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KirbyKelekter If you could provide a link to that seating chalk that you're talking about, I'd greatly appreciate it. It'd probably be useful for a lot of my machines. There is a bit of a squeaking noise when the motor starts up and winds down, but I think that's a problem with the bearings...

n0oxy I see, so if I were to get an MD, I'd want to get one of those. Now I still have some other questions 1. What is the decibel rating for these machine when you're in front of them? 2. Will one of the smaller Modern Days work off of a 15-20 amp shared circuit?

What? I don't have one yet.

Me and the boys just casually picking up nuclear waste with a dump-out bagged vacuum in the 1950s:

I'm considering potentially putting an MD Central Vacuum unit in my home. I'm thinking about it being either a low-end FLo-Master or Modern Day unit, but I can't decipher the differences between the two lines. Also, I'm worried about the units being really loud, as they'd be going in my laundry...

Thanks Paul! :]

Do you have a link to these? They look so cool!

Kind of unrelated to your idea, but this reminds me of a useless idea I had once myself, and that was to decorate up a central vac inlet to look like a small Containment Unit from Ghostbusters. I mean, if people can make unique looking light-switch covers, then what's stopping people from doing...

PanasonicVac If what you're saying about Beam is true, then I take back what I said, as I have a real soft-spot for Cyclovacs. One of my neighbors used to have a Cyclovac system in their home, and it was my first exposure to central vacuums ever. Sadly they moved out, and the current owners...

n0oxy I'm flattered to hear that you enjoyed reading through my thread. Central vac collecting sounds super interesting to me, but I don't think I could do it to your extent due to power consumption, practicality, space, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if OVOs use the same motors that are found...

Some Updates I've decided to dust off this project once more, and I've been doing some more planning as a part of it. With this, I've made some discoveries, and have done some rethinking. -I've discovered that only 30 feet of hose is needed to cover both floors, not 35 ft. as I originally...

Kirbys are still being sold door-to-door?? I thought they stopped doing that after the Avalir ii! Right Lane Industries must be doing the absolute bare minimum when it comes to making improvements to the company. smh

gottahaveahoover They probably got pitched once something major broke on them. If not, then they used them until they could no longer find replacement parts for them. That said, I'd hope that there's still a handful of them still kicking around somewhere.

KirbyClassiciii I'd be curious to know what Hoovers they replaced them with. I'd be very surprised if they were commercial models. I just hope that they at the very least had disposable bags.

Niclonnic Yeah, they're pretty cool machines. I'd classify them as "bagless converts", machines that were initially designed as bagless vacuums, but had their dirt bins switched out for tanks that held bags. Think the Eureka Maxima bagged. A Velocity is one that I kind of want for my...

KirbyClassiciii Okay, that took a bit to get to that conclusion, but at least we got there. It honestly kind of surprises me that Kirbys would be used in a hotel, especially an economy one like Holiday Inn. Usually, management there goes for the cheapest machines available, and unless they...

KirbyClassiciii So it was just that particular location that used them? Or were those the standared for Holiday Inn hotels nationwide?

Dysonman1 Part of me wants to get a Silentmaster for my central vac install project, however I'm iffy about it, as I'm not sure the circuitry of my mom's house could handle it, and because it might be too loud (it would be going into our laundry room). Anyways, I'm glad you have a central vac...

KirbyClassiciii I think I remember hearing about a Holiday Inn using Classic iiis back in the 70s-80s in a thread. Were those standard for most if not all Holiday Inns during that time?

EurekaPrince The only canister machine that I can think of that uses a direct air system is the NSS Pig (and a Kirby in tool mode with the small handle attached, but I don't really count that, since it's an upright by nature). The clean-air design has been around a lot longer in canisters than...