Thread Number: 40766
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Electrolux Nimble model E8605 start up issues |
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Post# 433176 , Reply# 1   10/6/2020 at 23:09 (1,268 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Well if you say it is attempting to start the motor, and you can hear the motor beginning to move at that time, I'm sure the motor is fine. At least mostly fine. For whatever reason, the computer is seeing something it doesn't like on start up and keeps retrying, as you said. It is probably a fault directly related to the motor, though. If it was a bad temp sensor (I would imagine), the motor would likely never start, just stay off. Likewise for most other switches and sensors. There's no reason for a programmer to tell the machine to attempt a startup for only a second or so while an input is reporting 'no-go.' Of course, the only way you'd know that for certain would be to ask the programmer! Still, it is unlikely.
It's more likely that only when the motor is drawing current, something changes. There could be a weak / high resistance connection to the motor, or whatever powers it might not be able to hold the connection. Especially if it's powered by a solid state component that's taking a dump. There could be a weak connection at the power cord, even. When the motor turns on it could draw enough current to drag the line voltage down so low that the computer turns off, turning off the motor, which raises line voltage back up, so it tries to start again. And I wouldn't rule out bad electronic components on the control board. Even if you didn't get them wet, apparently you left an old, well worn computer out in the sun for several hours. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if that did it in. Things like that. All speculation, but I hope I gave you some ideas. |
Post# 433290 , Reply# 3   10/9/2020 at 18:59 (1,265 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Just because something is designed not to be fixed, doesn't mean it can't. Furthermore, every company does things differently. All you have to do is know how to open it, repair it, and reassemble. They do it to stop people from tampering with it.
"Why bother" is a defeatist attitude many people here do not have. Also mostly all of us don't have money to keep throwing stuff away. People will pay $700 for a new Miele upright, then as soon as it clogs, they throw it out. The lack of practical knowledge is why this keeps happening and why landfills keeps flooding over. The fan in my 6 year old, $1,900 convection oven died this past spring. Lowes (where I bought it) would not fix it because the warranty was out. I called an appliance technician from an appliance store. They would not fix it because they said it was not possible. Wasted $150 on a service call. I downloaded the service manual for free, watched a quick general video on YouTube for a different brand of oven, and got the parts I needed on eBay for $60. Fixed it in an evening. Had to take half the oven apart to access the fans. |