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I am fairly proficient diagnosing & repairing vac cleaners, but are not familiar with central vacs. I want to test a never installed CentraLux E130G that has no power switch. Short of opening the top & directly connecting the motor to power, If I short the two terminals below the reset button...

I think the company is Hangzhou Great Star Industrial. they own some of the older tool brands that were sold off. Arrow, Goldblatt, Pony, Jorgensen, Sheffield, Millers Falls, etc. Hangzhou Great Star Industrial http://www.greatstartools.com/en/about.asp?info_kind=004003

Looking at that reminds me of the story that appeared recently about the Internet issues a UK village had for a year because of an old tv. :) Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54239180

Wen through some old files, found this. This is from a few years back. Posting it to help future posts. This information is no longer on the Helwig Carbon site.

The metal canister bodies made after the Super J have a larger opening that can accomodate a regular 5.7" motor". If you compare them side by side, you will see the later canister bodies have a round opening.

Google .. HILCO GLOBAL ENGAGED BY SHOP-VAC TO ASSIST IN CLOSING GLOBAL OPERATIONS https://www.hilcoglobal.com/news/media/2020/10/08/hilco-global-engaged-by-shop-vac-to-assist-in-closing-global-operations

Hobbytown carries some RadioShack merchandise, or they can order it for you. https://www.hobbytown.com/radioshack/b2842

Eurton Electric 549 seems to match the Helwig 146 Eurton Electric 549 .25" x .43" x 1.02" Brush 549 https://store.eurtonelectric.com/25x43x102brush549.aspx Helwig 146 thickness 0.25″, width 0.437″, length 1″ https://www.helwigcarbon.com/shop/146/

Maybe try giving these guy a call: Eurton Electric https://store.eurtonelectric.com/vacuumbrushes.aspx It may help to pull the carbon brush out of the holder and measure the thickness & width with a digital caliper. The length should be slightly longer than the brass holder. You can pick up a...

An old post mentions Helwig Carbon brushes, part number 146 will work for the diamond jubilee motor.this should be for the motor on the left. https://www.helwigcarbon.com https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?11901

I found some old pics. These are from my two Diamond Jubilee's whuch have two different motors. I believe what you have in your machine is the motor on the left. The one on the right is the Electro Motor style with the plastic cap.

Please take a picture of the motor. I have several DJ's (in storage right now) The set you received fits an Electro Motor style Electrolux motor. Motors from Super J up can fit this model.

You can't beat the look. I restored an old Seth Thomas clock for my mom, and put a repro "cloth covered" cord,and vintage style plug on it. Anything modern looking would not look right.

The 2100 series (Ambassador. LE, etc.)plastic canister vacs have dual stage motors in them, just like the older electrolux's. That being said, I gave away to my SIL, one of mine that I upgraded to an Ametek Lamb motor (5.7"). I am currently working on another one that I am upgrading. Here are...

It is worth fixing, I have a couple of original motors for them, and the cord is easy to repair. The control valve is easy to bypass, and keep things simple. There is a proper way to split the case to work on it.