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Dyson Models => Dyson DC03 => Topic started by: Madrat on October 11, 2013, 11:24:45 pm
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Just got a job lot of dysons and among them is the first ever DC03 I have ever even come close to. it's the clear edition and it is very funky looking but what the hell did Mr Dyson make it from, it's so fragile. Give it a funny look and a crack appears :snivel:
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Just got a job lot of dysons and among them is the first ever DC03 I have ever even come close to. it's the clear edition and it is very funky looking but what the hell did Mr Dyson make it from, it's so fragile. Give it a funny look and a crack appears :snivel:
Yes I have one of the clear versions, had planned on refurb & selling but had the same problem - very brittle plastic so just cracked on me when I tried to take the power button off. Couldn't bring myself to bin it, quite funky clear blue as you say, so just use it to clean the workshop ;D
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Sole plate has self destructed and the filters have fallen apart, wont make any money on it if I do sell so it might just end up in my collection of Hoover Junior's. Don't tell Mrs Madrat :-X :underchair:
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Sole plate has self destructed and the filters have fallen apart, wont make any money on it if I do sell so it might just end up in my collection of Hoover Junior's. Don't tell Mrs Madrat :-X :underchair:
We have tons of old (and some new old stock) filters for those. Get in touch if you want some at happy money.
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Oh wish you had told me sooner, spent £20 for the 2 on ebay. :boggleeye:
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Oh wish you had told me sooner, spent £20 for the 2 on ebay. :boggleeye:
Yikes! Always ask! We have way more stuff than we have listed. Just not enough hours in the day to list it all.
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You live and learn
Thanks
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DC03 is now up and running, not a bad little machine to be honest. Cost me just under £40 to get going, and a tube of supper glue to apply to the cracks ::) Has anyone ever seen the hooks that allowed you to hang them on the wall?
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DC03 is now up and running, not a bad little machine to be honest. Cost me just under £40 to get going, and a tube of supper glue to apply to the cracks ::) Has anyone ever seen the hooks that allowed you to hang them on the wall?
It's the back of the wand cap that doubles up as a hanging point for a hook etc :thumbsup:
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oh I see, I would not like to trust just the cap to hold it. :o
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I thought you used two big hooks and hang them upside down and the hooks come through the two apertures in the cleaner head. Something like this........
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That would make more sense
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That would make more sense
http://www.dyson.co.uk/medialibrary/Files/Dyson/Support/downloads/UK/floorcare/Manuals/dc03_uk_manual_std_120710%20pdf.pdf (http://www.dyson.co.uk/medialibrary/Files/Dyson/Support/downloads/UK/floorcare/Manuals/dc03_uk_manual_std_120710%20pdf.pdf)
Page 2 (quick reference page) you can see the wand cap also called the storage hook ;)
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so it dose :thumbsup:
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Pedantic perhaps, but for me, a storage hook is a hook you store things on. Hang a coat for example.
I don't see how you could reliably hang a machine up by the wand cap.
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Although in the PDF, it says:
If hanging the cleaner by the storage hook, ensure it is securely fixed and out of the way
And I just found this on the net.........
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Still a daft idea [hanging it by the wand cap] if you ask me.......
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That's what I said, not sure how much the DC03 cost when new but I wouldn't fancy hanging a machine that cost several hundred on a wand cap :boggleeye: But hanging it upside down would be mighty fiddle :D
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Pedantic perhaps, but for me, a storage hook is a hook you store things on. Hang a coat for example.
I don't see how you could reliably hang a machine up by the wand cap.
I did try it out of curiosity and seemed ok - I'd have to check the wand cap was properly attached before I did it each time though! The footplates seem to be fairly brittle/fragile now so falling straight onto that would be bad news.
Agree it's not really a storage hook either!
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I seam to remember it saying 2 hooks, so I wonder if the second one went under the bottom of the hose. If you look, there is an area on the base under this that looks like it was designed to take something.