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| Post# 166983 , Reply# 2 1/24/2012 at 13:31 (4,474 days old) by rainbowkid107 () | ||
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The Ping... By the ping I mean when you first push the power button there is that noise that sound like a jet. Anyways its probably just my earphones. | ||
| Post# 167038 , Reply# 3 1/24/2012 at 16:03 (4,474 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
Leaving the water in the tank...
Another reason to empty the tank after EVERY use... bacteria grows in warm, wet places... very quickly. My mom left water in her Rainbow a couple of times and after a day or two it stunk up the house, and left the Rainbow smelly for during use for a couple of weeks. Also, the Seperator needs to be taken off and scrubbed with the tooth brush thing every time it is used to prevent dirt building up and reducing the air flow. I know that Rainbows are a bit of a pain in the arse, all the prep time and take-down time... but, they are very good vacuums. I have an old D3 that I'd hate to have to give up. It may not be a great deep cleaner, like my Kirby GSix, but I do love to use it every so often.
I suggest that you take your grandmum's Rainbow to a reputable vacuum shop and have it throughly serviced. It will make a world of difference. And you really should empty and clean it after every use, that way it lasts a very long time. Just my two pence. Justin | ||
| Post# 167118 , Reply# 5 1/24/2012 at 20:55 (4,474 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
On those two videos, it does sound a little different.....Mine sounds like the first video.....One thing I've noticed when you hear some of the 2 speed Rainbows start up on high speed on the youtube vids, sometimes it seems like the "rev up" time is a little longer than on others. In the first video when it goes to high speed, it revs up quickly (mine does too) but some other videos I've seen, when turning onto high speed, it's like a slightly slower rev up ...I wonder why? In this link below, see how much longer this Rainbow takes to REV up than the other video on high speed
CLICK HERE TO GO TO mark40511's LINK | ||
| Post# 167138 , Reply# 8 1/25/2012 at 00:34 (4,474 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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Hey Joel
What's up? When you cleaned the fans on your Rainbow does it STILL sound like that at start up or does it now sound like the first video at start up? I think you said you bought your 2 speed used, correct? So the fans did probably need cleaning. No telling how the previous user maintained it. PS....... I found REALLY cheap Hepa Filters on Ebay for the 2 speed. I don't need a new filter for mine but I bought this for future because it was a really good price. It is aftermarket but I seriously can't tell the difference. It also fits perfectly when testing it. I put it away in case I ever need to change mine in the future CLICK HERE TO GO TO mark40511's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 167143 , Reply# 9 1/25/2012 at 01:34 (4,474 days old) by rainbowjoel (Dexter NM) | ||
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wow thats good price. I think it start up about the same. what u think on video. yeah I brought it used. CLICK HERE TO GO TO rainbowjoel's LINK | ||
| Post# 167272 , Reply# 10 1/25/2012 at 23:54 (4,473 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 167405 , Reply# 11 1/26/2012 at 20:16 (4,472 days old) by rainbowjoel (Dexter NM) | ||
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Mark I guessing it's about the computer. The computer controls the motor. | ||
| Post# 167731 , Reply# 14 1/30/2012 at 07:58 (4,469 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
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I wonder how many different variations of 2 speeds there are? Mine is from mid 2006 so by the time I bought mine, the 2 speeds had been out a while. It doesn't make that whining noise at all & it starts up pretty quickly. If you look inside with the hepa taken off you can see some type of white color insulation. I've never thought it was that loud at all. To me, the PN is the loudest part of my machine.
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