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Kirby Motor Sound
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Post# 472540   7/29/2024 at 20:11 by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        

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I think I understand why some Kirby motors sound the way they do: I believe the armatures used on models 505 to 518 have one fan with 6 blades and another with 14 blades, while the main impeller fan used on models 505 to 514 has 6 blades and the 515 and up has 10 blades.

It's the 14-blade secondary cooling fan that sounds the loudest.

~Ben




This post was last edited 07/29/2024 at 21:19
Post# 472559 , Reply# 1   7/30/2024 at 21:58 by Lesinutah (Utah)        
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Older kirbys will have slight buzzing sound from armature and older motors take a little longer to wind down. The fans move more air than and non metal fan.
The secondary fan on 4 amps are more efficient but they're pushing 4 amp motor instead of 3 amp.



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