I've been doing some decorating - I got some filler from Jewsons
called "Easi Fill" and indeed it is an idiot proofed filler much
easier to use than polyfilla, mixes up well, goes off slowly, sands
down easily and has a fine finish

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

When it comes to DIY I'll tackle nearly everything but land me with an
electromechanical problem and I am a complete wuss, so please will
someone tell me what to do next?

So far I've taken Henry to bits washed down the plastic bits and left
them to dry

Anna

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 ...

"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 ;-)

R wrote:
"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.

Henry has a three part filter system if you include the paper bag, then the
nylon bag on a frame, then the foam. AFAIK the foam filter is simply to
protect the motor if the other filter split.

Motors are £29 + £8 postage from Barton Electrical http://tinyurl.com/yrgk8m


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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R wrote:
"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.

Henry has a three part filter system if you include the paper bag, then
the nylon bag on a frame, then the foam. AFAIK the foam filter is simply
to protect the motor if the other filter split.

The foam filter is actualy *after* the motor in the airflow.

In the Hire trade the paper bags used to be supplied but rarely used, packs
of which always came back intack as the builders thought they reduced the
suction so therefore wouldn't allow the odd chunk of house brick etc to be
picked up instead of bending down to remove it or shovelling.
Also the secondary filter in the top, the one with the plastic insert to
hold it away from the motor air intake was frequently missing because it
nearly always got chucked out with the debris.


The "Wet Vac" twin motor units were even more fun to sort out, especially
after being used for toilet cleaning at the end of a job :-(


Motors are £29 + £8 postage from Barton Electrical
http://tinyurl.com/yrgk8m

That's a good deal.

Thanks all

I have decided to continue being a wuss and have ordered a new Henry

Anna

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:35:46 +0000, Anna Kettle wrote:

I have decided to continue being a wuss and have ordered a new Henry

Maybe you could offer the old one on freecycle, perhaps with a link to
the motor man, for those with the inclination to lazarusise him!

--
John Stumbles

Ohnosecond
Instant in time when you realise that you've just made a BIG mistake.

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:06:47 GMT, John Stumbles
wrote:

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:35:46 +0000, Anna Kettle wrote:

I have decided to continue being a wuss and have ordered a new Henry

Maybe you could offer the old one on freecycle, perhaps with a link to
the motor man, for those with the inclination to lazarusise him!

Thats a good plan It'll be on North & West Suffolk Freecycle as soon
as the new Henry arrives - unless anyone on here would like to put in
a claim for it (and collect it)?

Anna

"Anna Kettle" wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:06:47 GMT, John Stumbles
wrote:

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:35:46 +0000, Anna Kettle wrote:

I have decided to continue being a wuss and have ordered a new Henry

Maybe you could offer the old one on freecycle, perhaps with a link to
the motor man, for those with the inclination to lazarusise him!

Thats a good plan It'll be on North & West Suffolk Freecycle as soon
as the new Henry arrives - unless anyone on here would like to put in
a claim for it (and collect it)?

Nah....Sorry, already have 2

On Sep 24, 9:56 pm, (Anna Kettle) wrote:
Thats a good plan It'll be on North & West Suffolk Freecycle as soon
as the new Henry arrives - unless anyone on here would like to put in
a claim for it (and collect it)?

If no-one wants it then it might be worth keeping the hose and some
other bits as spares before dumping the rest.

cheers,
Pete.

The message
from (Anna Kettle) contains these words:

Maybe you could offer the old one on freecycle, perhaps with a link to
the motor man, for those with the inclination to lazarusise him!

Thats a good plan It'll be on North & West Suffolk Freecycle as soon
as the new Henry arrives - unless anyone on here would like to put in
a claim for it (and collect it)?

If only you had made that offer last week. I drove through Suffolk
(A12/A14) on the way home to Yorkshire on Sunday but don't expect to be
down that way again until Xmas. :-(

--
Roger Chapman

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:49:52 +0100, Roger
wrote:

The message
from (Anna Kettle) contains these words:

Maybe you could offer the old one on freecycle, perhaps with a link to
the motor man, for those with the inclination to lazarusise him!

Thats a good plan It'll be on North & West Suffolk Freecycle as soon
as the new Henry arrives - unless anyone on here would like to put in
a claim for it (and collect it)?

If only you had made that offer last week. I drove through Suffolk
(A12/A14) on the way home to Yorkshire on Sunday but don't expect to be
down that way again until Xmas. :-(

--
Roger Chapman

Damn! My time machine has broken too, otherwise old Henry would be
yours

Anna

The message
from (Anna Kettle) contains these words:

Damn! My time machine has broken too, otherwise old Henry would be
yours

:-)

--
Roger Chapman