Volta U505 upright 1974

[collector2]

Hey Gareth:

Actually the Canadian and American plugs are the same. I put an English plug on that machine when I had it on display to keep people from playing with it.

Some people cant seem to understand the concept of look dont touch.

Doug

 

[kirbymodel2c]

LOL

Hi Doug. That is so true lol! I get people come over who want to look but end up touching most things. Even if you have posters saying "Please don't touch" And there not always gentle when they do touch. Same when you put a sign up saying "Private" or "No one beyond this point" They seem to look at it and ignore it! Some people need a good slap!;o)

James)

 

[collector2]

The ones I hate are the ones whos kids are into everything and they just stand there and watch instead of telling them to get out of there and not touch. Come on people. Take resposibility for your kids.

 

[ryry_87]

506 Electronic c1980

I bought this from a friend yesterday, it's in mint condition.

 

[gsheen]

These were the best selling vacuums in SA during the eighties, I have a 560 in my showroom ( same colour different badge)
Every customer that comes in here says , Oh my mom had one of those or my gran or I had one.

In the late 90"s once these had outlived there usefulness and every one wanted a wet& dry. the second hand shops were filled with them, I remember seeing 25 standing in one cash converters shop

To me this was the vacuum that put Electrolux on the map, up until then every one had Hoovers.
The 500 range was light years ahead of its time and this model particularly was fantastic

 

[ryry_87]

I totally agree, even today they really are a great cleaner. I used to both 506 and 560.

 

[ryry_87]

1980 Electrolux 506 brochure

 

[ryry_87]

1980 Electrolux 506 brochure

 

[ryry_87]

pop!

Just been using my 506 and was sitting down to eat dinner when all of a sudden the bloody thing blew up the suppressor has blown annoyingly

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Oops!

Oops! That happened to me with the spare Electrolux z504 that I was about to pass on to someone else.

James)

 

[ryry_87]

it did go with quite a bang, my dinner nearly ended up on the floor lol glad it didn't go in my hand while I was using it

 

[vintagerepairer]

It happens a lot on this model, I think it is because of that particular type of suppressor, which is different from the one Electrolux always used to use. Usually this type of suppressor blows if it has become damp. Why it is there in the handle and not on the motor I don't know, but I would hazard a chance on it being something to do with suppressing the cleaner before the electronic parts are reached, unlike models with the suppressor on the motor where the electronic unit is wired into the circuit before the suppressor. In reality I think it makes little difference as on the Contour cleaners the suppressor comes after the electronic unit.

 

[ryry_87]

can the suppressor be bypassed on these?

 

[vintagerepairer]

Not bypassed, but it can be removed altogether. I am not a technical person, so I don't know how it will or won't affect modern TV sets if you remove it.

 

[ryry_87]

I'll give it a go tomorrow and see what happens lol

 

[gsheen]

I used to rip them out all the time, It will make lines on your TV thats it so don't vacuum with the TV on

 

[ryry_87]

hmmm took it out, now I have no power at all lol could it have blown the fuse in the plug too?

 

[vintagerepairer]

Yes, very likely it blew the fuse too. Now this has made me laugh so much. In my day we'd have had the fuse out, tested it, and checked the appliance to see what was wrong before fitting a new fuse. You youngsters, you just put a message on the internet. Oh how you made an old man smile.

 

[ryry_87]

lol thats how its done these days

 

[ryry_87]

well she lives on! was just the fuse that needed replacing. And it doesn't affect the tv either!