OK I'm a nerd and a geek but . . .

[mjhoshaw]

. . . I just scored an E'lux 475-watt XXX motor. I've owned several model XXXs as an adult. My parents had an early postwar XXX with flat skids, a saloon door, and a 475-watt motor. I wanted the sound and vibe of the original motor. In the past few days I won such a motor on eBay. I bid based on the fact that it has a rectangular capacitor,  so I was hoping for the best. What I received is indeed a 475-watt motor. It runs a musical half-step below the 535-watt motor in my XXX and LX, so I know I have the real thing. I will service this motor and install it in my XXX, which for some reason has a thin-stack, 535-watt motor (branch office replacement?) The bearings are quiet, so I'll flush and re-grease them, and then I'll install this motor in my XXX, of course saving the original (?) motor for its future owner.


 


This made my day. I've been wanting a 475-watt XXX "forever", and although the nameplate doesn't match, I'm fine with what I have.


 


Cheers,


 


Joel


 

 

[suckolux]

I love that purr, could sleep to it!

 

[hygiene903]

Lux XXX

Here's mine. It has the 475-watt motor, but also has the saloon style exhaust doors and flat runners. Think it was built in 1948, when they were using up the last of the 475's before they started building them with the 535's. Everything you see here came with it when I got it, except for the hose which I replaced (it wasn't original anyway), and the polisher, which I added later.
Jeff

 

[mjhoshaw]

And here's mine

Amazingly, the original hose is still airtight, albeit stiff. Someone did a great job polishing the attachments. I think this one saw little use, because the wands are really clean without all the scratches they normally accumulate over time.