Hi,

My 7 year old Fantom/Thunder vacuum just stopped working. The on-off switch
was not working (struck on on) for the past 1.5 years and we were just
plugging/unplugging it. Could this be repaired as DIY job?

TIA for any help

Yes, it can easily be repaired. You can take the vacuum apart and
replace the switch with another original. I don't like to spend money
or waste time. I pried the old switch out and wired in a rocker switch
from something else in place of the original. The wires from the old
switch had enough slack to allow that. Then I hot melt glued the switch
in place. I could have used epoxy instead. These are great vacuums, but
the switches tend to go bad.

Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I might have not made myself very clear. The
switch stopped working 1.5-2 years back. But the vacuum just quit last
Sunday. I am assuming that the switch is broken and struck on 'off'. I will
take a stab at it.

Al Bundy wrote:

Yes, it can easily be repaired. You can take the vacuum apart and
replace the switch with another original. I don't like to spend money
or waste time. I pried the old switch out and wired in a rocker switch
from something else in place of the original. The wires from the old
switch had enough slack to allow that. Then I hot melt glued the switch
in place. I could have used epoxy instead. These are great vacuums, but
the switches tend to go bad.