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Thread Number: 33649
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Kirby Question... |
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| Post# 366030 2/2/2017 at 12:24 (2,631 days old) by sharkcar19998 (Michigan) | ||
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| Post# 366035 , Reply# 1 2/2/2017 at 14:41 (2,631 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH) | ||
If it truly has a blown motor, | ||
| Post# 366040 , Reply# 2 2/2/2017 at 18:22 (2,631 days old) by jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
Bad armature.. Missing Carbons... Poor connections... | ||
| Post# 366045 , Reply# 3 2/2/2017 at 21:43 (2,631 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI) | ||
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| Post# 366063 , Reply# 4 2/3/2017 at 09:24 (2,631 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Test the cord with a volt-ohm meter (aka multitester). Disconnect the cord from the machine, and with the meter on the ohms setting (marked by the Greek letter Omega), put one probe into one side on the female end and touch the other to each of the male ends. The meter should react (full needle deflection on an analog meter or some sort of number on a digital one) when touching one of the male ends. If it reacts to both, you've got an internal short. Repeat the process with the probe in other female end and you should get a reaction out of the opposite side that you got before. If not, the cord is bad.
Also, you might want to--with the machine unplugged, of course--take the nozzle off of the front and try to turn the fan with your finger. This will tell you if the armature is frozen up. As others have noted, Kirby motors are pretty robust. They don't just quit like those on cheapo plastivacs made of chineseum. | ||
Post# 366066 , Reply# 5 2/3/2017 at 10:23 (2,630 days old) by KirbyCollector  (Columbus Ohio USA) |
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James and I were on FaceTime when he attempted to test it. It didn't turn it on.
He put a G3 powerswitch in it. It runs flawlessly now. As for kirby's that nearly catch on fire My mom's friend brought her diamond edition for me to look at it because it had problems When I tested it, I realized it was a fire hazard. There was bright blue and orange light flickering out of the base of the handle and the exhaust port. It sounded terrible. She plans on getting a brand new rainbow and giving me the diamond. I am using it for parts. | ||
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