Wife's cooked the Numatic Henry vacuum - what to check?

[Wonko The Sane]

Evenin'

the wife has just texted that she thinks she's overheated our Henry vacuum cleaner, she's let it cool, emptied the bag and checked for blockages in the hose but no life in it.

obvious thing is to check the fuse, but anything else I should be checking if that isn't the issue?
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[stinkwheel]

Depending on the age, some of them have a latching switch for the high to low power settings. Always struck me as a tad ropy, especially since it's controlling a power jump from 600 to 1200 watts.

Seems a bit of a weak point compared to the previous 2-position rocker switch.

Check the power cord along its length. Running it on high power with the cable rolled in could cause some nasty induction effects and possible meltiness.
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[Wonko The Sane]

[Rogue_Shadow]

If it's anything like my VAC hoover you wont get any life out of it for 12 hours.

After clearing up last years Christmas tree, I though nothing of sucking up all the stray tinsel. This blocked the filter inside the hoover

So for the first few weeks after, it would run for about 5-10 minutes before shutting off.
Long story short ...
Whenever it overheats it shut downs and cannot be turned on again for 12 hours, no matter what you do (fuses, ect)

So clear whatever blockages you have and definitely check the filter.
Then try again tomorrow

[stinkwheel]

[chris-red]

[goto10]

My wife overheated our [old] Henry a few months ago - I left it for a few hours but it was still dead - it _almost_ went to the tip the next day, but I checked it one final time... and it worked! It's been fine since - so waiting twelve+ hours could have some merit.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Wife cooked it?

Did the meal suck?
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[Wonko The Sane]

[MCN]

edit: posted before ^^^

If it's been starved of air then the motor overheat protection will/may have tripped.

If it's been hammered several times the thermal cut-out may now be permanently fubar as they can sometimes only handle 'only so-many' cycles to protect from nob-ends who never learn.

They are normally replaceable too.

Or the slip-ring contacts on the cable reel.

Or the motor brushes.

If mine, I'd pull it apart before I chucked it out. Hoovers are normally very fixable beasts, if you don't mind the phaph.

Good luck
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[mentalboy]

[331X2]

If it's a two speed, bypass the speed control part and wire straight from the on/off switch to the motor. One of the mouth breathers at work cooked one doing something stupid but it just killed the pcb that chops the power.

[P.addy]

They have a thermal cut out. I used to work with vacuum cleaners

If you aren't replacing bag/filter and using for extended periods, shit happens.