electrolux ap 280 // health

[thevacomaticiec]

Hi alll sorry for not posting pictures videos or any vacuum content sinc October my health has taken a down spiral ...... Kidney stone twice once in November on the 25 and 26 .Then agai n and worse pain i ever felt in December 29 now more pain on January 2 to 3 2026 .

No worries all test came back ok i am taking i t easy and on medication lots of fluids i will post picture of my recent asquisitiona kenmore a pro team shop vac and a totaly mint free electrolux ap 280 brown 2 speed all tools . Keep me in your prayers as i keep taking my medication and fluis to help my right Kidney . THANKS

 

[thevacomaticiec]

Pro team shop vac and Kenmore bought for 35$ both were dirty but works good
The Electrolux ap 280 free for Christmas from a friend. Works good love it .

 

[centralsweeper63]

Nice! Have you got the other accessories for your AP280?

 

[thevacomaticiec]

i got a small upolstery nozzle crevice tool and combo dusting brush yes and side kick

 

[centralsweeper63]

Nice!

 

[thevacomaticiec]

Nice!

ya works good jsut only thing is pull the hose to hard towards you it stops running i think a contact in bag door is bad

 

[centralsweeper63]

Good luck fixing it.

 

[kirbyman65]

wow! Love the pro team shop vac! never seen anything like it! Sorry to hear about your kidney stones.

 

[centralsweeper63]

That Proteam is really just a Ridgid 4 gallon.

 

[cheesewonton]

Pro team shop vac and Kenmore bought for 35$ both were dirty but works good
The Electrolux ap 280 free for Christmas from a friend. Works good love it .

That little teal Kenmore Premier is one of my favorite Kenmore vacuums. I will tell you what really wakes them up is the Ametek motor used in Pro Team Supercoach backpack vacs. It is Ametek 119347-01. It is a direct drop in replacement for the single stage Ametek in there now but has a tapered fan and BIG airflow. Run it with a genuine Kenmore Type Q synthetic dust bag and cut some synthetic filter media you can buy at the hardware store for window air conditioners to squeeze in behind the pre-motor filter screen. You can take that hose ends apart and replace the old hose casing with the 8 footer for the Kenmore 21814 Elite 800 Series. Just use the white and blue wires, ignore the yellow third wire cuz you don't need it for this vacuum. Then you can run any of several power nozzles with it. Great hard working and dirt simple vacuum that posts surprisingly big numbers on my anemometer. We use one often.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

That little teal Kenmore Premier is one of my favorite Kenmore vacuums. I will tell you what really wakes them up is the Ametek motor used in Pro Team Supercoach backpack vacs. It is Ametek 119347-01. It is a direct drop in replacement for the single stage Ametek in there now but has a tapered fan and BIG airflow. Run it with a genuine Kenmore Type Q synthetic dust bag and cut some synthetic filter media you can buy at the hardware store for window air conditioners to squeeze in behind the pre-motor filter screen. You can take that hose ends apart and replace the old hose casing with the 8 footer for the Kenmore 21814 Elite 800 Series. Just use the white and blue wires, ignore the yellow third wire cuz you don't need it for this vacuum. Then you can run any of several power nozzles with it. Great hard working and dirt simple vacuum that posts surprisingly big numbers on my anemometer. We use one often.

I did a similar conversion with a 8 foot hose on a blue kenmopre premier with original motor work great had a pn man she had suction and good reach i might do it again on this one

 

[cheesewonton]

I did a similar conversion with a 8 foot hose on a blue kenmopre premier with original motor work great had a pn man she had suction and good reach i might do it again on this one

It's such a basic and humble vacuum but they work so well. Hard to believe sometimes but it's the direct descendant of those very first swivel hose Kennys from 1984 but kicked downmarket with the arrival of the Whispertone and the Progressive. I think Panasonic built these into the early 2000s.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Basic is best!

 

[thevacomaticiec]

shes tough had her rear wheel replace with casters but her motor and hose work just fine not much bearing noise inside was whistle clean for the age i like it . Id love to find a whispertone 5.5 with variable speed o n the handle and 8 foot hose with the hayden panasonic power head in black .

 

[centralsweeper63]

Good luck and happy hunting!

 

[cheesewonton]

shes tough had her rear wheel replace with casters but her motor and hose work just fine not much bearing noise inside was whistle clean for the age i like it . Id love to find a whispertone 5.5 with variable speed o n the handle and 8 foot hose with the hayden panasonic power head in black .

Whispertones went from the first version with a 4.5 peak hp rating to 5.4 before switching to the 12 amp nomenclature for the two stage motor versions and 11 amps for the later down market versions with single stage motors ( I jokingly call them Whimpertones ). There was never a 5.5 anything from Kenmore. I have a black 5.4 Whispertone with the EVPC ( Electronic Variable Power Control ) and an 8 foot hose. Fantastic vacuum.

