Update--It Runs!

[hygiene903]

Some of you may remember my post a while back (Another One Off the Wish List) about a couple Electro-Hygienes (210-A tank and 2-230 upright) that I brought home from Luke Gebhart's mini meet in October. I had said in the post that the 2-230 had tripped the GFI when I plugged it in and the fan was hard to turn. Since then, I have been able to free up the fan and it spins like it should, so I plugged the pigtail from the motor into an extension cord, and other than a little sparking, it runs great! I also found out that the serial numbers on the vac and the box match, so this one will definitely be a candidate for a full restoration! Thanks again Luke!
Here are a couple pics. The box on the left is the one with the serial # that matches the one on the vac.
Jeff

 

[cheesewonton]

That's really cool. Can't believe the boxes have survived, what, a century and still look so good. Looking forward to the post-restoration images !

 

[hygiene903]

That's really cool. Can't believe the boxes have survived, what, a century and still look so good. Looking forward to the post-restoration images !

More like 70 years actually. The 2-230 was the last straight suction Electro-Hygiene upright, replaced by the revolving brush model 285 in 1955.