Electrolux 502S Hose Question

[jmurray01]

Well that is good news mostly, except for the chassis problems!

The fact you only had one burned out motor leads me to believe the motors were of good quality, or else there would have been more with motor problems.

I've still to give the Philips a good clean, so when I do I'll inspect the chassis and see if there are any weak points, and if so, think about repairing them, but I hope everything is ship shape.

Heck, even if there is some chassis wear, I only paid £5 for it, so I shouldn't complain eh!?

 

[vintagerepairer]

At one time, the motors in many uprights were unlikely to burn out, and it was always the same ones when they did, like the Hoover Turbomaster and Electrolux airstream. It was all due them having wattages which were too high for the motor itself and the airflow. Also I saw many Hoover Junior cleaners burnt out, the type with the flat belt. I always said that was because the belt was too tight. Because UK homes are small and uprights clean quickly, it was rare to get motor burn out. Modern cleaners are different again. All these bagless cleaners clog and that is what ruins the motor.

 

[jmurray01]

An old slogan comes to mind here - Just run the Hoover over.

That is what people do these days, give the carpets a quick going over and bish bash bosch you're done.

What they don't know is that that isn't getting the carpets 100% clean, in order to do that, you have to spend some time taking the cleaner back and forth a few times over each section of the carpet.

I know my cleaners have good motors, because I'm very thorough when I vacuum, and take quite a while, so if any of my cleaners had bad motors, I'd know about it! Luckily all of mine seem to be good because I haven't heard a peep out of any of them yet.

Yes I know a thorough clean daily may be considered a bit overkill, but the way I see it, even if you can't see any dirt on the carpet, there will always be some dust for the Vacuum Cleaner to pick up! So that alone makes it worth while doing in my opinion.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Hello again. I think anyone would have to go a long way for 100% dirt removal from carpets. It is all about the idea of being clean which seems to appeal, not actually being clean. When Vax cleaners went on sale they were bought because people liked the idea of wet cleaning their carpets, but not that many people ever did use them wet for any great length of time. Hoover seemed keen to talk about dirt removal in their advertising but they were in the minority. Most others like to talk about what their cleaners did and how easy they were to use. There was a general assumption, an unspoken rule if you want, that when you buy a vacuum cleaner then it should peform well, at least as well as any other on sale. Therefore it was a case of which one had the features you needed.

 

[jmurray01]

Whoops, I didn't know I'd said that...

It was early, and I hadn't drunk enough coffee!

You know what I meant though.