Delco Vacumatic

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I got this in Lincoln, NE today from a referral I had. The owner I believe found this in an old farm house, so she took it. It is in very good shape, and the motor runs very nice for it's age. The wheel is broken in half, but it's a very clean break, and I'll be able to glue it back on. Since this won't see any heavy use, it will hold just fine. As usual, I'll share some post cleanup photos once I get around to this. Still working on my Kirby Sanitronic.

 

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So you saved it! It looks cool. Nice find. It sure is in beautiful shape.

 

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the rainbow as well?

 

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Nice - and a 32 Volt machine to boot. It was probably sold by the same store that sold the 32 Volt Delco power plants for farms. Definately a farm machine.

(LOL - just dont go plugging it into 120 V )

 

[vintagehoover]

WOW - We'll have to talk about this one later!

Aren't you glad I bullied you into saving it now?! A 32v FARM CURRENT model - that's even rarer than I thought; most would have been scrapped or rewound many, many years ago!

I'm interested to see that they used the same manual for both the straight-suction and revolving brush versions.

See what I mean about the row of holes along the front of the nozzle? They were supposed to help agitate the dirt out of the rug, whilst keeping the brush free from lint, hair etc.

 

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DC or AC

Nice drawings of the cleaner Jack! Thanks!!! I'm really unsure if the motor was rewound or whatever they do when they convert them to 120 volts. The previous owner stated it ran fine before I even got it, so I didn't even think to look @ the rating plate before I plugged it in and fired it up. It sounds normal to me, but I'm guessing that it might have been running faster than it should have. I only had it on for a short moment anyway. Until I can figure out how to really tell if the motor has been converted to 120 AC or not, I won't be running it again. I'm going to start cleaning it up, and polishing it today I think.

If anyone knows how I can tell if the motor has been retrofitted to AC, in spite of the rating label still showing DC 32 volts, let me know. I'm also trying to figure out where I can find a 120v AC to 32v DC converter, if in fact it has not been retrofitted for AC.

Andrew