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Did it again Another Vac/ Riccar 2100 Hi Performance
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Post# 62519   3/13/2009 at 21:26 (5,522 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        

Well walked into goodwill & stayed away from electronic section
then I heard a vacumn in the distance so decided to check it out.

I found an Eureka & a Riccar which I immediately recognized as a good brand so I grabbed it & walked over to a plug to test it out
pretty quiet
suction seemed fine
cleaned a section of the carpet
brush roll had life
sounded ok

Darn I was smitten
Had to take it home
like I need another vacummn

LOL

Going to clean it up then take a pic
Its an upright model 2100 & it says Hi Performance model 2100 for hotel use

Anyway now to get my hands dirty & give it a test run...

Uses U or U3 bags
picked up some at the 99 cents store

Anyone know about the model
I guess for $25 I can't go wrong


Post# 62549 , Reply# 1   3/13/2009 at 23:10 (5,522 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        
Pic

Did a quick clesn not taking motor section or bottom plate off.

light bulb isn't working
have to see what kind it is.

14 inch wide path

only problem cord had a cut so I taped it w electrical tape


Works pretty nice...


Post# 62550 , Reply# 2   3/13/2009 at 23:37 (5,522 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

Must be a good vac, it's a Panasonic and you know how many of those I have. I'm not familiar with the rebranded Riccars though. I wonder how much of a premium they sold for over the Panasonic. Does it have the 3 prong cord which the commercial Panasonics have?

Post# 62551 , Reply# 3   3/13/2009 at 23:45 (5,522 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        

No has a reg 2 prong cord.
I have a purpel Panasonic does a great fluff job
but its plug/even cord gets warm so something might be wrong with it

Darn thing is the bag in it said U or U3
I bought U & they are too big so I folded it
it works
but darn I bought 5 packs at the $1 store


Heres the panasonic mcv 5325
well it was realy $20 without the bags
I hope it was worth it

bulb is smaller than a kirby bulb & 130V 15 W
have to try to find it the bulkbs blown


Post# 62552 , Reply# 4   3/13/2009 at 23:51 (5,521 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        
bottom

has metal brush roll
seems to fluff the nap nice with less visible lines as that of the panasonic which I use when I need to clean an apt



Post# 62553 , Reply# 5   3/13/2009 at 23:52 (5,521 days old) by petek (Ontario)        

The U3's the right one. I'd have thunk a hotel vac would be grounded aka being commercial and all. Unless it's double insulated.

re the warm cord.. not necessarily anything wrong..many of my vacs get warm plugs.


Post# 62554 , Reply# 6   3/14/2009 at 00:43 (5,521 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        

another close up of bottom
They had the U3 at the 99 cents store but the quality seemed to be not as good
the U were white & blue & the U3 were yellow

they work
I think I even use them with the panasonic
I just fold the bottom


Post# 62586 , Reply# 7   3/14/2009 at 16:10 (5,521 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        
zeng hsing msde the Riccar

So whats the deal w the Riccar name?

It's inpur power is 650 watts
suction efficiency 80 watts
ser # 0009488

Hose has tape on it not sure why may have break
that shouldn't be too $

Guess I didn;t need it but its not a bad vac
have to take off plate ^ clean under there

The co curently makes only one upright wich does closely resemble the Riccar

www.zenghsing.com.tw/english/02_p...


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Post# 62592 , Reply# 8   3/14/2009 at 17:11 (5,521 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        
bulb

bulb looks like the panasonic 15 watt 120 volt
but the one in the machine said 130 V

Would the 120 V 15 wayy aslo work?


Post# 62729 , Reply# 9   3/15/2009 at 00:01 (5,520 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)        

tok off the bottom plate
took brush roll out
cleaned everything & reassembled
still there ia a rear belt guard
wasn't sure how it went back
same thing w hose but had to retape it as it had a split

Anyway its back together & has more suction
didn't get into motor compt
not sure how
tried to take out 2 screwa but it didn;'t come apart
may be more screwws under the bag area..
oooh well
did my best w limited time
can't spend forever on a vac...

LOL




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