Fixing a defective Black and Decker hand held vacuum cleaner.

[@TheWillheim]

That is the most outstanding help video I have ever seen. Thorough, detailed, has no pretensions in his presentation, it is filmed well and will save me a boatload of time. Much easier to reverse the wires on the leads than to have had to take the device completely apart and investigate every possible point of failure. Besides, I do not have those skills. And it is true about Black & Decker.: Inexcusable quality control. Like many old, established brands they have succumbed to prioritizing manufacturing costs and profit to pump up those quarterly reports which hold up the share price. When I was a kid (I am 67) Black & Decker was THE brand. You could count on them. I had their jig saw and many other devices. And that is why I bought this vacuum.. I have found this same erosion in quality in other major brands I once bought. Now I check to see if the company was acquired. The source of sale is important - For example, there have been products sold through Amazon that were counterfeits. And they take no responsibility. Thanks Solderking! You da' man!

[@happylittlemonk]

Thank you sir. This the most useful video I have ever seen. I had my B&D hand held vacuum cleaner (little bit different than yours) for over 10 years. It worked for the first few hours but stopped charging. I never used it again and decided to dump it. I tried to see if I can charge it again and left it on charge for 3 hours without success, it started and stopped after 5 seconds. I thought it was the battery. After watching your video and opened the docking device and reversed the polarity (was careful in case it blows up before switching it on) and it did the job. It started charging properly. After 10 min charge the motor was running at full speed. I cannot thank you enough.

[@upacrk11]

Hey Taylor! Thanks a bunch for the video. I had a dust buster that I kept in a cabinet. I had disconnected the wires from the base to get the power cord through the side of the cabinet and then reconnected the wires. Worked great for years Fast forward, got new cabinets and was going to do the same. Afterwards, the vac didn't work. I had reversed the wires! (Duh!). Your video made me realize my mistake. Kudos to you bro!

[@vayneshade]

Thank you! I don’t have the equipment to make the repair you did but this was helpful in letting me see the issue so I could rig the charger to stay flush while charging!

[@heathermiller5945]

Thank you. I have two black and decker handheld vacuums that are having the same problem

[@davidreynolds4684]

Fyi to those who may have several black and decker cordless items. There are drills and screwdrivers etc that the batteries are not removeable but have a wall charger with a plug to insert in the item to charge it. If you happen to lose the wall charger do not assume you need a ac to dc charger. Ive found many of them are ac input and ac output wall chargers. The drills ive worked on did not state the power requirements on the id sticker nor was it molded into the plastic like most are. I had to actually take the units apart to find out what power supply was required.

[@pongagt]

My 4 lithium batteries were down to around 500mAh capacity each when i tested them. I changed the cells and charged it and it seemed to work fine. After leaving it on the charger as usual it will on run for a couple seconds only now before it shuts off and the light flashes. It charges up real quick and then i try it and get the same thing.

[@davidreynolds4684]

If your unit has 7.2 volt batteries meaning thats whats required by the motor then the charger putting out 16+ volts seems extremely high if you expect the batts or motor to last very long. The chargers generally only put out a couple of volts above the required total amount.

[@blesd4success]

Same thing happened to me with my black n decker within 2 weeks of having bought it.

[@srrk3500]

Very educational for someone who has almost no knowledge about electronics like me.

[@emstratman]

My new model is dead and won't charge at all- I got to use it once. Clearly this is a bad product.

[@peterdickinson-d4v]

My Dustbuster has never run for more than a few minutes. I’m wondering if there is a thermal cutout somewhere in the circuit. The batteries seem ok. I can switch it off when it stops and leave it fire a few seconds then switch on again. It will run for 30 seconds then stop again. I can repeat this many times before the batteries begin to wind down.

[@chaos.corner]

I have a 9V power supply that reads -13V when measured at the polarity it should be. I'm assuming it's some kind of failure mode for a certain kind of supply design. Maybe something similar is at issue here. There's no way it should be + or - 16V for that charging.

[@nicolewyatt9060]

Same color bad one... Same exact problem. I like the green better anyway. Gonba have to get that one i guess. It does suck as a mount. Like old school wall phones. Just hooks on there

[@stevetash5032]

Hi Taylor, Did you make a video about how to replace the lithum cells? I'm afraid my batteries are lasting less and less after a few days charging and need to be replaced. I'm a novice

[@bobsmith674]

Why would a charger put out 16.27 volts for a 7.2 volt battery pack?

[@farahani916]

Hello, My vacuum goes off after 20 second and the next times in a less than time like your vacuum, is its problem landed in batteries? It happens even when it's plugged to the power !

[@cmnewey]

Mine does the same thing!! I wish I could find an answer to this issue.

[@bobbym6964]

I have the same issue. Runs for 20 seconds. Turn it off. Runs another 20 sec. Worked good for a year or so. I think it’s something on the PC board like a thermal switch. Heats up then quits until cool.

[@AckzaTV]

mi e just stopped after msny months working fine but u use for kitty litter snd i have a suspicious theres iron in the motor like with a drone and is there anyeay to use a more poeerful kagnetc to get iron off ?

[@AlanSams]

How to reinstall the flapper valve in a dustbuster?

[@toolinhand]

Thanks for the info. I just bought the Stanley version of this, and it has the same dock. I'll check the polarity in the morning when I get home from work.

