Electrolux 500 series

[eurekaprince]

I was thinking that Goblin might have acquired that carpet nozzle from the Parnall people!!!!

When using one of these Electrolux 500's in tool-mode, was the revolving brush sufficiently raised off the floor to prevent damage?

This has always been my complaint about many uprights that offer above-the-floor tools: if the carpet brush or agitator can't be turned off or covered somehow, it becomes a rather dangerous device that can harm floors, carpets, fingers and toes! An exposed revolving brush can also easily get jammed by socks and plastic bags as it is dragged over a bare floor. :-(

 

[vacbear58]

Parnall

sadly was long gone before this cleaner was ever thought of. The Parnall version of the Eureka must have been withdrawn in around 1964/65 and there were no further vacuums (that I am aware of) from them.

To the best of my knowledge, and its a while since I used one, when the tangle is returned to the upright position the brushrool sid eof teh cleaner is raised slightly, whether the tools are connected or not.

Al

 

[eurekaprince]

Al - I hope to be able to acquire a Parnall/Eureka vintage vac one day as I hope to be moving overseas in a few years time....would love to have a 220volt Eureka to clean with! :-D

 

[turbomaster1984]

Top Middle or Bottom? lol

More First Middle and Last but anyway....

 

[turbomaster1984]

wall of

Lux

 

[turbomaster1984]

bit of a nosey for you

 

[turbomaster1984]

Back to the 500

 

[turbomaster1984]

I must admit i love the combo of yellow and blue.

 

[turbomaster1984]

Action!

 

[jmurray01]

Wow, nice collection, and nice house too!

Tell me, how do you get the background with the HOOVER logo ? All I can find is the "HOOVER, Beats as it sweeps as it cleans" logo.

 

[turbomaster1984]

I dunno it was available when I set my account up. Maybe email HooverClebrity aka Fred to see if he can add it for you.

 

[jmurray01]

I was just wondering, are your collection all in use, or do they just sit there ?

If I had that many Turbopowers I'd have to use them! Ha ha.

 

[alexhoovers94]

How come the electrolux 550 in reply 82 doesn't have the rotary dial, bag wissle thingy?

Alex.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Missing whistle

The very last 550 and 502S cleaners did not have a whistle, presumably to reduce production costs and / or to present the consumer with a lesser-featured machine. These cleaners were in production after the Twin Turbo had come to be, and possibly were exclusives to certain stores in the very end. Because of that, a line would need to be drawn between these models and others, and also there would be a need to reduce costs.

 

[jmurray01]

A bit like the later Turbopower 2s not having a bag full indicator?

 

[sebo_fan]

OH god, here we go again....

 

[vintagerepairer]

Hoover Turbopower 2

In principal yes, removing the bag full whistle made for a cleaner which was cheaper to make due to lower assembly costs, and was a cheaper model for the consumer all-round. However, I seem to recall that certain Hoover Turbopower models always did come without a bag full lamp fitted, and in these instances the front moulding on the cleaner was made without a hole for the lamp. This of course is in stark contrast to the 550 and 502S Electrolux, where it was always the intention to fit a whistle as standard. I would not be at all surprised if stocks of the whistle had long been exhausted before production has ended and that a plastic cap was instead moulded and fitted instead. There would have been considerably less assembly involved in fitting a cap as apposed to the whistle.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Just whistle while you work, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm, hm!
Haha.

 

[jmurray01]

You make very good point Benny, which is probably correct!

I have to say the lack of whistle would not be a great hardship, as I find it either whistles prematurely or too late - much like any other bag full indicator come to think of it!

Luckily there was an option to turn it off, by setting it to 0.

They did however - as with all bag full indicators - serve as a feature to alert the user of a blockage, which was what they became far more useful for.

 

[sebo_fan]

Wasn't the Electrolux the first model to have a clean air hard box system?