Some more info
Sometimes if the bag door latch on the vacuum is bent the door won’t latch properly..mildly tweaking it up or down may help.
Hoses: Aerus no longer makes the pigtail hoses for these and when they did the handle swiveled and the air control was the round twist knob and no power switch. Only The non electric hose had the sliding air control. A hose with a power switch in the handle (some swivel, some don’t) are all generics. The plastic is not lexan like Aerus Electrolux used and the hose handles will have a much shorter life. An electric hose with a sliding air control is generic. All of the genuine electric hoses made with the handles to make the direct electric connection to the power nozzle wand used the one same handle and it is still made today and it came out in 1974 with the Golden Jubilee. The current Lux Classic has the same handle. There were earlier electric hose handles, a blue direct connect one but it wasn’t as durable and quickly discontinued then changed to a curved metal handle with the power outlet on the collar where the handle met the hose and the blue power nozzle sheath was used with this setup which had a longer cord in it that you had to manually plug into the little outlet on the hose collar.
You could use a genuine upright hose exactly like the one pictured but will need to shave down the rubber on the outlet to fit in the plug and also buy and adapter cuff to go between the rubber fitting and the metal fitting and glue it together to both parts using adhesive caulk. Other glues won’t work I tried. The adapter cuff is needed as the rubber end from the upright hose will not fit into the metal machine end, it too big. When down properly, you won’t even see the adapter, it will fit inside both ends. I’ll have to see which one I have that fits and take a picture for you. Beware the ere are two upright electric hoses one has a harder plastic machine end with a silver band, you don’t want that one for this application.
Another alternative is to use a non electric vinyl hose and get the external wire wrap to make it a power hose. Also you can buy a generic pigtail hose but they are terribly pricey. You can watch ebay for a genuine pigtail vinyl hose but they are so rare and hardly ever come up that some people have bought whole machines that have the hose just to get the freaking pigtail hose!
One major advantage of not having the cordwinder is the vacuum is much lighter and easier to use, adding the cordwinder makes it much heavier for sure. I’ve used both types. The cordwinders can fail so keep the original cord and halo just in case as it’s easy to switch back and the plain cords are expensive to buy.
The clip at the back of the handle is to hold the cord end when wrapped or you can also use it if you just need a few feet of cord and don’t want it to come all undone for a quick job…just unwrap what you need and clip onto the cord clip at that point. It doesn’t hold the crevice tool very well. Better to put the crevice tool under the handle or in the bristle end of the duster brush if you need it toting along with you.
Handles do come up on ebay periodically…and usually are in white but it was also made in the blue for the white model L. Also you can make a handle out of an old leather belt! Just make sure it’s long enough to arc upward and you’ll need some decent strong snips to cut it and contour it to fit under the hold downs and use a drill to make the screw holes in it! I’ve done it! Can hold you over safely for little cost until you find a replacement.
The bag door only has the lockout to prevent it from being closed without a bag. This way if there is no bag, one will be alerted and see it as the door is stuck “unlatchable” in the open position. The machine will run without a bag. It’s the lower end model so doesn’t have the more advanced bag lockout off switch of the higher end models like the 1205, Olympia, etc. Also on those models the bag lockout is integrated with the features of the automatic control system which is not on of the L. It does not have the automatic control system whatsoever. That’s what made the more advanced models more “deluxe”.
In the meantime you may wish to join Facebook group “Electrolux vacuum group USA” as there are a lot of enthusiasts specifically for Electrolux and you’ll gain tons of info by reviewing previous posts.
Jon
