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Thread Number: 17269
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| Post# 185581 6/15/2012 at 06:52 (4,331 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Just got the new Miele one week ago. I was checking the bag and filter today. Does thsi look normal for the filter to be this dirty? I thought it might be because it is new. 
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| Post# 185582 , Reply# 1 6/15/2012 at 06:56 (4,331 days old) by williamr1248 (USA) | ||
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Is this normal for my Miele? Notice the dirt outside the bag collar. Is that normal for the dust to escape into the bag compartment? It seems to fit tight in the holder. 
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| Post# 185583 , Reply# 2 6/15/2012 at 07:10 (4,331 days old) by joshdonnell () | ||
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I Can tell you that ive never had any dust outside the bag | ||
Post# 185584 , Reply# 3 6/15/2012 at 07:30 (4,331 days old) by countryguy  (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Rob,
One of the members on the washer site had the same problem with his Miele (I forget which model) and it was due to the type of bag that he was using (it was a Miele bag). Supposedly there was a problem with that bag and the collar allowing dust to escape. I know he contacted Miele and they sent him a different type of bag which corrected the problem. When I had my Capricorn I never had any dust leakage and when I sold the vacuum after a couple years of weekly use, the filter was as clean as the day I bought it. Gary | ||
| Post# 185585 , Reply# 4 6/15/2012 at 07:32 (4,331 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
 William - if you have used your Miele thoroughly on high suction power and a lot of times, then that is what you could expect with the Super Air Clean filter. However, if you haven't used the Miele for that long, I suspect whoever you bought it from has had demo or run in time with it. Also it might not have been run for a long time, building up dust on the motor before it is deposited in the filter.
Generally I've only found some of the bags in my FJM machines to leak dust occasionally. I find this is more apparent with builder dust, wood work dust and general DIY dust - a fact that is noted already in the user manual. If the bag feels tight, it is supposed to - if it slides in easily with just a little audible click compared to the louder one it gives off when it is new, then the holder may not be as new as it looks. | ||
| Post# 185588 , Reply# 5 6/15/2012 at 08:58 (4,331 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 185589 , Reply# 6 6/15/2012 at 09:30 (4,331 days old) by henry200 (Saint Paul MN) | ||
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I never had any dust escaping the bags in my Miele. I remember the post here awhile ago about the issues involving one particular style of bag but I wasn't using that style. The black on the post-motor filter is carbon from the motor brushes. It takes months of daily use before my filters ever look that bad. | ||
| Post# 185591 , Reply# 8 6/15/2012 at 09:34 (4,331 days old) by henry200 (Saint Paul MN) | ||
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A second thought.... Perhaps the carbon brushes are still "seating" themselves and shedding more. Give it a little more time and then install a new filter and see if the buildup has slowed down. | ||
| Post# 185605 , Reply# 10 6/15/2012 at 12:05 (4,331 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Elux fan... How can you tell if there's carbon dust on the Active Air Clean filter since the base of it is black anyway?? Running your finger over the base of it won't show you how much dust is collected since you can still get charcoal off the filter's base when it's still in it's box before making it into the vacuum cleaner, when bought new. | ||
| Post# 185609 , Reply# 11 6/15/2012 at 12:22 (4,331 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 185688 , Reply# 12 6/15/2012 at 18:51 (4,331 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
Miele Airclean bags instead of Hyclean
Hi Rob,
Make sure your bag does not say Hyclean. Miele had a problem with the bag seal and came out with the Airclean Bags to fix the problem. I don't know about the the darkness of your other filter. Most of that is just carbon brush dust. I don't have that kind of filter in my Miele's. You can fit a hepa filter to that if you want, but they are about $55.00 and should last at least a year. More since you have other vacuums you use. Bud Mattingly PR-21 | ||
| Post# 185695 , Reply# 14 6/15/2012 at 19:29 (4,331 days old) by Elux89 () | ||
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@sebo_fan Oooops, you're right bud, I meant to say air clean, not active. Me bad!! | ||
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