Electrolux 500 series

[jmurray01]

Wasn't that the Hoover Convertible?

 

[sebo_fan]

In the UK I meant.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Blockage

That is not correct with the whistle indicators. They did not indicate blockages and indeed if the whistle was going off I am sure that restricting the airflow in the hose altogether would silence the whistle. It is very late in the evening and I cannot recall how they worked, but I will scratch my brains tomorrow. I think it is to do with the fact that the whistle relied on a through-flow of air, where as piston or illuminated indicators require only pressure to hold back the valves.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Sebo_fan

I think the Hoover convertable came out in the late 60's...Long before the lux 500 series.
If I am correct here, at least that is something Hoover didn't copy another brand on...

 

[jmurray01]

"In the UK I meant." So did I?

Yes Benny I think you may be right there, but then again part of me also thought the whistles acted as a make-shift suction release valve too? Hopefully you can clear it up tomorrow.

Goodnight and take care.

~Jamie.

 

[vintagerepairer]

The Convertible was the first clean fan cleaner in the UK, dating back to about 1967. The Electrolux 500 was the first UK built cleaner to have a clean fan system, followed shortly by the Hotpoint Swallow. Like Hoover, Hotpoint gave up on the idea and reverted to a dirty fan system, although in this instance they didn't build their own cleaners, they bought them off Bosch. I will always be at a loss as to why clean fan cleaning did not lead the way until it did so in the 1990's.

 

[sebo_fan]

Did the Convertible have an additional filter system other than the bag? The Z500 of course had the filter at the bottom. Possibly the manufacture at that time of vacuum cleaner filters was harder than it is now/1990 where the manufacture of filters were more commonplace.

Looking back at my own Z500, the genuine original bags had the open style clip closure at the bottom - so at that time, with open bags being the norm as well as Hoover themselves, with sealed bags finally coming onto the market - it is easy to see how slow things really were in order to improve dust capture.

 

[vintagerepairer]

The convertible had a hard filter in the base but it was more to stop solid debris from a broken dust bag getting into the motor, rather than to filter the air. Electrolux was the first to offer filtered air, in fact it was the first and probably last to do so on a dirty-fan machine (152/160/170). The hard filter in the 500 cleaner was never mentioned in the instruction book, nor was the soft filter in the 330 and 345 cylinder. Again, I believe this was an attempt to give the cleaner a ;limited lifespan, by gradually reducing suction power as time progressed.

 

[sebo_fan]

And yet, the filters were available to buy in the 1980s to the 1990s for the Z500? I had two original packs, one in orange branded packs and another Electrolux pack in white. Orange pack was dated 1978

 

[vintagerepairer]

The filters for both 500 series and 330/345 were always readily available to buy. It is a question of knowing they were there in the first place. As no mention was made in the instructions, few owners would know the reason why their cleaners were losing suction as time progressed.

 

[sebo_fan]

And yet, the additional info about triple filtration is mentioned in that first photo scan on here showing a brochure for the Z500. (reply 14).

 

[turbo500]

I think the Hoover convertable came out in the late 60's

the convertible came out 1967. The Lux 500 came out in 71. Not that much of a gap.

Personally, I've always found the Lux 500's to be a considerable improvement on the Juniors and Turbopowers, but that's just me.

 

[sebo_fan]

Speaking as a fan of the Junior and Senior models, I used to wonder why buyers bought the Electrolux Z500s until I owned one. I found it remarkably light to push, very easy to use, far more compact and "nimble," ironic given Electrolux's far later decision to market such an upright vacuum using that name - and compared to Hoover's models, the plastic on the Electrolux seemed to withstand scrapes and cuts far better, but then that may be down to my usage, later in life.

Even when I got to try the electronic one with the suction control dial, I found it a very effective vacuum cleaner and far quieter than any of Hoover's models. The electronic models also had a far better way of filling the bag compared to the lowly model I originally had (special/catalogue exclusive base Z517 I think.) What I didn't like was the screw fit filter at the bottom of the bin underneath the bag on that model.

 

[collector2]

Since we are back on this thread I might as well update the information about the coloured accessory kits for the 500 series. Through some digging (and a lot of help - thanks Al, James) we have found that the early kit for the Dometic 505 (Electrolux 504) had the mustard handgrip and dusting brush but the rug/floor nozzle and crevice tool were white as pictured below. As well the early kit for the 502 had the same arrangement with the dusting brush being a greeish grey like the machine.

 

[murdock]

gobblin 666

i have one to sell .... anyone interested

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi,

<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Hi, I'm sure their are collectors who would be interested in your Goblin. I've always thought about getting one if one came up in decent condition. You might be best listing it on ebay with pictures so we can see what we are looking at and how original it is etc.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James

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[gsheen]

So I found this thread while doing some research and thought I would share some South African 500 series machines. we did get the first 500 in grey but I have yet to find one, here are some brochures from Electrocol, the agents for Electrolux before it became Electrolux owned again in 1996

 

[gsheen]

The 502 in green, we also got this in brown which I had many years ago

 

[gsheen]

506. I loved this machine when was a kid, They were hugely popular here and basically dethroned Hoover as the NO1 upright vacuum in our market

 

[gsheen]

My moms friend had one of these, It stood at the top of a huge staircase on the landing, She was awesome and always let me vacuum when we went to visit
This is also one of the odd all machines while all he otherswere manufactured right here in Cape Town, This model was imported