Thread Number: 44815
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Retrofit a diamond edition speed switch to another Kirby |
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Post# 465402   8/20/2023 at 15:30 (616 days old) by richardc1983 (Leeds, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 465411 , Reply# 1   8/20/2023 at 21:23 (616 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I remember seeing the thread to which you are referring. There's no reason it wouldn't work, because all G-series machines are the same beneath their color schemes. If I recall correctly, it involved cutting a notch in the rear shell to accommodate the switch, although I don't know why they didn't just use the rear shell from the G7, and transplanting both the switch and its associated circuit board, which required a bit of wire splicing.
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Post# 465415 , Reply# 2   8/21/2023 at 00:48 (616 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 465416 , Reply# 3   8/21/2023 at 02:13 (616 days old) by richardc1983 (Leeds, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 465418 , Reply# 4   8/21/2023 at 06:01 (615 days old) by richardc1983 (Leeds, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 465488 , Reply# 5   8/24/2023 at 08:59 (612 days old) by Kloveland (Tulsa)   |   | |
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Post# 465572 , Reply# 6   8/27/2023 at 12:59 (609 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 465634 , Reply# 7   8/29/2023 at 02:30 (608 days old) by rivstg1 (colorado springs)   |   | |
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@kloveland. I wasn't aware of any '2 speed coil". my 'buddy' who helped me modify mine ( in the link posted by someone else..) did most of the work. He is an old time Kirby technician and Never mentioned to me of any mod to make it like a Diamond edition other than what we did....It just cuts the power to accomplish the lesser suction/speed that the switch serves.
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