hassock plus a polisher, sprayer and vaporizer.

She felt it was too lovely a thing to just throw out or take to a thrift store. She googled "vintage electrolux vacuum" and in those days my site was usually the first listing to show up. Anyway, she emailed me and wrote that if I would like the Electrolux she'd send it to me at no cost. She would just love to see it go to a good home.

A few weeks later I came home from work to see a large carton about the size of a small refrigerator on my front porch. "What on earth??" I wondered. I lugged it inside and when I opened it up, there was the Electrolux -- professionally packaged so it arrived in perfect condition!

Photo 4. As I mentioned in my previous LX post, before the introduction of the ejector regulation dial, some people we having problems with the bags being ejected too soon. Electrolux's first remedy was to come up with a metal gadget the size and shape of a disposable bag top with a sliding dial on the top of it. (See photo 6.) Somehow, the Electrolux salesman would use this device to set the ejection diaphragm to slow down the ejection. I don't know how this worked as I never saw it done.

Photo 5. This is the first page of the booklet which is some 20 pages long that details the very complicated process of adjusting the dial. It was more than just sliding the dial back and forth, it involved removing the front cover and fiddling with stuff inside it.

Photo 6. It's hard to see in the photo, but on the plate part is a grid about 2.5 inches long, segmented into 1/4-inch squares. Engraved next to the second square is "Fine dust area setting." Engraved next to the third square is "Average setting." On the sliding dial is an upward arrow and "To retard ejection" then a downward arrow and "To hasten ejection." Whew. It must have been a very tedious process to get the setting just right.

The next phase of this problem was to do away with all these complications and give the customer a "key" to stick onto the lever in the front cover to prevent it from ejecting the bag.

Photo 7. When Electrolux "finally got it right" and came up with the ejector adjustment dial, they incorporated it into machines currently in production. This was a single-page insert slipped into the instruction booklet.

So how about that. More about the LX than anyone wants to know!

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Post# 424398 4/28/2020 at 20:23 (1,450 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)
Checkrate/Likes 3 ~ ~ Here are a few miscellaneous photos about the LX. Photo 1. I don't use the original hose when vacuuming. Although it looks absolutely brand-new with dark and vivid colors, it leaks like the proverbial sieve. So I have this nice coiled turquoise hose from an old Eureka that does the job and nicely matches the LX. Photo 2. When I was a little boy, any time I spotted one of these hassocks when we were visiting folks I knew exactly what was inside! Many homemakers got these trunks to store their vacuum cleaners. They were made by a company named "Pennant" and were sold in vacuum shops and department stores. Photo 3. And here's what's inside! This LX was sent to me, hassock and all, by a lady who found me on the Internet quite a few years ago. When the lady cleaned out her sister's home after she died, she found the Electrolux with everything in the hassock plus a polisher, sprayer and vaporizer. She felt it was too lovely a thing to just throw out or take to a thrift store. She googled "vintage electrolux vacuum" and in those days my site was usually the first listing to show up. Anyway, she emailed me and wrote that if I would like the Electrolux she'd send it to me at no cost. She would just love to see it go to a good home. A few weeks later I came home from work to see a large carton about the size of a small refrigerator on my front porch. "What on earth??" I wondered. I lugged it inside and when I opened it up, there was the Electrolux -- professionally packaged so it arrived in perfect condition! Photo 4. As I mentioned in my previous LX post, before the introduction of the ejector regulation dial, some people we having problems with the bags being ejected too soon. Electrolux's first remedy was to come up with a metal gadget the size and shape of a disposable bag top with a sliding dial on the top of it. (See photo 6.) Somehow, the Electrolux salesman would use this device to set the ejection diaphragm to slow down the ejection. I don't know how this worked as I never saw it done. Photo 5. This is the first page of the booklet which is some 20 pages long that details the very complicated process of adjusting the dial. It was more than just sliding the dial back and forth, it involved removing the front cover and fiddling with stuff inside it. Photo 6. It's hard to see in the photo, but on the plate part is a grid about 2.5 inches long, segmented into 1/4-inch squares. Engraved next to the second square is "Fine dust area setting." Engraved next to the third square is "Average setting." On the sliding dial is an upward arrow and "To retard ejection" then a downward arrow and "To hasten ejection." Whew. It must have been a very tedious process to get the setting just right. The next phase of this problem was to do away with all these complications and give the customer a "key" to stick onto the lever in the front cover to prevent it from ejecting the bag. Photo 7. When Electrolux "finally got it right" and came up with the ejector adjustment dial, they incorporated it into machines currently in production. This was a single-page insert slipped into the instruction booklet. So how about that. More about the LX than anyone wants to know! Photos... < > Photo 1 of 7 View Full Size

