Thread Number: 28103
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Time to get another Fantom Cyclone XT I guess! |
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Post# 313931   1/31/2015 at 21:28 (3,343 days old) by fantomfan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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This has been the worst investment I've ever made on a vacuum. I bought it, not knowing that the motor was bad, on ebay four years ago for $70. By the time I found that the motor was bad, it was too late to return it. Also, the idiot seller totally screwed up the wiring in the circuit board. When switched to floors, he wired it so that the vacuum motor would turn off, and the brushroll motor would come on. $25 for the repair. Once I had a new (used) motor, I had it installed. $40 for the installation (I simply cannot do something like that yet.) Now, using it today, the new motor is now bad. The irony is, in the last 1 1/2 years since the new motor was put in, it has not been used for more than 2 hours TOTAL.(I didn't use it much so that this WOULDN'T happen again at least anytime soon) Now it is slowing down and smoking. I don't think that the carbon brushes could be replaced on this, but I could be wrong. The irony is the vac shop said it ran perfectly when installed (and it did run well until now.) It would probably be better to wait for another one to come along. I have over $150 invested in this sorry piece of junk to make it nice again, (I bought a new cyclone assembly for it 9 months ago to replace the old one) and it's all down the drain now. At least now I've learned from my mistake and will never do it again. It does have ALL of the tools, along with many good parts, so they should be useful somehow. I'm sure another Cyclone XT will come along, it will just take time. At least I have A Cyclone XT, functional or not.
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Post# 313935 , Reply# 2   1/31/2015 at 22:52 (3,343 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 313947 , Reply# 4   2/1/2015 at 08:35 (3,343 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 314019 , Reply# 5   2/1/2015 at 17:28 (3,342 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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If I remember correctly, I do believe the Fantom Cyclone XT used the same Panasonic canister motor some Kenmore canister vacuums used, as well as the Dyson DC21. If you can locate a motor for one of those, which should be fairly easy to locate a NEW motor for either one, you could just pop in the motor yourself. However, it might also be a good idea to buy another used Fantom Cyclone XT & save it for important parts, like the circuit boards & power switch.
Rob |
Post# 314026 , Reply# 6   2/1/2015 at 18:05 (3,342 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 314221 , Reply# 8   2/2/2015 at 15:08 (3,341 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 314234 , Reply# 9   2/2/2015 at 16:49 (3,341 days old) by Ctvacman (CT)   |   | |
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You should've returned it. Ebay has a good policy. But hopefully one shows up |
Post# 314236 , Reply# 10   2/2/2015 at 16:59 (3,341 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 314291 , Reply# 11   2/3/2015 at 05:15 (3,341 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)   |   | |
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I have the Westinghouse version of the Cyclone XT except it's got a single cyclone. I think it has a good motor but I'm not %100 for sure. If it is I can send you the motor. |
Post# 314362 , Reply# 12   2/3/2015 at 14:40 (3,340 days old) by FantomFan (Rochester, New York)   |   | |
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