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Alec Guiness as vacuum cleaner salesman and secret agent Last week I caught the last half of "Our Man in Havana" on Turner Classic Movies (see link for info) in which Alec Guiness plays a vacuum cleaner salesman/secret agent in Havana, Cuba. A very funny movie with lots of scenes of new Hoovers...

RE: "I do wonder just how effective... ...this demo unit could be - the chamber is too short to allow a full-size cloth bag to expand into it which would mean the end would be all bunched up against the back wall of the bag chamber." The following post appeared in the original thread ("A...

Airflow article... Ristenbatt Vacuum has an article (see link) on air flow that does a fairly good job of explaining airflow, suction and resistance to airlow in the vacuum cleaner system. The article includes links to other articles (see article on fan or impellor types) and a glossery of...

Riccar Central Vacuums Compact9, Do you have photos of your Riccar central vacuum installation and especailly its power nozzle? I visited the Riccar Web site, but it doesn't really offer much information on their central vacuum systems. Would I be able to conncect a Riccar power nozzle to my...

Carbon brushes... Seamus, How easy is it to locate and examine the carbin brushes on the 1060 motor? And, being a novice, what should I look for once I find them? (How do you tell if they are in need of replacement?) Are replacements readily available?

Direct Connect Inlet Valves Yesterday I converted my central vacuum hose end to direct connect and upgraded my first floor invlet valve to an ElectraValve. What a difference! Getting rid of that 6-foot pig tail cord makes using the hose so much easier, especially when it comes to coiling it up...

I second that Swingette! I have a Hoover 1060 that I used to use regularly to deep clean the carpets. But, unfortunately last year it developed motor problems. The motor starts and runs okay at first, but after 15-20 seconds of use is starts to slow down and comes almost to a stop. I've never...

Congratulations on your Central Vac Purchase! I bought and installed a Beam Serenity central vacuum system over five years ago and I love it. I actually wanted to go with a VacuFlo unit, but I didn't like the local dealer. His customer service skills were very poor and he came across as a real...

Swivel Hose on Kemore Canisters I was also in the vacuum department at Sears this weeakend and was looking over the latest Kenmore cannisters (my mother had three of them over the years) and all of the models I examined DID have swivel hoses at the machine end -- I'm not sure about the...

How did the top tool conversion work? I found this auction for a vintage Eureka upright (see link). I assume the silver plate above the brush roller is where the attachments were connected. How did this work. How was the suction diverted from the nozzle to the hose...

Riccar/Simplicity Cannisters? How to the new Riccar/Simplicity cannisters compare to contemporary Miele, Aerus and Air-Way machines? Does anyone have any experience with them? http://www.riccar.com/products/canisters/

I'd like to learn and more too While I've seen lots of vintage Hoover uprights, I know next to nothing about vintage Eureka uprights. I'm curious about how the tools were attached. Did they have an arrangement to similar to Hoover's? Did it change or evolve over the years? Does any one have any...