vacuum lovers chk this out

[gregm]

I hope its OK to post this here, if not, my apologies in advance, I recently in the last couple months found this vac and its in great shape and works awesome, not even that noisy either. The second photo of the Hoover I have had for a couple years now. I didn't realize that the older vacs had just as good suction as some of the so called "12 amp" plus models today ?? ....... of course with today's filtration systems one probably needs a stronger motor. I am sure this "paper bag" model clogs with dust rather quickly before the bag is full and performance gets lost. Hope you enjoy the pics

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/00ShowCollectionGETD.cgi?photoshow=33@[email protected]&dir=/COLLECTIONS/GREGM

 

[westytoploader]

YAY! A vintage Eureka canister! Also, your Hoover Model 28 looks GREAT! These were produced in the mid-1940's; the Model 150 (first of the "rounded" design; Henry Dreyfuss-designed) was the current model in 1940.

Also, I'm selling my Hoover Decade 80 on eBay. Notice that it wasn't equipped with a headlight, unlike many...

--Austin

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[drmitch]

cool vac`s

Great vacs guys! I put new brushes in moms rainbow D4C this week. Now I`m ready to put it back together and forgot how the switch wires go! Took photos of every part but this. Yours Truly (D.A.)mitch "you know what the DA stands for!

 

[programcomputer]

My 1970's Premier Commercial Upright....

Hi,

This is my Premier Commercial vacuum downstairs in my family room. This machine is used down there exclusivly, because I have really tight napped berber carpet thruought that area.

The brush is brand new in it with really thick/fat brisles that actually do a really good job of removing the dirt. The bag is cloth, another reason it's not a MAIN floor machine. I empty it each time Im finished, and it is fair in the filtration department.

The cord is 35 ft long grounded, which is good, becasue there is moisture down there, and even with two humidifiers running full time, you can still feel it...

Yeah that's my 1977 Zenith console in the background with part of my lava lamp collection sitting atop the Winthrop 8 track /record player console stereo. This is in my 70's room, in the basement. The couch is from Sears 1979 Spring Summer Catlog where my grandmother ordered it from that year.

Anyway...here is the pic...

 

[programcomputer]

And here is my 1975 Singer Golden POWERmaster

Hi,

This is my upstairs vacuum cleaner. This machine has a 20 ft Cord reel, Dual speed motor, Vibrator Brushroll, and a boxtop bag. 5 position hieght adjustment and a top fill F&G style Eureka inner paper bag, it also has a "Horizon wide" headlighting system, that was larger than most other Singer models of the day. It's Model U-59 serial # 49589 Made in Singer's vacuum cleaner plant in Anderson North Carolina.

This is my pride of my collection, and in the next few weeks I will be able to get you phot's of my other cleaners I hope...

Chad

 

[westytoploader]

Be sure to include pics of the 1-18s and SpaceMates as well!!

 

[drmitch]

bad email link

Has anyone here got Rex`s (tolivac) Correct e-mail address. The one in member links is bad. I saw where he posted it to a message in the old Applianceville probably to Austin, but I cant find it. Any help would be appreciated as my mom is going to "KILL" me if I dont get her vac fixed! Thanks, Don

 

[jasonl]

1970s room

I LOVE IT!!!!! I plan on doing the exact same thing with my extra room in my house. A have a stereo "jukebox" console with phono/radio/8 track with flashing lights that flash to the music. I'm on the lookout for an RCA CTC-48 tv.

I'm glad I'm not the only 1970s freak here. Woohoo!

The 70s rocked!

 

[tolivac]

Email address

I have upgraded my address on my profile.Try the one I put on my profile. It should work.Others have used it to reach [email protected].

 

[tolivac]

RCA CTC-48 TV

Geezz-years ago I used to have one-traded it in on my first Sony Trinitron in 1980.Could never get it to converge right-its pix tube must have been going---should have kept my CTC25.It was a large con sole-just the TV no hi-fi.

 

[tolivac]

70's

Those were the days--got started in my career then.Still have some 70's litarature around somewhere on broadcast gear of the time.RCA,Harris,Philips.Also have a NAB handbook from that time(Radiomans engineering manual)Worked on lots of equipment from then.Worked on the transmitters(RCA)that would be used with a CTC-48.

