Kirby 500 series questions

[brycerivers]

Would you be able to use a Dual Santronic 50 rug renovator on a 560?
I think not because the Ds50 was the Kirby that Introduced the rug renovator.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

brycerivers

Bryce,

You are right... the speed switch provisions for the D50/80/Classic 1CR's Rug Renovator will not jibe with the speed switch for models 516/Sanitronic VII. While some may find it tempting to disable the speed switch on these machines so they run regardless of whether or not something is attached to the front of it (so as to allow these single-speed Kirbys to accommodate the Rug Renovator), I would not recommend doing so for the sake of your machine's value.

I recommend you try finding a D50 or D80 to go with your Rug Renovator.

~Ben

[this post was last edited: 9/30/2016-00:06]

 

[kirbyrama]

Another Alternative

is to construct the use of an object to activate the safety switch on the 560 model . Perhaps a rubber eraser for pencils held in place with electrical tape on the center of the bottom of the round opening in back of the nozzle should do the trick.