On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:02:17 +0000, Andy Champ wrote:

There probably aren't many more of these around any more, but the
procedure may be similar for other models.

The fault was that over time it gradually loses suck.

Cue long thread about how with a Miele/Sebo/Henry/Panasonic/Vax you'd only have
to wash / replace the filter and it would still be sucking 'like new' 1000 years
later

Got two DC01's one dating from 1993, one maybe a year or two later and a DC04
from and a shagged out Henry in the workshop. Given a choice I wouldn't use
anything but a Dyson. He's a design genius (albeit one that nicked the basic
idea from industry)

The DC01's and a scrap heap acquired DC04 have been pressure washed or soaked in
a tub of hot soapy water in the past to clean the cyclones. The latter was
dumped again as it stunk of tobacco.

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