"Huge" wrote in message
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On 2013-03-15, Colin Stamp wrote:
On 15/03/2013 13:18, The Other Mike wrote:

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.

Forget pressure washing. What you need is petrol. Then it'll be clean as
a whistle )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJQjeBWvm-0

I borrowed a neigbours Die-soon yesterday. First time I've ever used
one, and it confirmed what I've always thought about them. Hideous,
heavy, useless, fragile PoS. And it blocked up.

It probably needed a good clean-out. Either that or it wasn't re-assembled
properly, our one relies on the suction to make airtight joins everywhere,
one bit of dirt in a seal and it's useless. Sometimes you just need to pull
one of the removable bits off and put it back on, then it works like a
dream. The brushes tend to get very matted with bits of carpet too, it's
worth spending a few minutes a month cutting all the threads out of it with
a stanley knife.

They do clog up easily but when you take the time to dismantle, clean and
re-assemble, they're very good. Maybe a bit too complicated for their own
good sometimes.