Did it again Another Vac/ Riccar 2100 Hi Performance

[camelotshadow]

Well walked into goodwill & stayed away from electronic section
then I heard a vacumn in the distance so decided to check it out.

I found an Eureka & a Riccar which I immediately recognized as a good brand so I grabbed it & walked over to a plug to test it out
pretty quiet
suction seemed fine
cleaned a section of the carpet
brush roll had life
sounded ok

Darn I was smitten
Had to take it home
like I need another vacummn

LOL

Going to clean it up then take a pic
Its an upright model 2100 & it says Hi Performance model 2100 for hotel use

Anyway now to get my hands dirty & give it a test run...

Uses U or U3 bags
picked up some at the 99 cents store

Anyone know about the model
I guess for $25 I can't go wrong

 

[camelotshadow]

Pic

Did a quick clesn not taking motor section or bottom plate off.

light bulb isn't working
have to see what kind it is.

14 inch wide path

only problem cord had a cut so I taped it w electrical tape


Works pretty nice...

 

[petek]

Must be a good vac, it's a Panasonic and you know how many of those I have. I'm not familiar with the rebranded Riccars though. I wonder how much of a premium they sold for over the Panasonic. Does it have the 3 prong cord which the commercial Panasonics have?

 

[camelotshadow]

No has a reg 2 prong cord.
I have a purpel Panasonic does a great fluff job
but its plug/even cord gets warm so something might be wrong with it

Darn thing is the bag in it said U or U3
I bought U & they are too big so I folded it
it works
but darn I bought 5 packs at the $1 store


Heres the panasonic mcv 5325
well it was realy $20 without the bags
I hope it was worth it

bulb is smaller than a kirby bulb & 130V 15 W
have to try to find it the bulkbs blown

 

[camelotshadow]

bottom

has metal brush roll
seems to fluff the nap nice with less visible lines as that of the panasonic which I use when I need to clean an apt

 

[petek]

The U3's the right one. I'd have thunk a hotel vac would be grounded aka being commercial and all. Unless it's double insulated.

re the warm cord.. not necessarily anything wrong..many of my vacs get warm plugs.

 

[camelotshadow]

another close up of bottom
They had the U3 at the 99 cents store but the quality seemed to be not as good
the U were white & blue & the U3 were yellow

they work
I think I even use them with the panasonic
I just fold the bottom

 

[camelotshadow]

zeng hsing msde the Riccar

So whats the deal w the Riccar name?

It's inpur power is 650 watts
suction efficiency 80 watts
ser # 0009488

Hose has tape on it not sure why may have break
that shouldn't be too $

Guess I didn;t need it but its not a bad vac
have to take off plate ^ clean under there

The co curently makes only one upright wich does closely resemble the Riccar

http://www.zenghsing.com.tw/english/02_products/floor_02_spec.php?ID=11
http://www.zenghsing.com.tw/

 

[camelotshadow]

bulb

bulb looks like the panasonic 15 watt 120 volt
but the one in the machine said 130 V

Would the 120 V 15 wayy aslo work?

 

[camelotshadow]

tok off the bottom plate
took brush roll out
cleaned everything & reassembled
still there ia a rear belt guard
wasn't sure how it went back
same thing w hose but had to retape it as it had a split

Anyway its back together & has more suction
didn't get into motor compt
not sure how
tried to take out 2 screwa but it didn;'t come apart
may be more screwws under the bag area..
oooh well
did my best w limited time
can't spend forever on a vac...

LOL