Post# 424450 , Reply# 1 4/29/2020 at 16:47 (1,449 days old) by Jo (Dallas,TX)
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Automatic control details..I�ve played with it a LOT* Well, I for one have thoroughly enjoyed your post as well as the photos and literature. Thank You Charles. One thing that continues to amaze me is that Aerus Electrolux never really explains how the operation is taking place, that the cleaner is constantly monitoring suction both before and after the bag, and once there is an imbalance due to the bag clogging with dirt blocking off some suction, the system engages, and that the dial adjusts the tolerance of the imbalance (loss) of suction allowed before the system engages shutting off the machine. They don�t explain this in most publications but this one explains it in the most detail I�ve seen yet. I�ve looked at model G, 1205, and Aerus Lux Legacy manuals and only a brief description is given to adjust the dial for the type of dirt which would insinuate one would be adjusting the suction power. It�s more that it�s adjusting how much suction loss the machine allowed to tolerate before shutting off indicating a need to check or change the bag. Ultimately it�s best to vacuum carpet on a low numbered setting for most efficient cleaning of carpet where more suction is needed to extract more deeply imbedded dirt, and a higher setting can be used for hard surface cleaning as not as much suction is needed to clean these surfaces so more loss of suction can be tolerated. The machines should ultimately be set so they shut off when the bag is 2/3 full of ordinary household dirt to prevent overheating of the motor which shortens motor life. For shedding pet owners, a lower number will likely be needed as pet hair doesn�t block suction as much fine dust and will often fill the bag sometimes completely before the suction is hampered enough to engage the automatic shutoff system even in the lowest setting but it will trigger it once the bag overfills with pet hair a tad past the top of the bag. I have observed how Aerus Electrolux bags fill with dirt over time, they collect the dirt up near the cardboard top of the bag first keeping the suction hole open and also keep the bottom and sides clear and this continues until the sides are covered with dirt gradually further and further down. My current bag is about half full, but when I shut the machine off, take off the hose and look in through the suction hole in the front of the machine I can see right down to the bottom of the bag which is not covered with dirt at all, the center of the bag stays clear all the way down to the bottom for a good portion of the bags life, Finally when a path about the size of the suction hole is all that�s left, then the dirt begins to coat the center of the bottom of the bag and fill the center path to the very top. I only allow my bags to fill this full if I have a lot of dirt to pick up over a short time such as when using it to vacuum a high quantity of dirt in a on a home repair or remodeling project in a very short amount of time because filling a bag beyond 2/3 hampers the suction putting stress on the motor causing over hearing resulting in shortening of its life. I know there are so many people who have Automatic Control Electrolux�s and have no clue as to what the dial does and think it adjusts suction levels. I had to even teach my Mom what it does and not sure she remembers to this day as not all of her machines are automatic, only half are. I just make sure I check the dial setting when I visit to be on 2 or 3 which I find works best for the type of dirt in her houses. I even saw a description on eBay of a used machine for sale and of someone stating the machine �keeps popping open� and can�t get the bag door to stay closed when running so they thought something was wrong with it. Now I know it could be a problem with the system itself, my Aunt had that once with her (now My Mom�s) Olympia. Apparently if you suck up a lot of super fine powdery dirt it can get into the automatic control system and make it overly sensitive the Electrolux repair man told her when she picked it up after he replaced the control device. I had been using the machine to clean her house on a rare visit. She did not like to clean and so the dirt had really built up in the house and carpets. I�ve recently experienced this issue with my Silverado, I used it to suck up a lot of baking soda off my hardwoods as we had a problem with mold getting onto the floor under a bed, so I cleaned the floor then coated it with baking soda for a few weeks then sucked it up with the vacuum...now my Silverado shuts off even with a new bag on number 1 so I have to use number 2 as the minimum setting. So far the bag is filling nicely with it on 2 and hasn�t shut off. Some people don�t like the automatic feature to engage so they leave it on 6....if so, don�t know why they would have bought the automatic model. Personally I like it to engage indicating I should �check bag�...if I want to finish my cleaning task before changing the bag, I just turn it up to the next number and continue cleaning until I�m done and then change the bag when I go to put the vacuum back in the closet and reset the dial to my normal setting. I do like that this feature can be �tweaked� by the user and it does work well to this day. I know some people complain that Aerus/Electrolux hasn�t changed their machines for a long time...but there is something to be said about NOT changing something that has been perfected and works well. My only complaint on the Lux Legacy I have is that the dial doesn�t have numbers, just 7 different sized dot like indentations. The bigger the dot, the larger or coarser the dirt setting, the smaller the dot, the finer the dirt setting. There are no words or numbers, though I do know if one takes off the outer knob, there are the usual 1-6 numbers on the inner knob which the outer knob mounts to and are there for the Aerus repair techs needs. I discovered this because when I obtained my Lux Legacy, the knob wasn�t on correctly and would ride up when turned and finally fall off because it was missing the stop. I was able to get it mounted correctly by opening up the machine and reorienting the inner dial to the proper location as it rides in and out of the device as it is turned to the correct point that allowed the outer knob to stay in its correct position. Clearly someone had some sort of service done on the machine at some point but whoever did it didn�t put it back together correctly. I assume it was serviced at my local Aerus dealer...the bag packages and the machine all had their stickers on it. Sorry for the lengthy message...hopefully this helps people to better understand the feature and how to use it. Jon