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Post# 133783   4/23/2011 at 11:47 (4,722 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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I'm not sure if I've got this in the right thread or not because I'm not sure how old the vacuum is. A friend of mine has a compact, the silver coloured one, I think she said she bought it new in the early 90s. Anyway, the other day it quit working and she took it to a local vac shop. They told her the motor was burnt and installed a new motor. They told her not to use the big air filter that is attached to the exhaust as that is what caused the motor to burn out...fact or fiction?
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Post# 133786 , Reply# 1   4/23/2011 at 12:04 (4,722 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 133797 , Reply# 3   4/23/2011 at 12:27 (4,722 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 133806 , Reply# 4   4/23/2011 at 13:58 (4,722 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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It won't harm a thing! I use an even larger filter than it on my Tri-Star- I use the Patriot Medik-Aire HEPA filter on mine- and it has never caused any problems with overheating or premature motor failure.
As a matter of fact, I will go as far as saying the vac shop probably lied to her, & said the motor was dead when it really just needed a new set of carbon brushes. Like Joe said above, if the motor TRULY dead, it would have made a burning smell when it died. Most vac shops- including the one in my town- will tell a customer the motor's dead when it needs new carbons because they make a lot more money selling a new motor, rather than changing carbons. Rob |
Post# 133811 , Reply# 5   4/23/2011 at 15:40 (4,722 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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I know a vac shop that does that. My cousin's mom brought her Oreck 2800 in because it would turn on, and he said it needed a new motor and it would be an upwards of $350. So she said she'd just buy a new one online and she gave the 2800 to me. All I did was replace the cord on it and ran perfectly fine!
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Post# 133832 , Reply# 7   4/23/2011 at 16:29 (4,722 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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