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From what I understand, the power head or the vacuum was not grounded (much like mostly everything back then). So over time the wiring rubbed onto the nozzle connector or something, and energized it. You could just be going along vacuuming and then you get a full 120v current into your hands...

It's funny how many unique special colors of vacuums that were released that nobody even knows about that just get gone to time if not for one person buying one and showing it off. I do believe at the time this was released, HSN's theme color was purple so I think you are right it is an HSN...

Red hot!

It's pretty insane how far knowledge about radiation and how it works has come. Sucking up radioactive dust like it's a spilled ashtray at a bowling alley is pretty insane to think about. Would be interesting to isolate it and stick a geiger counter on it and see what it reads.

Aftermarket brushroll? To me from what I have seen, Royal is the one that always liked to paint their brushrolls silver.

Yeah they were new to bagless vacuums at the time, everyone was, and they didn't know how it would really perform long term. I think where Dyson was doing cyclonic, Hoover and others was doing direct air vortex chambers, and they probably didn't think or didn't want to add more filters that...

Yes I agree. I have a lot of vacuums I just look at and say "Man I can't believe I have this".

https://tinyurl.com/wt4wfcey ==================================================== 1960s vacuum found in radioactive waste at nuclear plant By Talker News Apr 30, 2025 Updated 17 hrs ago By Charlie Fenton A 1960s vacuum hoover is among deadly radioactive waste which is being recovered from...

Most vacuum cleaner defects in manufacturing are usually harmless annoyances and inconveniences that lead to mass recalls, and very rarely do they cause injury. For a vacuum cleaner company to escalate to a lawsuit, it usually has to be EXTREMELY serious, to where the victim has felt that...

A lot of these never sold in large amounts and what did got used, abused, and pitched in the bin when the local vacuum shop would refuse to fix it. I have a metallic blue Twin Chamber myself, but it needs a very big restoration. FedEx smashed it up in shipping and busted the entire handle off...

Interesting vacuum. I like the color choice. I never liked those models where the cord comes out of the center of the wheel.

For houses with a window in the bathroom, you leave the window cracked after taking a shower to vent the moisture out. For no window bathroom, you need a roof exhaust to vent moisture and leave it run for at least 30 minutes after each shower. If neither, just put a box fan in the doorway or a...

The eBay links are too long and they get clipped by the website when it shortens the URL. I always use TinyURL when posting eBay links. Also with eBay URL's it combines your search path into the URL now when you share an item link, which you don't need to copy. All you need is the item number...

Thanks for telling the history Jeff. I remembered there was some connection I just forgot who did what.

Very nice!

Oh wow, the mystery deepens. I will have to take a closer look at mine, maybe the model sticker says something.

I do believe they did. Under Health-Mor Sanitation, which eventually became the Royal company if I am remembering this right. They were only in the Chicagoland area.

So it had some kind of weird dust bin on the back? That's strange. Yeah it looks like it must be just a floor sweeper. I was sure it was an attachment. There is absolutely no info about NSS out there outside of the Pig, so it's hard to find information. I have one of their Supersuction...

Holy gods they are $4,000 now? My mom got conned for a Kirby in 2002 and back then it was $1,000 or something like that. You really need to watch out because Kirby will let anyone start up a sale operation with them. All you need is one guy to be the boss, a crappy run down store for a front...

Nice find! I've been wanting to get the Hoover Complete Performance. It's a bagged model and it's supposed to be pretty good.