Commercial Vacuums

[vintagerepairer]

No, I didn't mean that. I mean the reason why anyone would want to 'tap' out a number on the top of a phone instead of using the dial on the front of it. It was to by-pass the lock on a telephone which they should never have been using in the first place.

 

[ryry_87]

for david...

Found this earlier, looks like your Victor...

 

[jmurray01]

Hold on, tapping a number ?

How do you do that ?

 

[twocvbloke]

Hmm...

"6 - Pile height adjustment"

Where?? :S

That said, the photograph of a Victor there shows the 171 which is flatter it seems (and could have height adjustment), but the drawing is right for a 271, apart from the height adjustment, cos it has fixed axles... :&#92

 

[jmurray01]

6 Pile adjustment!? Wow, you're spoilt for choice there, ha ha!

I was happy today finding out I had 4 Pile adjustment in my Ranger.

 

[twocvbloke]

"How do you do that ?"

You tap the hookswitch really fast, 1 tap for "1", up to 10 taps for "0"...

 

[twocvbloke]

"6 Pile adjustment!? Wow, you're spoilt for choice t

Erm, not quite, it's "Item number 6 - Pile height adjustment"...

 

[jmurray01]

"Erm, not quite, it's "Item number 6 - Pile height adjustment"... " Ha ha ha ha ha! Sorry, I got that a bit wrong! Ha ha.

 

[ryry_87]

got sent these earlier by someone I know, brings back memories of my school lol they're c1983..

 

[ryry_87]

and the classic BVC Commercial cylinder which I believe is still in production..

 

[jmurray01]

Are those Electroluxes floor polishers ?

 

[ryry_87]

a few domestic models too (strangely offered as contract machines)

 

[ryry_87]

jamie...

the two Columbus uprights at the bottom? no they're regular uprights, essentially the same as the Electrolux c12 style models from about the same time

 

[vintagerepairer]

I think the key word in all of that is 'contract'. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the use of those domestic cleaners was strictly limited to certain terms and conditions. It does state they are domestic and household machines, available as part of the contract. I may be wrong, but those booklets look like the types available to those maintaining schools and such places.

 

[ryry_87]

it was lol think it was an NHS supply catalogue of some sort actually

 

[gsheen]

Those vorwerks are amongst the most robust machines I have ever seen, we sell the new versions. customers often bring in those old et30 vk117's in for repair more than 30 years old still working fine just need a new belt. 

 

[ryry_87]

well, i think up until the arrival of the Sebo 350 it was one of the only real lightweight commercial machines, they sold them through cleaning suppliers like Jeyes Hygiene, Reckitt & Coleman and Holloway & sons in this country with their own badging

 

[rolls_rapide]

Dialling with the cradle switch

I've done that too. Say you're dialling the speaking clock on 123. Tap the cradle switch once quickly, pause for a second, tap twice quickly, pause, tap thrice.

My mum and my gran once had a unique occurrence. They both picked up their phones at exactly the same time and got straight through to each other - without dialling or tapping the cradle. It would have been in the early 1980s.

 

[jmurray01]

No no, I'm talking about the two Electroluxes in the first image you posted.

 

[jmurray01]

"I've done that too. Say you're dialling the speaking clock on 123. Tap the cradle switch once quickly, pause for a second, tap twice quickly, pause, tap thrice." It's funny you should say that, because I tried that today but ended up getting through to the emergency services! How did that happen ?