Thread Number: 42552
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Peculiar Arco wand central vacuum |
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Post# 447001   10/11/2021 at 12:18 (899 days old) by Brando_husky (Las Vegas Nevada)   |   | |
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Old roommate was checking out a house today and came across this little cute central vacuum. I've never heard of the brand Arco wand. Anyone have any possible details on history? |
Post# 447002 , Reply# 1   10/11/2021 at 13:48 (899 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Wow! The size of that motor! This thing must have some suction.
I would hide a note on that vacuum with your name and phone # telling the future home buyer if they do not want the unit to call you. The bodged pigtails on the wiring and the oil stains around it, it must have been running recently or someone attempted it. |
Post# 447003 , Reply# 2   10/11/2021 at 14:08 (899 days old) by Brando_husky (Las Vegas Nevada)   |   | |
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The ad stated the vacuum is working! |
Post# 447004 , Reply# 3   10/11/2021 at 14:59 (899 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 447005 , Reply# 4   10/11/2021 at 15:00 (899 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Also when I was trying to look up more antique central vacuums, this popped up in the results. Same model, lol
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Post# 447008 , Reply# 5   10/11/2021 at 17:37 (899 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I was mentally trying to connect it to the Atlantic Richfield oil company, which also goes under the name ARCO, but I see in the close-up it's the American Radiator Company. I wonder if that's a forerunner of the American Furnace Company, which was teh brand of the furnace that I had to replace in my house a little more than a year ago. The thing lasted 50 years. The rest of my HVAC system was branded Singer, as in the sewing machine company.
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Post# 447019 , Reply# 6   10/12/2021 at 09:23 (898 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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You would be surprised how little working suction that machine actually has. The hose and wands are one inch in diameter. Very little airflow, lots of pressure. I had one in the old Museum, but it was donated to the Museum and not to me so I didn't take it when I left to open the New Museum. They used the same fans as a truck mounted carpet shampooer. Star shaped fans that sit back to back. One pulls, one pushes the air. They call it a roots blower system. The motor's carbon brushes are used only for a few seconds, till the armature comes up to speed, then they 'pop' away and the motor is running as an induction motor for the rest of the time. The brushes 'pop' back to the commutator once the motor slows to a certain speed once it's turned off. Very interesting arrangement.
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Post# 447021 , Reply# 7   10/12/2021 at 10:34 (898 days old) by Brando_husky (Las Vegas Nevada)   |   | |
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I bet it has quite a unique sound! |
Post# 448049 , Reply# 10   11/21/2021 at 00:26 (858 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Watched the video--EXCELLENT-that Arco vacuum is a piece of gear when machines were REALLY built to last!!!!Can you imagine a vacuum built today lasting 100+ years?? |