[@janetotovic1442]

Excellent video, thank you!

[@glorydays1670]

Thank you I’m having the same problem with mine. I think they just make them die after a year so you can buy another one.

[@nicolewyatt9060]

Its a very cheap model, might i add. Mine always worked but we hung it up and now its not so i wonder whats mines deal ? Maybe it hanging just doesn't connect good? It sounds like hers did but mine was fine for about a year

[@mazharmehmood7064]

cant we simply flip the 120v AC plug to resolve polarity issue??

[@Solder_king]

@@mazharmehmood7064 no. The issue is on the dc side after the ac is rectified.

[@mazharmehmood7064]

@@Solder_king got it, thanks

[@adzuke]

​@@Solder_king is the charging not working at all since first you bought it? I mean before u swap the wire

[@1112223333111]

why didnt you try it on the other handheld charger? 16 volts on a 12v switching supply is way too hi. somethings wrong there

[@MichaelBeeny]

Even if you get a good one, the battery's will fail after 2 years anyway. Just out of warrantee.

[@fosforus1588]

Did she buy it discounted? A factory second at a wholesale discount store etc?

[@craigsudman4556]

Where was it made? China?

[@michaellawrence1277]

Have the same vac with the same problem. Want to go from Nicd to lithium. Thinking of a 1S 3P pack. Will a BMS with a 2 amp overvoltage cutoff work or should I go higher/ Thanks

[@TrippKnightly]

The F word was totally appropriate here, and I still avoid cussing from my puritanical rearing.

[@senorchaos]

Where did you pick up your replacement cells? Pretty sure mine just needs new ones as it's just seeing slowdown now since owning in 2017.

[@sarahsmith1575]

And if you don't know what a canister is I'm pretty sure you do but if you don't I'm talking about the clear part that holds dirt!🤔

[@lalanafta8749]

What do you think the problem with a cordless vacuum that works for a fewer seconds and then stop working

[@HectorGarcia-yd4le]

Hey Taylor my vacuum stopped working today the same model you show on this video,I opened it up and everything looks good,the charging base does work I connected a clock radio using the same vacuum charger and it works so now I don't know if it's the batteries or the motor it's been working fine for the past two years until today...is there a way I can fix it? Thanks in advance

[@sarahsmith1575]

And also why I was putting it back together you should have added lubrication to the motor even though I didn't need it cuz I used to have one of these except it wasn't like the greenish one we had to plug the port into the back of it and one day the motor started squeaking on it sadly back then I didn't have any kind of lubrication so I didn't fix it and that's why I be used at vacuum without putting a filter in it but now I have a new one that I know how to treat it it's also a newer model and it hangs up on the wall like that one except it's a newer model 🤗😃👌

[@morrisonjenniferd]

I have the newer version 3.6v, that has stopped charging. Any tips on that, since you have one?

[@Solder_king]

I haven't ran into any issues with that one yet lol. But if it did charge before and not now I would say that the cell is probably bad

[@rickc2222]

same here, 3.6v version (single cell guessing), worked for about 1.5 yrs now wont charge - charger tests good. Wish they made it easy to swap out cells just like a flashlight - its almost easier to just trash it and buy a new one for how cheap they are, but i'll try to fix it just to reduce the environmental waste.

[@sarahsmith1575]

When he was putting it back together you got to put the air vent back on

[@reX3o3o]

can i run one of this motors directly? i have one but it doesn't work at any voltage

[@Mighty-ue7bt]

Hi Mr Solderking. when i press the on button it works but i have to keep pressing the button down for it to stay on. as soon as i take my hand off it turns off. the on button doesn’t click down. how do i fix this

[@wademurdock1299]

If you read the device’s manual, you’ll see that’s the intended functionality. Which is stupid, yes.

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

I hate when vacuums become defective

[@zaysimmons]

Thanks for the video mines been broken for awhile and I really didn't wanna buy another..so I will switch the wires around and see if that's also the problem with mines

[@susanmacmillan3481]

Brilliant.

[@Camcolito]

Piece of shit. Bought one brand new - same story, won't charge. Can't believe they are still allowed to sell them. Won't be buying Black and Decker again.

[@davidreynolds4684]

Im just curious if you checked the power supply to the vac before you condemned the vac?

[@Marcosworld77]

Thats because they manufacture them in china.

[@sarahsmith1575]

This is a very late time to say this right be no on top of the other comment but where's the canister?

[@kobixepic1784]

hey my mouse is broken it's clicker/trigger is broken I was wondering if you could make a video how to fix it I have a advent mouse if you can it would be great.

[@wr4sh]

IncrediblesForever yeah you made it clear the first time

[@OJA1965]

Cussing is OK. 🙂

[@ctg8563]

I would just take it back to the store tell them it doesnt work to get a refund.

[@Jayyhi]

23 dollars is very cheap for a handheld vacuum...

[@dynomike1964]

The square root of Black and Decker is dog shit on the half shell.

[@rumnahal]

Terrible quality control

[@nancypugh4768]

I understand your frustration. Your video is very good but you could not use swear words. It seems that most don’t care, but I want to learn and get help, not listen to F#$% and P$%#ed from your frustration.

[@AaronRiegel]

Settle down beavith......

[@kobixepic1784]

hey my mouse is broken it's clicker/trigger is broken I was wondering if you could make a video how to fix it I have a advent mouse if you can it would be great.