turbopowerpaul
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Information on the Turbopower 1000/2/3 please!
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turbopowerpaul
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There you go - the 1992/1993 Range of Turbopower 2 and 1000 models:
U2462 800w 'Venus Blue'
U2464 800w 'Dijon Grey' with Autosense
U2466 800w 'Venus Blue & Ocean Blue Metallic' with Autosense & Permabag
U2812 1000w 'Blueberry Metallic' with Autosense
U2814 1000w 'Lagoon Green Metallic' with Autosense & Permabag
then the Turbopower 3's came along!
U2462 800w 'Venus Blue'
U2464 800w 'Dijon Grey' with Autosense
U2466 800w 'Venus Blue & Ocean Blue Metallic' with Autosense & Permabag
U2812 1000w 'Blueberry Metallic' with Autosense
U2814 1000w 'Lagoon Green Metallic' with Autosense & Permabag
then the Turbopower 3's came along!
Thank you VERY much Paul! You've been most helpful! 
It is obvious you keep your Vacuum Cleaners in excellent condition - Which I find most admirable!
I never knew the exact colour of my U2812, but I now know it is Blueberry Metallic!
Thanks again.
It is obvious you keep your Vacuum Cleaners in excellent condition - Which I find most admirable!
I never knew the exact colour of my U2812, but I now know it is Blueberry Metallic!
Thanks again.
turbopowerpaul
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1994
and the Turbopower 3 Range was introduced, replacing both the initial Turbopower 2 range & the Turbopower 1000's.
Turbopower 3 was the core range, with your basic machine being in the form of model U2876 Turbopower 3...
and the Turbopower 3 Range was introduced, replacing both the initial Turbopower 2 range & the Turbopower 1000's.
Turbopower 3 was the core range, with your basic machine being in the form of model U2876 Turbopower 3...
turbopowerpaul
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Front door sticker ...
turbopowerpaul
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and ratings sticker - a late one this, being March 1996...
turbopowerpaul
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Mid Range...
Model U2878 Turbopower 3 with Autosense ...
Model U2878 Turbopower 3 with Autosense ...
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Lagoon Metallic Green ....
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Ratings sticker - December 1994 ...
turbopowerpaul
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Top of the Range!
U2880 Turbopower 3 with Autosense and Permabag ....
U2880 Turbopower 3 with Autosense and Permabag ....
turbopowerpaul
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with the restyled hose, as on all Turbo3's ...
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and the ratings sticker - dated December 1994...
turbopowerpaul
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Turbopower 3's:
U2876 1000w 'Deep Chambertin Red'
U2878 1000w 'Lagoon Metallic Green' with Autosense
U2880 1000w 'Lagoon Metallic Green' (AGAIN!) with Autosense and Permabag
From these simple ranges, things get a bit more complicated!
But thats for another time.
Really interested to hear other peoples experiences and histories of these machines.
Hope the pictures have put the core ranges into perspective Jamie - a smart range and one that I quite like myself.
Glad to be able help with the pictures.
Paul & Rob (turbomaster1984)
U2876 1000w 'Deep Chambertin Red'
U2878 1000w 'Lagoon Metallic Green' with Autosense
U2880 1000w 'Lagoon Metallic Green' (AGAIN!) with Autosense and Permabag
From these simple ranges, things get a bit more complicated!
But thats for another time.
Really interested to hear other peoples experiences and histories of these machines.
Hope the pictures have put the core ranges into perspective Jamie - a smart range and one that I quite like myself.
Glad to be able help with the pictures.
Paul & Rob (turbomaster1984)
turbopowerpaul
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Hi Jamie.
When using the hose, slip the free end of the rubber yellow thingy, which is attached to the hose, over the yellow hook attached to the lower body of the machine.
Its to stop you tipping the machine over, through tugging on the hose too much. By attaching the rubber bit over the hook, you move the tugging force closer to the ground, soooooo when you tug on the hose you merely pull the machine around with you, rather than pulling the machine over on its side.
Something like that anyway. Hope it makes sense.
Paul
When using the hose, slip the free end of the rubber yellow thingy, which is attached to the hose, over the yellow hook attached to the lower body of the machine.
