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Based on what an Aerus dealer told me from his visit there the Bristol plant assembles Classic and Legacy canisters, and boxes up Guardian Platinums with the US style wands, hose, attachments and power nozzle. The G-Ps arrive in a big crate and are put into the boxes with the rest of the items...

It's made by a Slovenian company called Kolektor d.d. I have read variously the factory where they are produced may be in Switzerland, the Czech Republic or Slovenia. It was designed by a German designer and a German electrical engineer who had never before designed a vacuum. Lots of coffee...

I called Aerus today to see if it is possible to get a tour of the factory. The lady on the phone didn't think so but suggested I send an email to customer service since the employees who could make that call were off the day after Christmas. While I had her on the phone I asked "oh, you do...

Underwriters Laboratories are the insurance companies dictating standards trying to reduce insurance payouts. It was founded in 1894 as the Underwriters' Electrical Bureau. They published their first formal standard in 1903. People today do not realize that in the 19th Century several...

This is like an episode of Indiana Jones !

I was wrong on that. Sorry for causing a problem.

Your Grandma's closet is like an archaeological site with lots of fascinating surprises emerging for all of us to scratch our heads over. If anyone here would know anything about this carpet sweeper it would be Rucksucker.

It needs more AC volts.

Look at the image of the armature. That is a universal motor. The commutator is dirty but visible.

A commutated universal motor should run on both AC and DC, but the AC voltage ought to be greater than the DC voltage.

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Here is an old steel body canister vacuum from Toshiba. Like a miniature Royal or similar.

Japan was selling bagged canister models in Japan that were never sold outside of Japan by companies like Toshiba and Mitsubish along with Hitachi, Panasonic and Sanyo. I saw this really old Sanyo canister that had a removable expander cage with a fold down handle and the bag mounted inside...

Wire nuts are a common feature of US made vacuums well into the 1990s, then replaced by crimp connectors that are squeezed down over the twisted wires. Every Kenmore I have through the 1990s and even some into the 2000s have them. Same with old Eurekas and Tristars.

The D735 was being sold in the early 1980s. The D745 was available by 1985-86.