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That's..... correct about Rainbow/Rexair.....I had forgotten them. We had them in my house growing up. Kevin

Nice story........ I doubt though that "Joe and Barney Lived Happily Ever After"....but it's a nice sentiment. I had a friend growing up that was really poor. His aunt lived with him and the two, his aunt and his mom, were the most frugal people I ever met......to say the least. They had an...

Interesting....... that Electrolux managed to do it(home sales) long after Hoover dropped out. Aerus is still doing so to this day. Kevin

I suspect....... this is more common than one might think. I know of homes where a Electrolux was used for all the hard floors and what was left in carpet was maintained by another vacuum....usually an upright. Uprights gained a lot of following when you could just shove them in a closet to...

Yeah...... it's not only been done, but have seen pics here. One was for an older Connie. Kevin

My point..... was not to badger you. But to illustrate the fallacy that once you smell something burning....that unmistakable electric smell everyone knows.....there can be some expectation that things will improve, or that just another brief session run won't damage things further. If it's...

Yeah, the reality is that if you want this fixed....you need to give a LOT more information. If you don't have the wherewithal to analyze the problem, I'm not sure what you expect to happen here. Maybe you can get a forum member to come look at it...... Kevin

You shouldn't have continued to run it when the speed first reduced. A lot of verbiage here.....just tear into the motor as you have nothing to lose. By now you might have damaged the armature....lots of YouTube vids on how to test an armature. It's a big motor...first introduced into the...

John...... I remember the pics you posted. Sneaking under a barrier of some sort and showing empty spaces of the once great company. America has this thing of letting once great company facilities just rot to the ground for decades. Anything can be repurposed within reason. But I don't see a...

If it is 110V then it's probably 50Hz(Europe) instead of 60Hz.....which will be another problem. Kevin

The hammered finishes are very durable.....I use them in my business outside. But, the finish is radically different than what the factory did. If you have an auto place that sells painting product, you can have them make you some paint that would match. Auto paint while very expensive, is...

As was........ stated....these were to help with static interference on older TV's and radios. Also living in apartments where running a vacuum would interfere with someone else's TV or radio. Mostly though, it was for the man-of-the-house so that 'the little woman' running the vacuum in...

No offense..... RR but I'm not even attempting to read that first post. I get a headache just looking at it. I've had dyslexia since I was a little kid and I've been able to work around it for the most part. How hard would it be to go in and start a new paragraph every time your...

I have three older Connies. They are an interesting novelty, but not something very 'fun' to really clean a whole house with. However, I have the retro Connie as well and it does everything these older ones don't. Very well thought out;much better filtration, better seals, great suction and...

That's a great point....I never realized that. So if it doesn't get trapped in the water.....does it shoot out the exhaust into the air? If that's the case, that's as bad as a Connie pushing stuff around everywhere from its exhaust as it 'hovers'. Kevin

Growing up...... we had radiant heat on the concrete floors with dogs. The first Rexair we had for those floors was an early model bought in he 50's. It was then replaced by another Rexair in the late 60's. That one lasted until I went to college....not sure after that. The water was NOT...

We used to have three thrift stores in this town, now we have two. The one that supported our Human Society shut down. The Goodwill store here has even expanded and gets huge traffic from migrant workers. However their main thrust is clothing. The rest of the stuff is stuck in a nasty part of...

John..... over the yrs, I have seen you respond to some really mean-spirited stuff levied your way. You've always done it with dignity and aplomb. You are truly, one of a kind. I don't always agree with you, but I certainly respect your opinions....always. Kevin

And....... some of us are terrible @typing and poor editors....even though we get the diction and syntax correct. A few members are close to illiterate and even after reading their posts several times, I can't make sense of them. Talk about diversity.......lol! Kevin

The color schemes and styling are different from American Electrolux's and the motors more powerful. Kevin