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Post# 253432 , Reply# 1   10/21/2013 at 14:30 (3,811 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA)   |   | |
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Did you let it sit for a half hour? Maybe it overheated and the temp switch kicked off. Also possible the switch broke or the motor is toast. |
Post# 253446 , Reply# 2   10/21/2013 at 15:54 (3,811 days old) by jade_angel (Fort Collins, CO)   |   | |
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Hit the thermal reset button, if there is one. If that's not it my first suspect would be the switch, which is usually easy to replace. |
Post# 253448 , Reply# 3   10/21/2013 at 16:00 (3,811 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Hoover Elites don't have reset buttons, and the switch is NOT easy to replace. The field coil wires are hard wired directly to the switch. You'll need a new Elite switch, a soldering iron, some solder, needle nose pliers, and a good idea of what you're doing before taking the motor out. Most of the time when an Elite just 'dies' it's because the field coil wire burned out and broke off from the switch. It was a rather poor design.
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Post# 253450 , Reply# 4   10/21/2013 at 16:09 (3,811 days old) by jade_angel (Fort Collins, CO)   |   | |
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Ack, ok, disregard my advice in that case - wasn't familiar with the specifics. That does sound like a somewhat shonky design... |
Post# 253461 , Reply# 5   10/21/2013 at 18:29 (3,811 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 253467 , Reply# 6   10/21/2013 at 19:38 (3,811 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 253469 , Reply# 7   10/21/2013 at 20:15 (3,811 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 253546 , Reply# 9   10/22/2013 at 19:19 (3,810 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Was the plastic "Rod" which leads from the handle to the inner switch has busted, this has happened before to me once, one a Twin-Chamber machine. I believe these parts are N.O.A (No Longer Available), but if your lucky your local shop may have one. It may be a pain to replace, but you could always just rip out the busted rod and do it the "Quick-N-Dirty" way of flipping the internal switch and wiring a in-cord switch onto the cord. We did this years ago, to a Fantom Thunder.
(By the way, "Rip" and "Hoover" should never be in the same sentence, -Alex. |