eBay Job Lot of EXPENSIVE Vacuum Cleaners - Can I fix them?

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In this video I attempt to fix a job lot of expensive Shark Vacuum cleaners. I purchased them from 3 different eBay sellers so they should have a variety of faults. Will any be fixable? Will they be complete junk? Let's find out
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in these videos.
Many thanks, Vince.

[@jasejj]

I really don't see anything in these cleaners that justifies the price tag. They're absolutely unremarkable.

[@enm898]

That sums up all Ninja/Shark products very well.

[@Unjustself]

I bought a shark upright on sale about 8 years ago and it's been bomb proof. But that was before shark really took off as a brand. seems it's the usual story of quality going down as the brand gets bigger

[@megatronskneecap]

@@Unjustself They were nice machines back in the teens but it's gotten so bad that even their Air Fryer lines are unreliable as hell.

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

Just another "Trendy" name for the new home buyers to insist on having. They'll learn in time.

[@gman7692]

Agreed. Who in their right mind would think that putting a flat flex on a vacuum cleaner was a good idea? Especially one with a cable rewind facility. Even Dyson (who also make overpriced crap BTW) use round flex.

[@michaelcook1923]

Vince it maybe when the plug is wound back in the shock of it when it hits the body of the vacuum it's the shock of it that pulls the wire apart. They should put a stran ball on the wire. Good video keep them coming. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@LIFEbytheMEKONG]

This is exactly what's happening.

[@georgeprout42]

Vince finally understands why moulded plugs are bad. We have a box of new mains plugs at my local repair cafe for a bloody good reason. Part of the design of the UK plug is that line (used to be called live) will always be the first to disconnect. Think safety. Genius. Now they're often moulded, that part will always become landfill. Not so genius. Bring back proper plugs! Edit to add that the earth will always be the last to disconnect by design.

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Not just uk plugs are bad rest of eu have kind of the same problem just smaller plugs without fuses, molded pluggs changes every day but probably more goes directly to landfills for foulty pluggs.

[@Christopher_T_Paul]

I have bought the strain reliefs many times and they are called cable boots.

[@hodgeophone]

Well done finding where the cable broke. A trick I learned back in the day which works if the live wire is broken somewhere along it's length is to use a Fluke no contact volt stick( or cheap equivalent). Just run it along the length of the wire until it stops glowing. You can find the break without cutting in no time flat.

[@willmorici5765]

This week, on 'MY MAtE VINCE' Vince cleans the floor. The wife unit has now ordered him to buy new vacuums every week, so he can fault find them and then clean the whole house testing them.

[@johnnythefixer]

When you were demonstrating the working vacuums at the end of the video, all I could hear in my head was 'I want to break free'

[@ei96byod]

😆Yes! In full drag with a glossy red lipstick!🤣

[@Mymatevince]

😂

[@domramsey]

I think the "problem" you have discovered with the plugs is a fundamental safety feature of British plugs. They are designed so that the life will break/pull out first. If you think about it, it would be madness to do it any other way.

[@johnnythefixer]

Vince, haven't you got a voltage tester pen ? You could check for voltage from the plug to the vacuum, to see if there's a break in the cable that way.

[@Dave64track]

That was I was thinking they are only cheap and you can just run the tester along the length of the cable no need to even take the cleaner apart.

[@danielhulan3058]

Man cleaning a rabbit cage with a $500 vacuum. If i bought a $500 vacuum i wouldnt even vacuum with it. Id just set it in the corner and look at it lol.

[@simonupton-millard]

After seeing the video looks like buying a broken one off ebay and replacing the plug and you have a cheep experience vacume 😂

[@Box223]

I have some expensive Roombas in good condition that I put in the corner and never use. If I use them, they won't be as good.

[@nicolocatanese3477]

The first vacuum cleaner probably has a latching switch instead of a button. What i mean by that is that the motherboard expects an interrupt event so to turn on it needs to go OFF/ON/OFF and that is achieved pressing a normally open button. Instead they put, for some reason, a latching switch that requires 2 presses to create that interrupt so it goes: 1st press OFF/ON 2nd press ON/OFF so while you have pressed the first time the motherboard hangs waiting for the interrupt event to finish because it will only recognise it once it's over and then proceed to turn on the vacuum.

[@ekens6344]

I believe the 5V little power supply circuit in the handle driven by that OB2222N chip is actually a non-isolated power supply. Buck converter circuits are often non-isolated. they are the same type you see on circuit boards with lots of power rails everywhere, ones that take a DC input then convert that to a lower voltage to use on that part the board. The danger here is that there is no physical separation between the input and output voltages, in this case between mains and 5 volts. In a normal switch mode power supply you have a transformer in the middle that physically isolates mains from the low voltage side and things like opto-isolators are used to ensure no physical connection between the mains and low sides where a signal does need to pass between. but in this design the 5V is directly derived from mains. If you look at the sample circuit diagram in the datasheet, if for example a component failed or the chip failed, L could pass directly to the low voltage side. Or if the L and N inputs were reversed (e.g. assembly mistake in the factory) it would still work but half of the "low voltage" side would now be connected to the mains Live wire. As there is no reference to Earth within the circuit the components on the board wouldn't care about this, they would still see a difference of 5V between the 0V and 5V output pins, but to a human touching the board who is referenced to mains earth, those pins are potentially rectified mains, so your body sees +325V and +330V between the board and Earth and could give you a really nasty shock. Obviously this is not an issue while the board is all fully contained and insulated inside a load of plastic but if you are taking it out to work on it it's something to be really careful of. These circuits are only used where there is no possibility of the end user touching any part of the low voltage side. They would never be used for phone or laptop chargers for example as the user can touch the DC connector.

