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Thread Number: 44532
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
My Kirby 519 |
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Post# 463199 5/17/2023 at 14:06 (344 days old) by CaptChar  (Niagara Falls) |
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So this 519 is one of the oldest working kirby's ive ever owned and or had, it still needs a new fan on the todo list but It is from what I can tell complete, this is also the first time ive seen the Kirby air freshener in its oil can like can
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Post# 463949 , Reply# 1 6/18/2023 at 16:07 (312 days old) by CaptChar (Niagara Falls) |
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so an oddity happened, I installed a 120v LED on this machine, however after short use the LED just went off, but it will breifly flash when I shut the machine off, im guessing I have a bad bulb cause the 509 has the same LED in it without issue, the stock tungsten lamp still works fine however, I was trying to go with LED to not warp the trim on the headlight area
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Post# 463969 , Reply# 3 6/18/2023 at 23:44 (312 days old) by CaptChar (Niagara Falls) |
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I know my Heritage 2 is a 12v system, I dunno if its 12v AC or 12v DC though, the 500 series from what ive read are 120v ac, I got some more LED's on the way, non-dimmable ones this time, since I have a hunch that might be the culprit but I wanted to double check cause I know some have converted their older units to LED
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| Post# 463975 , Reply# 4 6/19/2023 at 09:12 (311 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Post# 463989 , Reply# 5 6/19/2023 at 14:41 (311 days old) by CaptChar (Niagara Falls) |
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New non dimmable LED installed, warm white to mimic the original bulb, and plastic fan I know heresy but hey it works, the machine for only having two rows of brushes on the brushroll being this era, picks up surprisingly well, when i got this machine I did have to bypass the safety switch, as it does nothing, when pressed the machine wont power up
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| Post# 463990 , Reply# 6 6/19/2023 at 14:44 (311 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 463991 , Reply# 7 6/19/2023 at 15:06 (311 days old) by CaptChar (Niagara Falls) |
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Post# 463999 , Reply# 8 6/19/2023 at 20:17 (311 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Post# 464001 , Reply# 9 6/19/2023 at 20:26 (311 days old) by CaptChar (Niagara Falls) |
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I mean it works fine as long as the switch is bypassed, the switch reads open no matter what, the brushes on this machine are fine, the commutator on the armature however looks like the the one in the attached image, so I don't know how much life this 519 has left on it, this is just a reference as I didn't want to go tear down the while kirby for a single shot
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