Putting the Compact to work

[Deleted member 1090]

Lately ive been ,moving furniture and dusting ,cleaning ,crevicies ,couch ,floors , carpet rugs bedroom under bed .I even filled a bag on my lovely power house Compact C9 .She is sooo nice and fun to use!!The long cord and long hose and strong suction and air flow makes cleaning a breeze i was suprise by all the dirt it pick up and kept on going.

 

[completenutt]

Awesome!

Vacuuming fun!  Just had some today myself!

 

[Deleted member 1090]

trust me whit new motor filter cloth bag and enviro care paper liners and the new hose last year its a cleaning beast

 

[dartman]

I think mine may need a new power head motor soon as it always seems to bog down on my normal modern low pile carpet. Vacuum motor is new of course and works great but I lubed up the head motor and it spins pretty fast till it hits the carpet. I'll probably replace it sometime but other priorities and having plenty of excellent working vacuums it can wait.

 

[Deleted member 1090]

look on ebay under tristar vacuum you will see a power head motor il look a link for u soon

 

[dartman]

Yeah I looked them up and there are plenty for 30 or less shipped but I have other projects I'm working on now that have soaked up most of my toy and project money.
My car needs new tires, trying to get the upgraded European projector headlights I paid 180 for finally for my sisters 300m, stuff like that so the powerhead can wait for now but I'll get one soon. I did get the new belts for it and the quality paper bags. I was going to see if the motor out of the Royal 413 I have would work but doubt it, though I could kinda poke the metal wand and powerhead onto the wand of the Compact and it worked, they use the same ac cord plug.

 

[tolivac]

Before investing in a new PN motor--is your belt OK?Could have a bad belt.

 

[lesinutah]

Compactc9guy

Hey
I see paint still looks good. What kind of power is motor and how big is bags for it. With power nozzle I'm sure it picks up excellent. Nice vacuum glad to see you get to enjoy after fixing it up.
Les

 

[Deleted member 1090]

one of my favorite

Well Hello there !
THis Compact Interstate Electra model C9 vacuum has a 2 stage ameteck motor twin fan, and the bag is pretty big considering it size , its rather deep id say 5 inch of round by 6 inch deep it inflates in the machine .in a way packs the bag full to the brim yes.And it is one of my daily driven machine i love it ! The power head has a new motor and new brush roll and belt the new hose provide excellent suction i just love it !

 

[lesinutah]

Hey

With everything done and added to it I bet.
Vacuums like that have good power. You add power nozzle and restore it improves it even more.
A while down the road when I get extra money I might try to get a setup similar. It's sweet vacuum.
Les

 

[dartman]

Belt and powerhead motor for mine

Rex, I put a brand new belt in it right after I replaced the main motor. The thing sat in moms closet for 30 years and everything was dead or almost locked up after all that time and the main motor something was loose inside but it still tried to work.
It's possible the new belt is already toast with all the issues and it being a smooth belt but I lubed that motor up and it seemed to smooth out and runs pretty fast and smooth now but bogs down when it hits the carpet.
I do have one more new belt Starks sold us for it and the lady there seemed to know which belt it needed so figuring it is the right one.
Maybe I'll try the other one and see what happens as it has sucked up things that made it spin out and like that till I cleared em out.

 

[dartman]

New belt

Well I tried to use my C9 today and the brush was hardly spinning so I broke out the second new belt that was in the bag Starks sold us and now the brush spins like it should again so maybe I didn't have the brush roll freed up and lubed well enough or I ran over too much junk right away and toasted the new belt early.
Anyways guess it doesn't need a power head motor yet, just keep an eye on that belt and try not to run over stuff that locks up the brush.
Luckily even through Starks it was only like 6 bucks for two and they are fairly close by me.

 

[Deleted member 1090]

Thats great ! glad to hear your Compact C9 is doing well !!!

 

[dartman]

Thanks, didn't really want to have to replace another motor so soon so we'll see how it does now that everything is loosened up and working properly again. One thing I like is it's pretty quiet compared to my other two Royals and yes the bag is super easy to change or just dump out seeing how it's basically a round paper bucket.

 

[Deleted member 1090]

Thats one thing i love about my lovely Compact C9 vacuum cleaner ease of use in every attachment power head is quiet yet strong long cord long hose great performance and ease of replacing bag a true working beast.

 

[fantomfan57]

Glad you are enjoying your Compact...

I found ANOTHER Patriot a couple of weeks ago. Superb condition with "atomic" hepa exhaust filter and a brand new looking power hose.

After replacing one swivel wheel and finally finding the source of the low suction, it turned out to be a great Goodwill find. They prices it for $5.99. I seldom see incomplete canister vacuums for sale and trust me I searched for the wands and power nozzle.

A note, because the registers were having some problems, I made one more run through to be sure. That is when I found the huge exhaust filter.

This makes 2 Patriots. Love em.

 

[dartman]

Well you should post some pics, the early machines are similar but some of the features changed over the years like the way the exhaust port is setup.

 

[Deleted member 1090]

yes post picture of the find you had .I just finish cleaning the emblem and handel on my c9 pic soon