Its to stop you tipping the machine over, through tugging on the hose too much. By attaching the rubber bit over the hook, you move the tugging force closer to the ground, soooooo when you tug on the hose you merely pull the machine around with you, rather than pulling the machine over on its side.
Something like that anyway. Hope it makes sense.
Paul
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turbopowerpaul
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Here is a video of Rob showing off the Autosense function on the U2880. Apologies for my poor filming - its a bit sideways....
turbopowerpaul
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Hi Benny (vintagerepairer).
The information and memories of machines you have worked on is truly fascinating stuff.
The experiences and info you have provided in threads has really made them interesting reads.
You mentioned the piston bag indicators on the 1992 series Turbopowers. I knew I had a brochure with them in and below is a picture of the U2466 with such an arrangement.
The piston indicator appears to have been fitted to all 3x Turbpower 2 models, but not to the 1000's. It seems it didnt prove satisfactory and was shortlived and
I have never seen a Turbopower in the flesh with a piston indicator, so maybe it was replaced very early on in production.
Paul
The information and memories of machines you have worked on is truly fascinating stuff.
The experiences and info you have provided in threads has really made them interesting reads.
You mentioned the piston bag indicators on the 1992 series Turbopowers. I knew I had a brochure with them in and below is a picture of the U2466 with such an arrangement.
The piston indicator appears to have been fitted to all 3x Turbpower 2 models, but not to the 1000's. It seems it didnt prove satisfactory and was shortlived and
I have never seen a Turbopower in the flesh with a piston indicator, so maybe it was replaced very early on in production.
Paul
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Hi there. I was about to re-make my original comment that the Turbopower 1000 went on sale in 1992 and not 1994 as someone suggested, but I see that in one of those excellent pictures in this thread that there is a 1993 model pictured. I have a personal memory for the date, because I'd been running my shop for a good few years by then, and my late wife worked in the electrical buying office for Great Universal Stores. The Autumn & Winter catalouges featured three very new cleaners, one being the Hoover Turbopower 2, the other being the Turbopower 1000, and the other being the Dyson DC01, which I have to admit to finding highly hysterical to look at. I really thought it was going to be one of many types of things that one would only ever see in a catalouge and would not be around for long. Well it just goes to show. The Dyson was not avaliable until the spring of 1993 but I do believe orders came in to GUS.
My wife also had a Turbopower 3. She bought it from new in the new year of 1997 as the House of Fraser group were doing them on some sort of end of line deal. That woman was House of Fraser barmy. It was model 2881, which was a very late production model and was the exact same cleaner as the 2880 but in this case the boost setting had to be activated every time the cleaner was switched on, unlike the 2880 where the boost button was locked in place for the duration. This drove my wife insane as she did not ever use or want to use the cleaner in autosense mode. If she had paid full price and chosen the cleaner, it would have seemed stupid not to want the autosense, though I expect a good many people paid for the feature and never used it. In any case, she put up with having to reboost the cleaner each time until I eventually happened upon a scrap cleaner which had the old style switch and fitted that panel to her cleaner. She ended up keeping it for quite a long time.
The strange thing was that in the years which passed, I had a 2880 in for repair which had the 2881 style switch panel. I didn't think to check the date. Whether this machine had recieved a replacement panel at some point, I have no idea.
My wife also had a Turbopower 3. She bought it from new in the new year of 1997 as the House of Fraser group were doing them on some sort of end of line deal. That woman was House of Fraser barmy. It was model 2881, which was a very late production model and was the exact same cleaner as the 2880 but in this case the boost setting had to be activated every time the cleaner was switched on, unlike the 2880 where the boost button was locked in place for the duration. This drove my wife insane as she did not ever use or want to use the cleaner in autosense mode. If she had paid full price and chosen the cleaner, it would have seemed stupid not to want the autosense, though I expect a good many people paid for the feature and never used it. In any case, she put up with having to reboost the cleaner each time until I eventually happened upon a scrap cleaner which had the old style switch and fitted that panel to her cleaner. She ended up keeping it for quite a long time.
The strange thing was that in the years which passed, I had a 2880 in for repair which had the 2881 style switch panel. I didn't think to check the date. Whether this machine had recieved a replacement panel at some point, I have no idea.
