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Thread Number: 42372
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby Switch? |
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| Post# 445759 9/8/2021 at 10:55 (954 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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Curious, what is this switch for?
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| Post# 445760 , Reply# 1 9/8/2021 at 11:00 (954 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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| Post# 445761 , Reply# 2 9/8/2021 at 11:18 (954 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
That speed switch was unique to the Ultimate G diamond edition. Apparently, too many users left it in the 'low' position, burned out their motors, an hit Kirby up for a warranty repair so it was deleted from subsequent models. The only thing I've never been quite clear on is whether the regular Ultimate G, without the speed switch, came before or after the diamond edition or whether the two were produced simultaneously and the speed switch was thus an optional upgrade.
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Post# 445767 , Reply# 3 9/8/2021 at 12:11 (954 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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fantomfan57
Garry,
That's the switch for the Delicate mode, which is used for cleaning low-pile carpets. This particular switch should NOT be left switched on if you desire to use the hose or the Carpet Shampoo System. ~Ben This post was last edited 09/08/2021 at 14:30 | ||
| Post# 445775 , Reply# 4 9/8/2021 at 14:41 (954 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
human
I think the DE came after. My family got our Ultimate G fairly early in 2002 and there was no mention by the salesman or anyone of the Diamond Edition.
www.kirby.com/kirby-owner... The way that Kirby has worded their biopic on the website makes it seem that the Ultimate G was first, then the Diamond came. ------------------------------------------------- "The Ultimate G model was only around for a short time when the Kirby Ultimate G series Diamond Edition home cleaning system was introduced!" ------------------------------------------------- | ||
| Post# 445776 , Reply# 5 9/8/2021 at 14:43 (954 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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However due to the aforementioned problems with the Diamond Edition with idiots burning the motor out leaving it on low speed, I have found that the Diamond Edition is significantly rarer than the Ultimate G to come across. I guess that many people really ruined them. I first found out about it in 2018 and it took me 3 years of hunting to find one, I found one on shopgoodwill.com and got it for about $28 including delivery.
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| Post# 445785 , Reply# 6 9/8/2021 at 21:49 (953 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 445792 , Reply# 7 9/8/2021 at 22:30 (953 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 445810 , Reply# 8 9/9/2021 at 10:46 (953 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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MadMan.... a Kirby self-destruct switch? Designed to destroy the vacuum motor of a person who does not read instructions or is generally careless? | ||
| Post# 445831 , Reply# 9 9/9/2021 at 21:23 (952 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 445882 , Reply# 10 9/10/2021 at 19:36 (952 days old) by vaclab (Pickerington, Ohio) | ||
Here We Go Again With More False Info | ||
| Post# 445884 , Reply# 11 9/10/2021 at 19:52 (952 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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Bill, I was kidding around. I am a novice when it comes to Kirby-lore and Kirby-speak. Thanks for sharing. | ||
| Post# 445894 , Reply# 12 9/11/2021 at 01:16 (951 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 445910 , Reply# 13 9/11/2021 at 18:13 (951 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Joking
If the vacuum spins at 2500 rpm for atheist 2 minutes with the switch on. This makes the brush spin maybe 2000 rows a minute. This puts constant stress on the motor and it causes the temperature to rise 2 degrees every 2 seconds. It also decreases the airflow creating even more heat. That switch will kill the vacuum one way or another relatively speaking.
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| Post# 445911 , Reply# 14 9/11/2021 at 18:16 (951 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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