vacbear58
Well-known member
Plugs
Hoover were exceptional in that, for a great many years they supplied moulded on two pin plug on all their machines in the UK - these would be colour matched to the flex (cord), so that by the end there were two colours of blue and pink plugs. Normally these were 2 pin 5 amp although I know one collector has a two pin 15amp Hoover plug - these would be exceptionally rare - 15 amp plugs were usually grounded so as to accomodate metal bodied appliances with a high current draw like washing machines and room heaters. The 5amp plugs would also have been supplied with a baynot adaptor so they could be plugged into a light fitting.
It seems like these moulded plugs were deopped around 1962 with the introduction of the grey Senior (convertable) Junior & Constellation - I have never seen a grey moulded plug - i do know they were still being fitted in 1961. Not a surprise (and indeed I am surprised they were not dropped many years earlier) as by that time 5amp two plugs were no longer common - and 15amp (round pin) were fast on the way out. So, like every other appliance, they were supplied with no plug and the purchaser (or the shop selling if the customer would pay extra) would fit the plug themselves - often in a very poor (not to mention dangerous) manner
Al
Hoover were exceptional in that, for a great many years they supplied moulded on two pin plug on all their machines in the UK - these would be colour matched to the flex (cord), so that by the end there were two colours of blue and pink plugs. Normally these were 2 pin 5 amp although I know one collector has a two pin 15amp Hoover plug - these would be exceptionally rare - 15 amp plugs were usually grounded so as to accomodate metal bodied appliances with a high current draw like washing machines and room heaters. The 5amp plugs would also have been supplied with a baynot adaptor so they could be plugged into a light fitting.
It seems like these moulded plugs were deopped around 1962 with the introduction of the grey Senior (convertable) Junior & Constellation - I have never seen a grey moulded plug - i do know they were still being fitted in 1961. Not a surprise (and indeed I am surprised they were not dropped many years earlier) as by that time 5amp two plugs were no longer common - and 15amp (round pin) were fast on the way out. So, like every other appliance, they were supplied with no plug and the purchaser (or the shop selling if the customer would pay extra) would fit the plug themselves - often in a very poor (not to mention dangerous) manner
Al
