Dyson & Sebo Vacuum Cleaner Repair & Advice Forums
Dyson Models => First Generation "The Ball" Dysons. => Topic started by: AFDS on January 16, 2012, 09:40:28 am
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My dc25 just stopped. I spaced, and stepped on the cord with my left heal and pushed the vac forward and to the right, and when the slack ran out, it stopped. It wasn't a very hard tug. I thought I pulled the end out of the outlet, but it was still plugged in. I tried other outlets. It was dead. :censored:
So I thought I pulled the cord ends loose on the inside. I'll just open her up and check the end of the power cord, right? Now I can't get the "switch cover" off to look at the connections. I took the three screws off and still feel like I'm breaking it. :'( I have the buttons and springs in a pile but no idea how to get them back in, if I can't fully remove the "switch cover". I see the exploded views, but no picture of the underside of the cover, nor actual step-by-step on how to replace the power cord. Does anyone have any experience with this, or ANY idea?
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Never mind. I gave up and took it to a pro today. It's funny how easy it is to take apart up until that point. The guy took one look at the switch cover and said "yup, that's a real pain in the a*#."
It was helpful looking over this forum. Thanks :thumbsup:
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Sorry you had to take it to a pro! You just pull out & up. Yes it is a bit tight but it will come off, goes back in reverse order. Hope you didn't spend a lot of $$$
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Never mind. I gave up and took it to a pro today. It's funny how easy it is to take apart up until that point. The guy took one look at the switch cover and said "yup, that's a real pain in the a*#."
It was helpful looking over this forum. Thanks :thumbsup:
I've just had to remove one too, bit of a fiddle but with some gentle persuasion it came off! :grinn:
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Thank you for the help.:thumbsup: The guy put it back together for $20. It would be cool if someone would put a video of a switch cover being removed. I was sure it was going to break it.
Thanks again!
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I found a cool hint at http://www.fixya.com/support/t7785183-trying_remove
Replace the two bottom screws but don't tighten up just a few turns in will do, then using the screwdriver push firmly each screw and this will release the lower part of the cover hope this helps.
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This trick worked for the DC18 switch cover. The crazy thing is that when the cover is off, I could not see what was holding it on. The DC18 is fixed and my wife is happy.