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1993 Tristar DXL |
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Post# 202505   10/1/2012 at 18:25 (4,195 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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I recently picked up this Tristar DXL. The lady who sold it to me said it made a funny noise. So I plugged it in and it made a horrible racket! I quickly turned it off and took the Filter Fresh filter off and turned it back on. There was quite a lightening storm coming from the filter basket. Sparks were shooting everywhere through the basket. After running for about 10 seconds, the motor completely stopped. So I opened it up and found this tell-tale sign water being sucked into the vacuum. |
Post# 202510 , Reply# 1   10/1/2012 at 18:35 (4,195 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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I wasn't too disappointed that the motor was shot, because I've been wanting to "turbo-charge" a Tristar for a long time. The original motor is rated at 7.8 amps. However, I bought a new motor that's rated at 10.8 amps. It's cfm rating is 122 and the vacuum rating is 100. The Lamb replacement motor sold by Tristar is rated at 8.2 amps. The cfm rating is 95 and the vacuum rating (water lift) is 91. So the Lamb motor I bought is definitely more potent! The specs on the new motor indicate that it's about 1/4 longer than the original motor, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will fit. If it ends up being too long, I'll just trim off a bit of the filter basket. |
Post# 202513 , Reply# 2   10/1/2012 at 18:37 (4,195 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 202515 , Reply# 3   10/1/2012 at 18:40 (4,195 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 202517 , Reply# 4   10/1/2012 at 18:47 (4,195 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)   |   | |
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Poor Tristar but it will turn out good I also had turbo charged my Tristar CXL and the Compact C4 |
Post# 202524 , Reply# 5   10/1/2012 at 22:04 (4,195 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)   |   | |
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My Miracle Mate system used a 10.6 amp motor and it is quite a beast! Hope it turns out well for you. |
Post# 202557 , Reply# 7   10/2/2012 at 13:38 (4,194 days old) by dualsanitronic (Omaha)   |   | |
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Go for it, Tool Time Tim,lol!! |
Post# 202577 , Reply# 8   10/2/2012 at 15:02 (4,194 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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