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Other Vacuum Cleaners & Site Suggestions => Discussion About Other Vacuum Cleaners & Appliances => Topic started by: beko1987 on August 01, 2017, 09:51:46 pm
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Longer ago than I can remember (at least 2 cars back...) I collected this from Reading via a Freecycle ad!
Not brilliant, so I gave it a few more hours
Much better! After a full overnight charge it was very good
We used it for a few months, the battery life increasing with each full charge and discharge, then it got relegated to the shed in the 'to do' pile, and forgotten about!
Until June, when I pulled it out!
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And gave it the usual!
The handle removes via a latch
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And splits apart
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One of the screw threads had snapped, not really noticeable with the rest of the screws in though
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Handle insert pops out
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But the 'plug' end didn't come out easily, so I left it to avoid unsightly damage
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The charger got a wipe down
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Time to remove the bin
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And remove the battery, which handily it shows how to do
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Here it is
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It unplugs and lifts out
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Informationy stuffs. This could be rebuilt with modern higher capacity cells should you have too much time on your hands I expect...
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Next, we undo all these screws
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Which splits the main casing
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The diffuser foam started to tear as I tried to remove it so I left it be
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The raw power of the thing
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To unwire it all I started at the bottom, and unplugged the power nozzle connector
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Then realised it would be easier to just remove the brushroll housing first
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Then I found out the electrical connectors aren't spades, but actual bent contacts
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That removed, we can go back up top and look at the complicated PCB
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With solder joints that make mine look good...
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This dates from 2010, and sits under the top as the red light is the charging light
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Electronics removed, we can remove the 'socket' for the handle
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And down below remove the catch for the brushroll housing
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The motor fancase is held off by 2 rubber blocks either side
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I took the fancase off, but the whole motor seems plastic glued together, so did not force it
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and instead moved down to the brushroll housing
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I wonder if the 1912 bit on this sticker is Wk19 2012? I had to slice through it anyway as it held the casing together...
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The belt cover is removed with a quarter turn of a fastener
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The rear wheels reveal 2 screws
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And with those and others removed, the cover comes off
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Which reveals the motor, and the second layer of the unit
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Which unscrews some more
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The pivoting neck of the brushroll housing comes apart now, by removing the locking tab either side
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Like so
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The connectors sit behind a removable panel
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The wires just pull through the plastics. This is the brushroll motor
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And onto the bin!
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The top part/filter housing comes apart as so
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Underneath, it looks like a smiley face with a big nose
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Which is the bin flap release latch
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This is also the last part to come apart!
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Not too busy
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And non washables
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Everything was washed, dried and polished up
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And re-assembled, starting with the cyclone bin flap
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Then the filter housing, along with it's filter which has been washed in the machine, but is stained
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Seal in
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Filter in the top part
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Which then slots into the main bit
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Then pops onto the bin, I removed the big sticker as it was a bit scabby
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Brushroll now, and the wires are fed through and pushed into position
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Then the cover is fitted and screwed on
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Rotating part is clipped together
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Time to mate the inner and outer brushroll housings
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Fit the motor
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Then screw the top cover on
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Fit the brushroll and belt made by audio people
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And it looks much better
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Main machine now, and all of the electricity drops right in!
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Handle socket
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Brushroll motor wiring fed down
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And wired up to the brushroll plug
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The carry handle insert goes in next
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Then the casing screws together
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Best put the power source back in
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Handle next, insert inserted!
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And the handle lobbed together
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It was all clipped together and confirmed working and complete!
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and it sold a few days later for £25, which isn't bad for a freebie, although I probably put far too much effort into the whole thing!
I didn't really do an after video, but it was much like this
Bar the removable battery, crevice tool (as it didn't have one with it) and not being american!