Thread Number: 39220
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Troubleshoot Kenmore Cannister Vacuum |
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Post# 416129 , Reply# 1   11/18/2019 at 14:49 (1,591 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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Post# 416148 , Reply# 3   11/18/2019 at 22:23 (1,591 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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Post# 416151 , Reply# 4   11/19/2019 at 03:27 (1,591 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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I would be willing to bet the problem is with the hose handle switch, not the canister machine end pictured above. Put the switch into Carpet mode & try playing with it a little. You might find, assuming it's the switch, that just ever so slightly wiggling the switch will cause both motors to turn on. It's VERY common in the Kenmore hose handles for the switch to become misaligned in the hose handle housing so that the slide switch that rests on top of it & actually moves the switch makes bad contact, no longer moving the switch properly & causing grief getting the vacuum to run properly.
Take the hose handle apart, re-align the switch inside the housing & glue it into place. Then put your slide switch on top, make sure everything is aligned correctly & close the handle up. This should permanently fix your problem. Rob |
Post# 416371 , Reply# 5   11/22/2019 at 23:16 (1,587 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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I had this happen with a few Kenmores, but it was more of an intermittent problem than all the time. The power nozzle would run but when pushed to and fro, would turn off and on. The problem was the tab that holds the receptacle in place had broken so it was moving up in the handle and causing poor connection to power nozzle plug. I fixed it by supergluing the receptacle in proper position.
This sounds more like switch problem, but try pressing the plug up into the handle firmly and see if power nozzle motor runs. If so it is probably the receptacle. |