 

[tolivac]

12A vacuums-gregm

I have some older Kirbys-519,Dual San itronic 80-that will beat the 12A monsters built today.Some of the older designs were more efficient.Older Royals -Electro Hygeine were other examples.Some of the older Hoovers and Eurekas as well.The 12A monsters emphasize suction "pressure" rather than airflow--its the airflow that actually gets the dirt up.Many 12A machines today have poorly designed airpaths.They need the 12A motor to compensate-and to appeal to many buyers that "bigger is better"

 

[tolivac]

Rainbow switch

Looked at the pix of your Rainbow vac-I try to give some clues-
The power switch on the powerdome(motor unit)is supposed to control both the vac motor and the outlet on the motor unit that goes to the machines carpet powernozzle.The power switch should be in series with the "hot" or black lead of the powerline input to the machine-the black lead on the cord.There should be a corresponding "black" lead going to the powernozzle outlet.the black powercord lead should go to one of the leads on your switch.The other lead from the switch should be connected to BOTH the black powernozzle outlet lead and one of the motor leads(look like they are blue in the picture.)The white or Neutral leads of the power cord go to the white lead on the powernozzle outlet as well as the other motor lead.Hope this helps.If not Email me.

 

[jasonl]

Those 70s TVs

My grandparents had a ctc48 and then I inherited after it got fixed. It gave a great picture, better than the later model RCA my parents had in the front room.

A guy on Audiokarma found one, changed out the flyback and it works fine.

Which TV from the 70s gave a better pic? RCA or Zenith?

My cousin's parents had the Lady Kenmore of TVs, the Motorola Quasar, thing had almost as many buttons as a Lady K. There were LOTS of adjustments to play with and the radio buttons were for the UHF channels. It seemed to be a good TV at the time.

 

[kenmore1978]

CTC

I'm assuming that CTC stood for Color Television Console?
I have a lot of 70's stuff hanging around, too, like a Juliette AM-FM compact stereo with 8-track and a mini BSR phonograph on top purchased new in 1970, and my first clock radio, a Columbia Masterworks with the "drop-leaf" clock purchased new in 1971.

Anybody whatever happened to Topp Electronics, who made the Juliette line?

Also have a collection of portable phonographs, the kind kids would bring to school on the last day before summer vacation (at least at the schools I went to)

 

[drmitch]

Rainbow switch

Thanks Rex, I got it going this weekend. Something I didnt know is the switch comes apart and this one was very so I cleaned it and got the wires back together, and it works great! And moms happy. On the 70s Hi-fi`s, I had a great sounding GE from about 73,sounded almost as good as my newer Bose. It was all solid state, I had to sell it because it took up too much room.I still have my very first system a Sanyo from about 75 the year I graduated highschool. I bought it from a Truvalue store that I worked at. It has a BSR turntable and I still use it to play my old records. As you can see it`s in my attic now.

 

[drmitch]

70`s Hi-fi

This is a Sears Silvertone Medalist a friend gave me from 1972. It`s a tube type, and it was a giveaway by a local radio station when they first went to FM. It really sounds great but after I play it for a short period it starts to break up. It probably needs new caps as it was never played a lot. Maby someday I will fix it.

 

[tolivac]

Rainbow vac

Good-Glad you got it working OK.Like that Sanyo stereo that has the 8 track player.Sometimes you find tapes for those at Salvation Army,and Goodwill.You may not want to store it in an attic-the high temps in summer and very cold temps in winter are hard on electronics.You may be able to fix the Saers receiver in your other picture-by checking its tubes,and replacing electolytic caps.You can also try cleaning the switches and volume controls with a good contact cleaner.Craig electronics makes all kinds of electronic cleaning products.They order them here at the US Govt where I work!In Kenmore78 entry the "CTC" prefix means "Color Television Chassis"Somewhere at home in my books-been thru SEVERAL moves I have a RCA service manual that covers CTC chassis from CTC#5 to CTC#100(first solid state chassis except HV rect)I also have a RCA book that covers installation and in home repairs for early BW sets-and also covers antenna installation!!found it in a trash can outside a TV repair place!Its a cool book.Why would they throw it out?

 

[Maytagluver]

Vacuum---gregm

That is a 980 Eureka canister, VERY neat machine, hard to find.
I looked for quite a few years before I located the one I have.
The are from the early-mid 60's. Double fan lamb motor, great suction, the "vibra-beat" is a fun rug cleaner.

Enjoy your vac !!

al :>