"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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On 22/09/2007 22:49, Anna Kettle wrote:

The fine finish has proved to be Henry's undoing. He has given
stalwart service over the years from hoovering the attic through to
sucking up inglenook soot but this filler caused him to emit smoke,
nasty noises and smell bad

Sounds like the the fine powder blocked his filter, and low airflow
cause the motor windings to overheat and burn out.

Replacement motors seem to be £50-£60 from here, depending on model
http://www.espares.co.uk/search/vacu....mc_id=tsw0284

A whole new Henry can be had for under £90 ...


Given that the Henry has a quite rudimentary filter system of just a coarse
open grain sponge then blocking that would be nigh on impossible, although
with damp media travelling through it might happen.
More likely is the amount of accululated crap has finally blocked the
impellers or around the motor armature and stalled it resulting in the burn
out. The result is the same as suggested by Andy though.


Dissassembly is quite simple.

Remove the top from the base
Up-end the top section
Remove the 4 screws underneath the top section around where the hole for air
intake is.
Remove the top cover which exposes the motor.
Note the connections and wiring locations.
The motor sits in a rubber seat that will pull out with the motoe when you
lift it out.
Reassembly is reversal of the dissassembly making sure that it all sits
neatly before replacing the top.

Naturally you WON'T have it plugged in at the time ;-)