Thread Number: 6825
rare electrolux model L with 220 voltts |
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Post# 75351   7/14/2009 at 06:17 (5,372 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 75360 , Reply# 2   7/14/2009 at 09:51 (5,371 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)   |   | |
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Karl I think if you took it to an electric shop it could be wired for 120 volts. |
Post# 75365 , Reply# 3   7/14/2009 at 11:11 (5,371 days old) by sireluxomatic ()   |   | |
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Interesting find, Edgar. Although the hose isn't original, at least it'll make the L more usable. |
Post# 75371 , Reply# 4   7/14/2009 at 13:01 (5,371 days old) by edgar (Belgium)   |   | |
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Post# 75376 , Reply# 5   7/14/2009 at 13:32 (5,371 days old) by sireluxomatic ()   |   | |
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Hi Edgar. That's what I meant, yes...original woven hoses look very nice, but, unless you manage to get one in good condition, leak very badly. I have this problem with all of my Lux hoses. |
Post# 75387 , Reply# 6   7/14/2009 at 19:05 (5,371 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Very nice find, Edgar and I think the pale blue hose looks great. Better than blazing white, or say, lime green. LOL Gosh Bob, if we didn't live so far apart we could get together for a weekend and have all your vintage Lux hoses latexed. I'm soon about to do the electric 89 one ( and a few others) I got just last week, my first 89 electric hose with pigtail and trigger grip intact. Latexing is ideal for saran woven hoses as it does not show on the outside. Cloth woven hoses benefit just as well tho there is some clear staining to the cotton weave but to me that's acceptable when it restores 100% suction to the hose for use. Dave |
Post# 75416 , Reply# 8   7/14/2009 at 21:53 (5,371 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Hey Karl: If you want to use it you dont have to change it to 120. All houses in North America (except for a few that still have wireing from the 1920's or earlier) have 240 Volt services. It wouldnt take much to install a 15 Amp outlet so it could be used. If you didnt want to go to the trouble of houshold wireing a small portable panel could easily be made that would plug into the dryer outlet (basically its just a dryer cord hooked to a 2 circuit electric panel which feeds a 15 amp 240 plug from 2 15 amp breakers). Either way it would allow you to use it when every you wish. Doug |
Post# 75526 , Reply# 10   7/15/2009 at 20:54 (5,370 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Hey Karl: Strange. In 37 most homes already were using a 120/240 supply. Anyway - another cheaper route you might look into is a step up transformer. They are available at most electronic stores and alot of travel places for around $50. Just make sure you get one thats large enough to handle the wattage of the vacuum. (Dont get one of the little converters - they wont do the job for a vacuum) Doug |
Post# 75550 , Reply# 12   7/16/2009 at 05:17 (5,370 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 75551 , Reply# 13   7/16/2009 at 05:18 (5,370 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 75552 , Reply# 14   7/16/2009 at 05:27 (5,370 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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I thought some of you may find interesting.Note the first clothes dryer 1935 was oil fired,"Get ur petro scented undies here".lol sorry
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Post# 75559 , Reply# 15   7/16/2009 at 10:32 (5,369 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Also 240 allows the use of lighter wireing to the building (eg: a building with a 110 volt service that used 60 amps would require two #6 wires coming in but the same building could be run on a 240 service using a 30 amp main and three #10 wires ) with the price of copper it made sense to use as light as possible. As well if any larger motors were used (eg pumps) they run cooler on 240 than on 120 so it extends their life.
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Post# 75602 , Reply# 17   7/16/2009 at 20:34 (5,369 days old) by collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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I'm really surprised that the electrician didnt insist on upgrading the whole thing. Here its hard to get any small jobs done because, under their "new" rules, if an electrician does any work on a home he has to bring the whole thing up to the new standards. Its a royal pain. I wanted to have one of my apartments re wired and the inspector insisted that I would have to put in a new 400 amp service for the entire building, not because there was anything wrong with the present one, but because it wasnt installed in the way that its done now. Nedless to say the work wasnt done. There is no way I'm paying $10 - 15,000 to change something that is in perfectly good shape. Had it been unsafe or dangerous that would be a different story, but you cant expect something put in 40 years ago to be the same as todays. |