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Dave I think so. But Jack if it goes missing I didnt steel it. That has to be one of the coolest vacuums I have EVER seen.
 
deal??

wana sell???? that is a nice dyson.

My aunt had one for a while. But she never liked a canister, so she bought a DC17 animal
 
I like the hockey puck-like plug! It's cute! Correct me if I'm wrong (and I'm pretty sure I am)--wasn't there a time up until 10-20 years ago or so when any appliance you bought came without one and had to be installed by an electrician (or home repair handyman) so as to comply with local code? My Australian mother was the one who mentioned this to me, in fact, she grew up the latter part of her teens/twenties in Grantham, Lancashire. Point being, she does not have the eye for detail with electrics that I do :)

Nice machine! It's unique and cool.
 
Pete - not bad for 12 years old, is it?! It seems it has been used, but only very lightly, and it's been well cared for - not a single crack in the fragile-as-glass body! These motors certainly don't usually a lifespan of 12 years (they become VERY loud!), but the motor in this one is perfect.

Evan - glad you like it! I'll try and take a picture of it together with my DC03 Clear later today...

Bobby - I just love that Dyson attention to detail; even the cord is clear, and the hose translucent. It's ironic; Dyson have spent millions and millions on advertising the engineering and design of their machines, and the performance benefits of the bagless design, but I strongly believe 99% of Dyson customers are sold on the 'look' of the cleaners, and the convenience of not having to spend money on bags!

Joe - I think it's better for me that the cyclone's not clear - I think I'd spent TOO MUCH time feeding glitter into it and watching it swirl around ;P

Brandon - I take it that the canister your aunt had would have been the DC21? What does she think of the DC17, does she like it? I'd love to try that aggressive brushroll out on my carpets!

Travis - that's correct, as far as I'm aware. TOL models of various appliances would list 'fitted plug' as one of their deluxe features! People over here were in the habit of fitting their own plugs to their purchases. I guess this tradition dated back to the early days of The Modern Electric Home, when half the 'enlightened' ran their appliances off light-sockets, and the other half ran their appliances from about 15 billion different wall-socket designs, and 10 trillion different voltages!

When Hoover set up their factory in London in 1932, they were instrumental in getting both of these issues standardised to one sort of plug, and one voltage.
 
Grantham

Travis,

Grantham is in Lincolnshire not Lancashire. I live about 15 miles west of Grantham in Bingham in Nottinghamshire.

I am not sure about local codes, I think it was more to do with the fact that there were a number of different types of mains sockets available, and so the customer had the choice of what plug to wire up to the appliance.

5A round pin, 13A rectanglar pin, and 15A round pin were the main here in the UK.

The 13A socket is the legal standard for domestic installations now, and so manufacturers supply appliances with moulded plugs sure in the knowledge that the owner will not need to change the plug in the majority of cases.

Happy hoovering,

Clark.
 

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