Plastic vs Metal bodied Electrolux?

[pr-21]

Pretty normal

Mark, I don't have pets, but the dirt in an electrolux bag tends to collect at the collar of the bag before filling up the bottom. I have a Metal Body and Plastic Body that do the same thing. I change bags like you do.....


Bud Mattingly
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[frank1002us]

why dry rice

i do not have pets but i do not think pet hair will stop the airflow of the vacuum. this is caused when there are some fine powder[deodorizer powders] clogs the bag.
use deodorizers that are chip formatted rather than powder. electrolux vacuums have cyclonic air movements inside the bag. dry rice will hit the inner layers of the bag and shake the powders off.

 

[mark40511]

This house I moved into brand new in 2004. There has never been any powder put on my carpet. I hate that stuff.

Am I correct that when putting a new Type C bag in, that you put it in the tank, then close the door, or are you supposed to pull the cardboard tab out of the way, then put the bag in & shut the door? It seems that that cardboard tab is right in the path of the intake if you don't.

I didn't mean to change the subject on this thread. Sorry

 

[frank1002us]

just put the bag in and close the door. Try the rice it would help for sure.it even helps with plaster

 

[kirbylux77]

Mark, the cardboard tab is meant to be in the way when installing an Electrolux bag....the tab gets pushed into the vinyl seal, & closes the hole when taking the bag out.

As for your problem with the bags & losing power, I was told one time by the Electrolux dealer to try picking up rice. I found it was no help at all in restoring power to the cleaner. My particular cleaning situation is that I pick up mostly sand & fine dust, as I don't have pets & my carpets don't let off much carpet fibers. Here is what I have found works best....take your bag out, take it outside, & hold it by the top collar & give the bag a good vigorous shake. Then put the bag back inside the cleaner. You will find that doing this will loosen the dust from the walls of the bag & restore power. Don't be surprised when you do this if there is a small poof of dust & some dust settles on the cardboard bag top that you need to wipe away.

Let us know whether this helps or not....Rob

 

[williamr1248]

Plastic vs metal bodied Electrolux


I was thinking about this thread and I DO AGREE with the idea of adding rice to the Electrolux paper bags,but can you imagine what a non-vac person would think if they were reading this thread.
First you pay a premium price for a high end machiine,then you pay extra for paper bags to use in the machine,then you go to the grocery and buy a food staple to bring home and put in a sweeper bag to help the machine do what is was designed to do in the first place.
Sort of like buying ANY make of premium machine and then the maker forcing you to buy not only expensive hepa bags but expensive pre-motor,hepa after filters for the life of the machine.
Good idea for the vacuum maker but not such a good idea for the consumer.
I remember that the Electrolux salesman was trying to sell me packages of sents to accomplish NOTHING but cover the odor from the bags.

 

[floor-a-matic]

I have the following Lux models:
XXX
G
L
1205
Golden Jubilee
Diplomat
Epic 6500SR

I hope to get my Epic 6500SR repaired soon so I can use it instead of the older machines.

I haven't serviced a plastic bodied Electrolux; but my Epic 6500SR has a short & tripped the house circuit breaker. The Aerus/Lux dealer charges a whopping $300.00 just to repair that problem; does anyone here charge less? Or does anyone have wiring diagram for the Epic 6500? I probably will need a new motor.

I think the Epic 6500SR is the best Aerus/Electrolux canister ever; the larger diameter plastic wands are OK for me. At least I can connect the SideKick II onto the wand(s) or hose handle.[this post was last edited: 6/26/2013-06:48]

 

[floor-a-matic]

Electrolux style C HEPA bags

Has anyone tried Endust brand HEPA bags? I was supposed to receive Perfect style C HEPA bags, but ended up with Endust brand instead. Although the Endust version works (function-wise) it seems like it's too large & mis-shaped (compatibility-wise) Should I use the Perfect version instead?

If the cord won't fully rewind, all U have to do is stand up the canister on its end.

If there is dust around the opening, the first thing I do is stand up the unit on its rear end, open the bag door, turn the switch on & press the bag door switch (on automatic models only) Then close the door & vacuum.[this post was last edited: 6/26/2013-06:52]

 

[kirbylux77]

Erik

I have used the Perfect HEPA bags, JohnnyVac HEPA bags & the Endust HEPA bags you received, & had no problem with any of them. All of them did their job of filtering the air, & did not break. I did notice the Endust bag material did look a bit thinner than the other brand bags, but it still did it's job though. As for the shape of the Endust bag, it expands to normal Electrolux bag dimensions once inside the machine & air flows thru it.

If you don't mind me asking, where did you order these bags from?? Since you say you got Endust bags instead of Perfect bags, I would like to know so I can avoid this seller.

Rob

 

[floor-a-matic]

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I FINALLY got my Epic 6500SR working; it works great!</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Now that I am using HEPA bags for the Electrolux vacs, I'll NEVER use the 4-ply bags I've been using in the past.</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The only thing I'm hoping for is HEPA bags for Compact/TriStar vacuums; unless they are available for Compact/TriStar?</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Crucial Vacuum sent me the Endust HEPA bags for Electrolux style C; they ran out of Perfect C101 bags.</span>

 

[kirbylux77]

Erik, thanks for letting me know about Crucial Vacuum. They look good, but I was always a bit leery of them....and now I know why!

Keep an eye out for my posts in the future....I am planning on restoring my TriStar CXL, & I intend to find some way of getting HEPA bags for it when I do

Rob