Other Decades Home Furnishing Now Updated Imagine you could go shopping for electrical goods and appliances in the 1920s Late Decade Electric Washing Machine Description For the latest and best in washing machine design, this easy to move washing machine features the latest gyrator technology with no center post where clothes can be damaged, the attached wringer is made from the finest semi soft rubber. Motor Driven Brush and Suction Cleaner Description This cleaner not only uses suction to lift the dirt and dust it also includes a motor driven brush to help remove dust and dirt from the carpet before the suction lifts the dirt into the bag When we think of a radio today we just plug in a couple of batteries or plug it into the mains and that is all need to do, back in the 20s it was very different below are all the components needed to provide a radio in the Twenties , Total cost about $120.00 in 1926 In todays money that is about $1,500 to own a Radio

Description Radios were priced about $60.00 upwards depending on the number of valves etc. Parts To Make your Radio Antenna Description To gain any kind of good reception you would need to build an antenna on your roof the kit required is shown below Your Radio Also Needed A Speaker or You Could Use a Pair of Headphones Description The Nightingale Loudspeaker offers the best in tone and sound for your radio, or you could use a pair of headphones costing about $3.00 Battery Charger and Battery Description Radios Used a battery for power and a charger to charge the battery, Or you could buy a battery eliminator that allowed you connect directly to the Main Electricity for $33.00 Popcorn Maker, Waffle Iron and Electric Toaster Price: Popcorn Maker $1.49 Price: 2 Slice Bread Toaster $1.69 Price: Waffle Maker $8.75 Description These small electric kitchen appliances are from 1929, as each year progressed through the decade more and more electric appliances appeared these are just an example of those available in the late 20's

Twenties Home Electric Light Fittings Description Below are a range of light fittings you could put into your twenties home if you lived in a city and were lucky enough to have electricity Description The electric sewing machine shown here is identical to a pedal machine sold the same year except the electric motor is included at a cost of about $35.00, the better Sewing machines were well made of mahogany. 1926 Hoover Electric Cleaner Description What I loved about this is that it is a Real Hoover ( the generic name often used for a vacuum cleaner ) and the tag line , I can remember as a kid back in the late 50's over 30 years later the Hoover Tag Line for selling was "It Beats as it Sweeps as it Cleans"best lightweight upright vacuum cleaner Description Electricity although used by more and more left many of it's mysteries unexplained, one of those was how a light bulb produced so much light, this advert by General Electric explained that a useless gas named Argon ( Coming from two Greek words meaning doesn't work ) discovered in 1894 was now pumped into the modern light bulb and provided a first class light.dolphin vacuum cleaner

Description Further up the page I detailed what was required to make a Radio work ( 1926 ) But RCA had an answer with the Hand Built Super Heterodyne All Electric Radio which included speakers with better reception, more power The price is quite staggering for me costing in todays money in excess of $5,000 Description I included this Frigidaire Electric as the final Electric Item from the Twenties as it was significant in many ways 1. It was made by General Motors not General Electric. miele vacuum cleaners bags buy2. The cost was pretty high and I suspect out of most people's reach and 3. It was sold by a dedicated salesman who visited your home rather than through a shop etc. The range of electrical items for sale is limited because only the wealthier home owners who lived in the cities had electricity up to the late Twenties, and the prices for electric home appliances were quite expensive, to get a rough idea multiply the prices shown by 14 to find out how much things would cost in todays money.

After light bulbs and TVs... now EU officials BAN our vacuum cleaners THEY have forced us to change our light bulbs and banned our power-hungry plasma TVs. The EU regulators have turned their eye to its latest target: our vacuum cleaners [GETTY]Now the EU has its eyes on its next target: our vacuum cleaners.From next month some of the country's best vacuum cleaners will be among those to be banned because they have motors above the new EU limit of 1,600 watts.And as if that was not bad enough, the permitted wattage will be almost halved from September 2017 as the limit is changed to a pathetic 900 watts.The law is the EU's latest bid to save energy and tackle climate change and the European Commission claims consumers will "get better vacuum cleaners than ever before". If you're in the market for a powerful vacuum, you should act quickly, before all of the models currently available sell out However, consumer watchdog Which? said of seven "best buy" ratings awarded by its vacuum cleaner reviewers since January 2013, five of them have motors of more than 1,600 watts.

warned customers to move fast if they wanted to buy a more powerful model, recalling the phasing out of traditional light bulbs, which saw a buying frenzy as shoppers tried to stock up before they were obsolete.It said: "If you're in the market for a powerful vacuum, you should act quickly, before all of the models currently available sell out."A Best Buy 2,200w vacuum cleaner costs around £27 a year to run in electricity - only around £8 more than the best-scoring 1,600 watts we've tested."One vacuum cleaner facing a ban is the Miele s8330 model, which has a 2,200 watt motor and advertises its "best buy" credentials on its manufacturer's website.But Brussels has denied the rules on vacuums, which come into force on September 1, will affect people's ability to keep their homes clean.European Commission spokesman Marlene Holzner said: "Vacuum cleaners will use less energy for the same performance - how much dust they pick up. This will help consumers to save money and make Europe as a whole use less energy.""

The amount of watts does not automatically indicate how well a vacuum cleaner will clean. The amount of watts indicates how much electrical power is used by the engine."The important question is: How efficient is this electrical power translated into picking-up dust?" Vacuum cleaners will also have to be sold with a new labelling system detailing their cleaning performance.Ms Holzer said: "As a result of the new EU ecodesign and labelling regulations, consumers will also get better vacuum cleaners."In the past there was no legislation on vacuum cleaners and companies could sell poorly performing vacuum cleaners."Now, vacuum cleaners that use a lot of energy, that pick up dust poorly, emit too much dust at the exhaust of the vacuum cleaner, are noisy or break down prematurely will not be allowed on the market anymore."This means a better cleaning experience and less time and money spent on vacuum cleaning."Tim Aker, Ukip MEP for the Eastern Counties, said: "This sort of barmy intervention from the European Union once again demonstrates why we need to leave as soon as possible."