Broken Braun Shaver
Hello I have a mdium-old rechargeable Braun shaver which stopped working. The oddity is that it charges fine and also it runs fine if I take the foil off. If I put the foil back on, it's inert. I looked over the foil/screen and there is no damage apparent. Any idea? Thanks. |
Broken Braun Shaver
wrote in message oups.com... Hello I have a mdium-old rechargeable Braun shaver which stopped working. The oddity is that it charges fine and also it runs fine if I take the foil off. If I put the foil back on, it's inert. I looked over the foil/screen and there is no damage apparent. Any idea? Thanks. Is this a model where the foil assembly also has a trimmer? If so, the trimmer could be seized, or perhaps its linkage isn't engaging properly and jamming the motor. If not, it could be a weak motor. How easy is it to stop the motor by applying resistance to the blades? Dave |
Broken Braun Shaver
Dave D wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Hello I have a mdium-old rechargeable Braun shaver which stopped working. The oddity is that it charges fine and also it runs fine if I take the foil off. If I put the foil back on, it's inert. I looked over the foil/screen and there is no damage apparent. Any idea? Thanks. Is this a model where the foil assembly also has a trimmer? If so, the trimmer could be seized, or perhaps its linkage isn't engaging properly and jamming the motor. If not, it could be a weak motor. How easy is it to stop the motor by applying resistance to the blades? Dave Hi... Another possibility? Possible since it's "medium old", the batteries have reached that point where they can deliver susfficient current to spin the motor unloaded, but not enough under load... Quick and dirty test for that would be (again) to carefully touch some moving part with the foil off; see how easy it is to stall it. Ken |
Broken Braun Shaver
"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:oV3if.626987$1i.290049@pd7tw2no... Another possibility? Possible since it's "medium old", the batteries have reached that point where they can deliver susfficient current to spin the motor unloaded, but not enough under load... Certainly possible, and the most likely answer, but I assumed the fault was evident on both batteries and mains. Quick and dirty test for that would be (again) to carefully touch some moving part with the foil off; see how easy it is to stall it. That could also indicate a weak motor or seized components. If it's like my old Braun shaver it has a built in SMPS and intelligent charging circuit, there could also be a fault there. Dave |
Broken Braun Shaver
Always suspect the batteries first!
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Broken Braun Shaver
Charles Schuler wrote: Always suspect the batteries first! You may have a point. :-) The shaver is a model 5471, with the popup "long hair trimmer". I checked all the linkages and cleaned everything possible, and the shaver (and the popup thing) only would work with the foil taken off. Same situation with the thing pluged in, so I thought the battery was fine, but I let it charge overnight, it acted the same, but by the second day of lying unused, the battery was dead. Survey says ... battery problem. At this point I assume the answer is just to write the thing off and get a get shaver. Thanks for the help. |
Broken Braun Shaver
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