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Offline Elgin

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YV-511 issues?!
« on: March 16, 2017, 12:18:21 am »
So when my DC07 YV-2200 blew up I shoved a YV-511 in there. Not too bad! works amazing despite lower suction slightly.
Now heres the "issue"


After I chopped my cyclones from a 1 to a 2 sized and forgot to put my filter in - even though not one spec of dust makes it to the fan pipe - let alone the filter my motor has begun sparking!

Now I noticed it whilst replacing my post-filter - I wondered what the motor was like and I turned it on and saw a little blue flash through the diffuser - at the back of the housing - only during the first second you press the button - runs fine, no sparking except at first second, smooth, no smell of burning or eccesive carbon dust.

It remind me of my old DC07 Origin - who was the late model with the white motor housing etc, and I saw whilst I had the  belt off the entire motor casing lit up when it was running and thought this was usuall - couldn't of been since the next time I used it it blew a fuse the second I turned it on - put a new en in - presses the button and Zoooooom! Motor ran for a second until the other fuse burnt through and so on - I just part-exed it for a DC04 Absolute which now my nan owns and I have a De Stijl

So that brings me to the question:
Is this blue light up at the rear of the motor housing on first strike up normal? If not how long has me motor got in it? and would I be able to replace the carbons with the spares I happen to have hanging around somewhere from my siezed motor because I accidentally got a bit of screen cleaner on the bearing and it ate all the oil... Never do that!

Offline Madrat

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Re: YV-511 issues?!
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2017, 11:57:28 am »
Normal, and so are tiny flashes during use, its when there are big fat blue flashes with growling popping noises that you have a problem.

Offline Elgin

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Re: YV-511 issues?!
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2017, 07:06:25 pm »
Normal, and so are tiny flashes during use, its when there are big fat blue flashes with growling popping noises that you have a problem.

Thought they were normal - dont think my old dc07 origin was though - massive blue flashes next to the belt and everything

Afterwards I checked our late silver and darksteel DC14 Animal and that was doing the same - tiny flash at startup so I thought it was nromal

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