Tip, the old noisy geared belt Powermate those came with can be upgraded to silent poly v-belt drive using the motor, belt and brush roll from the Titan T7 power nozzle ( sold as the T7 for central vacuum use and also sold with the Titan T9200 canister vacuum ). I have done a couple of these conversions. The parts drop right in because the T7 is basically the modern version of the old Whirlpool design retaining all the same internal dimensions, mounting points and tabs, etc. Drop in silence. And obtw, because they are long out of production the geared belt brush rolls and motors have become very expensive while the parts I just put into my old Powermate are inexpensive and abundant. It also does a better job on pet hair with the new chevron brush roll than the soft brush strips and beater bar of the original geared belt brush roll.

Food for thought.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Won't the poly-v belt stretch?

 

[thevacomaticiec]

Won't the poly-v belt stretch?

i was just about to ask that

 

[thevacomaticiec]

Would some of yall like for me to open a 280 200 ap series a dn fix it on pictures i have done sevral Canadian and US Plastic body with the slide bumper on the side its second nature for me to open and put back together ie ap series 200 , 280 , lux ambasador 3 or 2 , lux 2100 lux 6500 sr with cloth hose and aerus style big hose ask me question ive done those often . Same goes for Compact electra Tristar can do those my eyes closed lol .
Also a few bissel upright and lux upright with the discovery line up .

 

[centralsweeper63]

Do you have any info on the Pinnock Premier?

 

[thevacomaticiec]

Do you have any info on the Pinnock Premier?

Ah a conaisseur here interesting yes i do sir . Its the 240 220 vold Australian version re badge in Japan it is called the Air storm or air stream ive discovered they are built there 110 volts and cxl body same tools pn and body look new on google image . But yes the Pinock is Australian version if memory serve me right .

 

[thevacomaticiec]

The IEC Compact electra and tristar cx l are the original PIGS vac. Then Patriot came along with Vortech force italian brother and Miricale mate added a Lindhaus power head and cord reel . Then came alor the air storm in Japan and the hayleys comet All of them mentioned have a pre dome filter cloth bag paper liner but where did it come fro myou ask ? Compact Tristar IEC inc they were the original ones , patriot is plastic no cord reel but curved wands and sebo or lindhaus eureka power held , vortech force is italian with a close top bag like Miricale mate and Hayleys comet . Then air storm is a copy of the original CXL IEC Tristar vacuum but sold in japan and aisa .Then came the Aerus desing MG1 2 a101 exl With a Aerus desing hose tools and power head but the lux had a plastic cover while tristar aerus had a metal cover same inteernals and share the hose handles and wands with aerus but smaller m otor than the cxl tristar .

 

[centralsweeper63]

Thank you. I am trying to find one in NZ. Do you have any tips for repair for when I find my one.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

Take pictures for me when yo u find one new motor filter cloth bag and america great fleeces bags not envirocare paper they will rip on ya .... Been there twice . then a good long hose and you hsould be fine they pretty much bullet proof machien built on the iec tristar compact platform .

 

[centralsweeper63]

Thank you!

 

[thevacomaticiec]

Anytime love helping others , irebuilt my Compact electra C8 and C9 to factory specs got the golden tools set for both and my cxl 50 anniversary edition free to me years a go . I should makea tread with a n update on my tristar compact .

 

[cheesewonton]

Not in my experience so far. They last as long as cogged belts. A poly v-belt is basically a miniature version of the serpentine belt in your car. Same construction, just scaled down. They doen't work by stretching. The grooves provide the grip that spins the brush roll.

Won't the poly-v belt stretcj?

 

[cheesewonton]

Anytime love helping others , irebuilt my Compact electra C8 and C9 to factory specs got the golden tools set for both and my cxl 50 anniversary edition free to me years a go . I should makea tread with a n update on my tristar compact .

C9? Haven't seen one of those before. I thought the model sequence went from C8 to the C80 and then the CXL and DXL. Interesting. Would love to see both.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Ok, worth a try I suppose.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

C9? Haven't seen one of those before. I thought the model sequence went from C8 to the C80 and then the CXL and DXL. Interesting. Would love to see both.

I have the c8 c9 cxl but the sequances goes C1 C2 C4 NO 3 the ydid do a few c4 regular lid and flat lid and curve lid diffrent color . C5 single front caster then dual caster , C6 c6 with pn plug c7 c8 green no pn plug orange yellow with pn plug with non electric hose with cord sytrap to it same size motor , C9 big dog motor here yellow orange color and blue not made for long i nblue and turquoise c9 usa blue iec canada c80 c80-2 dark turquoise usa blue turquoise canada c80 -2 cxl two speed red cxl single speed red 2 speed red with interstate pn previous version had a eureka pn like c8 c9 c80 then cxl cxl 50 anniversary ,dxl ex 20 a101 aerus , exl mg 1 mg2 end in usa canada too bye bye tristar for ever ,......... ebay only used to rebuild . Japan kept the cxl going calling it the air storm cxl red then silver then poof nothing .