yet another Electrolux

[vacbear58]

Lux 64

Anthony

I seem to have hi-jacked your thread somewhat for which I apologise. You have done a lovely job cleaning up this 64 and its great to see that it has gone to a home where it will be appreciated. I have a very soft spot for this model, completely BOL and yet there is a certain simplicity about it that I rather like. By the way, it was voted Good Value by Which in 1960, the 65 getting best buy although as I said, the 65 was a LOT more expensive

Al

 

[vacbear58]

Lux 64

Just on a final note, the one weakness I find on this cleaner, is that the sealing grommet on the hose seems to be very prone to perishing, almost like melting and deforming. I have not noticed this so much with the later Lux models (when the "three peg" coupling became universal) but I have seen this problem with several 64s which have passed through my hands

Al

 

[collector2]

Just to throw in a bit of information here is a picture of my 64 with the aluminium wands and round brush. (Note the swivel on the rug nozzle is metal on this version too)

Doug

 

[anthony]

thanks everyone

for all that info and thanks to you Vacbear for the manual very interesting to see it with metal wands although i have repaired countless 64s over the years customers would usually just bring the main unit into the shop for repair so i would rarely see the tools incidentaly your right about the rubber seal on the hose end it is slowly disintegrating[sure i have spelt that wrong].Its interesting to see what it cost when it was new have you ever compared the suction of the 65 to the 64 theres hardly any diffrence considering one is 375 watts and the other 450.The filter behind the bag had been removed but was in the box it will be refitted when its had a wash by i love the way these machines purr when running and the way they gradually come to a stop when switched off and as for the shoes i was talking to my sister recently neither of us can ever remember our mum wearing anything else but stilletos a nice frock huge hair and lots of lippy while doing her housework usually because she would go straight off to work afterwards cheers guys

 

[beko1987]

I love threads like these. Nice lux, I've still yet to find the red one my gran had!

 

[vintagerepairer]

The switch

In all my years, never do I recall seeing another switch arrangement quite as complicated as that of the 64. When one considers that the 65 and cleaners before it all had a press-button switch fitted directly to the top of the cleaner, I fail to see why the 64 could not have the same. I am also at a loss as to why the 64 and 65 are so physically different in shape. Producing all those different parts for both cleaners would not have be at all cost effective. The only parts which were the same were the motor, cord socket, and dustbag. I think a 65 cleaner with lower wattage and plastic tools would have been just as good as the 64 as we know it. They could even have used the same carry handle from the 64 too if a different look was the name of the game.

 

[anthony]

the switch

maybe the rocker switch was an attempt at making the back end slimmer also the bag is shorter than that of the 65 .Something else we all easily forget is that here in the UK most appliances when new had no plugs fitted you had to get a plug fitted before you could use it [no plug and play in those days] when my grandma had her z62 and later 63 the only 13 amp socket in the house was in the kitchen on the large switch arangement for the electric cooker when she wanted to use it upstairs she had an adaptor that my grandad made it was a short bit of flex about a foot long one end had a 13 amp plug the other had a bayonet light socket when in use upstairs the short extension was unplugged and the cleaner was plugged into the light socket in the bathroom she used that on because she could stand on the side of the bath to plug in when back downstairs simply put the adaptation back on and hey presto a 13 amp plug again when the cleaner was not in use it was carefully put back in its box just inside the front door till the next time it was needed as a small boy whenever i went round there i would always have a look in the box as i entered the house [i suppose the spark was alive even then all those years ago