Fold Away with a Maytag Windtunnel motor?

[eureka1998]

Everytime I remember using a Fold Away it always had a more TTI sounding motor, even when they were made under Maytag. Ive however come across TWO different videos of Fold Aways that actually have the Maytag motor (and honestly I feel it fits better). My question is, were some Fold Aways actually sold with the Windtunnel motor, or was it some type of Vacuum Store fixup?

 

[centralsweeper63]

I don't know what my onw had, though it would have been a different 240v motor.

 

[panasonicvac]

I think the Fold Aways originally used the classic motor but this was also around the time when Maytag really struggled so I'm sure they had to cut cost and started using Ametek motors.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Good point. Mine was from the time when Maytag was going down.

 

[eureka1998]

I think the Fold Aways originally used the classic motor but this was also around the time when Maytag really struggled so I'm sure they had to cut cost and started using Ametek motors.

Honestly making it a windtunnel variant originally makes sense. All the bypass machines of the time by Hoover practically were (not to mention it practically looks ALMOST IDENTICAL to those Widepath bagless units). Maybe though, they were struggling early on as well because even the very first Fold Away I had had the Ametek sounding motor. The Aqua one. But, the Fold Away was one of the last main hurrahs of the Maytag line so it really wouldnt surprise me if the Maytag motor was the designated plan originally.

 

[cheesewonton]

Honestly making it a windtunnel variant originally makes sense. All the bypass machines of the time by Hoover practically were (not to mention it practically looks ALMOST IDENTICAL to those Widepath bagless units). Maybe though, they were struggling early on as well because even the very first Fold Away I had had the Ametek sounding motor. The Aqua one. But, the Fold Away was one of the last main hurrahs of the Maytag line so it really wouldnt surprise me if the Maytag motor was the designated plan originally.

You are I think confusing through flow with bypass. A bypass motor vents the suction air either out the sides of the fan housing ( peripheral bypass ) or out a big snail like exhaust port ( tangential bypass ). These motors have to have a separate cooling fan for the motor as suction air never enters the motor. A through flow motor blows the suction air through the motor to cool it.

 

[cheesewonton]

I think the Fold Aways originally used the classic motor but this was also around the time when Maytag really struggled so I'm sure they had to cut cost and started using Ametek motors.

I honestly do not think going with an Ametek motor is a cost saving or a reduction in durability. Ametek makes uniformly great motors. That original motor looks very much like several vacuum motors from China.

 

[centralsweeper63]

Bypass as in the dirt bypasses the fan I presume.

 

[cheesewonton]

Bypass as in the dirt bypasses the fan I presume.

That is not how they are called in the vacuum industry. Bypass motors bypass the suction air around the motor for wet applications. Through flow motors blow the suction air right through the motor to cool it and are normally only used in dry vacuums. That is why pre motor filtration is so important

 

[centralsweeper63]

I do understand that and agree with your terminology, though this is something that has stuck around from times of dirty and clean air uprights.