AB Electrolux, Lux & Related Company D/AP/S Series Info. 1978-2025

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This thread is a continuation of a discussion on thread 44672: https://vacuumland.org/threads/1980s-viking-241-electronic-canister-vacuum.44672/


The discussion piqued my curiosity about the AB Electrolux & Lux brand (and related companies) D/AP/S Series, so I searched for online information and landed on the Lux France page, that lists its past and current models. That led me down the Electrolux rabbit hole and creating the following data tables based on my findings. Updates invited.
 

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Interesting that Sauber sold a version of the Intelligence with blue anodized skin like the D920 had. I have never seen that flavor. Also interesting that the chart shows the AC-11 Intelligence Classic having stainless steel skins. The France Purification shows it with blue skins.
 
cheesewonton said:
Interesting that Sauber sold a version of the Intelligence with blue anodized skin like the D920 had. I have never seen that flavor. Also interesting that the chart shows the AC-11 Intelligence Classic having stainless steel skins. The France Purification shows it with blue skins.
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The Lux blue version was the simpler one, without control on the handle and other electronic.
I‘m not sure, but probably the same version as the Aerus?
 
cheesewonton said:
Interesting that Sauber sold a version of the Intelligence with blue anodized skin like the D920 had. I have never seen that flavor. Also interesting that the chart shows the AC-11 Intelligence Classic having stainless steel skins. The France Purification shows it with blue skins.
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Thank you for your feedback. That may be an error on my part, or I possibly saw one from another country that was slightly different. The table, with the exception of the Lux France information and NZ information posted by Elliott, is based on my observations and comments I read online at this site and others—instead of company literature—so less than 💯% for sure. That's why, I welcome updates and discussion that will help the table be as accurate as possible over time.

One item that was surprising is that I saw an S115's ratings plate reveal its model ID as AP10, which may have the older main board (see AP12 part listing from Lux France—translation:
Main board for Lux S115 AP12. Note: Not suitable for Lux Intelligence Premium and Classic, AP11, or AC11).
 

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The Lux blue version was the simpler one, without control on the handle and other electronic.
I‘m not sure, but probably the same version as the Aerus?
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Yes. I have seen both boards. The D920 / AC-11 240 volt main board and display look just like the 120 volt main board and display on a Guardian Platinum. I will bet the only difference between the two boards are the transformer / rectifier. Circuit boards run on DC power so the AC input has to be rectified to DC and the voltage stepped down on the board. Everything else on the board is probably the same. Externally they look identical.
The AP-11 Intelligence Premium main board is way more complex with the Bluetooth stuff incorporated and the display is different.
You can see I run my Guardian Platinum with a Lux Intelligence hose that I removed the Bluetooth stuff and replaced it with a simple single pole rocker switch from another Lux hose. I made it look like a D920
 
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Yes. I have seen both boards. The D920 / AC-11 240 volt main board and display look just like the 120 volt main board and display on a Guardian Platinum. I will bet the only difference between the two boards are the transformer / rectifier. Circuit boards run on DC power so the AC input has to be rectified to DC and the voltage stepped down on the board. Everything else on the board is probably the same. Externally they look identical.
The AP-11 Intelligence Premium main board is way more complex with the Bluetooth stuff incorporated and the display is different.
You can see I run my Guardian Platinum with a Lux Intelligence hose that I removed the Bluetooth stuff and replaced it with a simple single pole rocker switch from another Lux hose. I made it look like a D920
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By the way, from where have you the information D920? Maybe other brand? I have never seen it. The first Lux intelligence i know it as Typ AP11 in Europe. For me the 920 was the previous model from the actual Z930 🤣(today sold as Nilfisk)
 

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I took for granted that the D920 is the straight suction version of the D950. I believe the photo is from a Hungarian website (.hu); although it may have been marketed in other countries. Limited info. The only photo available was for parts listing the D920/D950 together.
 

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Ok I know it as AC11. IBut maybe some countries had it under different denominations
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Yes, must be. Glad you mentioned that, because I had thought (as my table shows) that the D920 & D950 preceded the AP & AC models.
 
paul said:
Yes, must be. Glad you mentioned that, because I had thought (as my table shows) that the D920 & D950 preceded the AP & AC models.
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I have never seen it. But maybe somwhere it chages, as under Electrolux / Lux the professional serie was also existing.
That is the label on my Lux Intelligence
 

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Yes, must be. Glad you mentioned that, because I had thought (as my table shows) that the D920 & D950 preceded the AP & AC models.
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My German Lux dealer friend tells me Germany never got the blue ones. Only stainless steel. They were market specific.
 
cheesewonton said:
My German Lux dealer friend tells me Germany never got the blue ones. Only stainless steel. They were market specific.
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Ask him sometime what those model IDs were. Btw, someone on an archived thread had posted a link to the German models list, but it's dead. If your friend has it, it would be a nice addition to our other data.
 
Lux Classic D650 from Indonesia
 

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2 D725 versions: - German in tangerine & black (YT vid screenshot) ... Australian in beige & brown (Reddit photo)

So far, it's the only model I've seen that had two different color combos—showing that they were made during different styling periods. Seems the features were the same, though. Neither showed the ratings tag, so wattage may be different, too.
 

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paul said:
2 D725 versions: - German in tangerine & black (YT vid screenshot) ... Australian in beige & brown (Reddit photo)

So far, it's the only model I've seen that had two different color combos—showing that they were made during different styling periods. Seems the features were the same, though. Neither showed the ratings tag, so wattage may be different, too.
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The pale yellow one does not appear to have the suction level window on the bag door you see on the orange one.
 
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Yes Germany had the D720 and a bit later the D725 both in orange brown and the D730 in beige brown
Here the D720 sold in Switzerland
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Btw, I guessed the trim color to be tangerine as that's one of the listed colors for the Z305 in the company literature and the early D Series models appear the same to me. Anyway, until you mentioned the body color as brown it looked black to me more like the second photo. Just shows how perception can "color" reality.

So did Switzerland typically have the same models as Sweden?
 
paul said:
Btw, I guessed the trim color to be tangerine as that's one of the listed colors for the Z305 in the company literature and the early D Series models appear the same to me. Anyway, until you mentioned the body color as brown it looked black to me more like the second photo. Just shows how perception can "color" reality.

So did Switzerland typically have the same models as Sweden?
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Yes we had mostly the Swedish appliances. Also some from UK, France and Germany. Depending on the model
Here you see the Z305 and the D720.
But the Z305 was a simpler version


 
Until now I had never seen the Swedish Electrolux upright and stick vac. That D720 sure shines.
 
paul said:
Until now I had never seen the Swedish Electrolux upright and stick vac. That D720 sure shines.
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Oh this were shampooers. The whits as accessory for the blower on the vac.
The blue is indipendent appliance. France had the stick vac. I think Z102 (?). We had it under the brand Volta
 
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And it is different from my D730 which does have that suction indicator on the bag door. Sometimes no rhyme or reason to Electrolux.
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It is probably coming do to different factories and timing. Often Sweden was the first to launch it, the others followed later and probably adapted to rhe individual markets
 

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