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Vacuum Cleaner Over-heats and Cuts Out - Can I Fix It? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've had this Vax upright for about 5 years. Recently it's started to cut off when I'm using it. I feel the base - and it's hot. Any ideas for anything that I can do to fix it?

I'm not technically minded but I will have a go - if it will save me having to buy a new vacuum.

Edit: many thanks for all the replies and advice.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

While there is a certain level of innate technical mindedness that people have.. Being willing to try to fix it, and the lessons you'll learn from either fixing it or not is huge. Regardless of outcome hopefully the experience will be somewhat fun and pay dividends in terms of being able to recognize where vacuums get bound up with clogs, hair, etc. Occasional deep cleaning will make all the vacuums in your future live longer and suck harder.

Projects that are 'either it gets fixed or tossed' are great, there's so little pressure, and so much you can learn.

Feel free to ask more specific questions if you get deep inside it and come up with them!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I inherited my Nan's Dyson DC25 when she went to live in a care home. Used it a few times and it was fine, but figured I'd strip it down and give it a damn good clean out.

The fucking thing damn near sucked up my carpet.

It's still going strong now. Had to replace the little nubbin that drives the brush bar a few weeks ago, but other than that it's still solid. Not bad for a 15 year old vacuum cleaner made to modern standards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

my current vacuum is going on 11 years. pretty proud of that $200 purchase. i’ve had 2-3 dogs at any given time, and this thing is a champ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I can beat that: we've got a metal-bodied Viking vacuum from the late 1960s that I believe is still in functional condition (although not often used anymore, thanks to Roombas). It survived decades of pet hair.

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