I have a question to be answered about the Kirby Dual Sanitronic 50 hose? I would like to think that for the first year of production (1965) the D50's hose had the same part # as for the Sanitronic VII version of the hose (#223663S), and did not yet have the suction blower coupling, or SBC, attached to it.
The plastic SBC (the Sanitronic 562 and older models used a metal SBC, part #2100 for models 505-515 and #210056 for models 516-562), which previously came out for the prior Sanitronic VII, meanwhile, was given a slightly longer right attaching tab, so as to depress the safety switch speed selector arm down enough to accommodate the high speed that was then a new feature for the D50. The part for the SBC, when ordered separately, is #211065S.
In 1966, the 2nd year of the D50, Kirby made a revised version of its hose with the SBC already attached to it (part #223666S).
If any of you have any pictures for comparison of the following configurations, please reply. What I'd like to see:
1 - Kirby Sanitronic VII/D50 hose (part #223663S), without SBC.
2 - Kirby D50 hose (part #223663S), with SBC (part #211065S) attached to it. This still had the old-style coupling on the suction end of the main hose.
3 - newer Kirby D50 hose (part #223666S), with SBC (#211065S) already attached to it. Note also the lack of the old-style couplings on the suction end of the main hose.
Thank you,
Ben Edge (KirbyClassicIII)
The plastic SBC (the Sanitronic 562 and older models used a metal SBC, part #2100 for models 505-515 and #210056 for models 516-562), which previously came out for the prior Sanitronic VII, meanwhile, was given a slightly longer right attaching tab, so as to depress the safety switch speed selector arm down enough to accommodate the high speed that was then a new feature for the D50. The part for the SBC, when ordered separately, is #211065S.
In 1966, the 2nd year of the D50, Kirby made a revised version of its hose with the SBC already attached to it (part #223666S).
If any of you have any pictures for comparison of the following configurations, please reply. What I'd like to see:
1 - Kirby Sanitronic VII/D50 hose (part #223663S), without SBC.
2 - Kirby D50 hose (part #223663S), with SBC (part #211065S) attached to it. This still had the old-style coupling on the suction end of the main hose.
3 - newer Kirby D50 hose (part #223666S), with SBC (#211065S) already attached to it. Note also the lack of the old-style couplings on the suction end of the main hose.
Thank you,
Ben Edge (KirbyClassicIII)