[@TechGorilla1987]

My nearly 50 year old Kirby direct-drive, metal tank laughs at these plastic, disposable vacs. Given enough time, it could probably crunch them up and clean up the mess. It also has so many attachments it makes a man dizzy - even a carpet shampooer which works great!

[@kailumgg7736]

Kirby hoovers where just some of the best

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

I have a KIrby with auto revers gearbox rear wheel drive, beats the hell out of the carpet, Mum used to have a Goblin cast aluminium vacuum in the 1960's that beast would bend an old copper penny and you could see the sand bouncing up in front of the machine. Modern crap carpets cant take a beating but mine are over 80 years old.

[@teknikal6969]

The odds of the live coming loose first are pretty much 100 percent. The UK plug is designed that way so the earth is always the last connected. But yeah there may not be enough strain relief on those plugs or else the only issue is people tugging them like mad.

[@mistsmogguru8378]

Gotta admit, I've always wanted a Kirby. I replaced the bed mattresses for all the beds after I seen what came out of them. It thumped our brand new Dyson animal upright. Amazing machines

[@davidgranger3628]

​@@WOFFY-qc9te we had a Kirby it couldn't hold a patch on our 3kw hoover we have had for ten years but i have no doubt it kicks the butt of modern low powered excuses for vaccums .PS the Kirby drill extension is crap lol

[@josiejuicewilder8911]

My apologies if you mention this later but I am typing this while watching. Uk plugs are designed specifically so that if the cord is tugged the live disengages first. It is also why when correctly wired the live lead is the shortest. I believe the wire is breaking on these when the cord is retracted, most of us will put a foot on the button and allow the cable to wind it's way in until the plug slams into the 'hoover'. I think they should mould a stopper a few inches before the plug to stop it retracting fully inside the device.

[@mikepanchaud1]

Good point. The tension on the spring is too high. It could be reduced by opening it up and unwinding a few turns of cable off the reel.

[@rwdplz1]

Shark vacuums are notorious for zero parts availability. Surprised everyone in Europe doesn't just have a Miele or Sebo, awesome vacuums and 10X less expensive than in North America. I like my Miele C3 but prefer the Kirby for carpet.

[@jjbigelow]

I too noticed the problem with 13amp plugs. I was swapping over a variety of things, xmas lights, cheap heat gun and soldering iron, that came with euro twio pin plugs and skinny wires..I, detest the two pin adapters that always seem to get misplaced. I bought some plugs from amazon that already had the short strain relief pipe. Like yourself I was still unhappy so resorted to building up the diameter of the cable with a length of sheathing from an old rubberised extension cable. Covered this with heat shrink tube snd finished off with more heat shrink over the cable and the strain relief. Complete overkill I know, but they work without a problem, touch wood. Keep the fixes coming, they're very much appreciated. 👍👍👍

[@MattFixesStuff]

Vacuum cleaners are rewarding to repair because you can in 90% of cases :). Good job on finding the tiny faults. I recently fixed a vacuum cleaner with a dead motor. Well turned out that IN the motor of that vacuum there was a hidden triac that failed. Easy repair after that :)

[@johnboy4809]

those cable boots I found by just typing "mains plug cable boot" as simular ones came up, nice fix and like our shark upright so much more powerful than the dyson was

[@danielhulan3058]

Vince, i just want to say that it shows the content of you character how worried you are about the safety of the plugs. You are a good guy. I just wanted to throw that out there.

[@georgeprout42]

His heart is in the right place, but the idea is that the part that could kill you breaks first is a design choice, not a flaw.

[@danielhulan3058]

He's not talking about the broken wire. He is talking about the gap in the new plug.

[@dazer123]

It's the automatic cable return when the plug hits the vacuum

[@Mymatevince]

Oooo, yes, didn't think of that. Cheers 👍👍👍

[@AlAmantea]

It is the force of the recoil spring that causes the wire to break. Part of the problem is that the manufacturer isn't required to do a UL knot on the plug to prevent strain from pulling on a single lead in the cable. It has nothing to do with flex or the user pulling on the plug when it's plugged in and in use. It happens when it is being put away after being used and the user hits the retract button, allowing the spring to recoil the wire at full speed until the plug snaps against the case. If it were me, I would switch the bin from the broken one to the lower end vacuum, and put the good bin from that one on the 500. You could always switch the beauty ring on them as well. I can't imagine they are any different between the models.

[@dazzypops]

When a video sucks to this extent, it's a good thing! Well done Vince, fixing both wands too.

[@chickendippers3945]

Super video Vince! Blooming hidden screws......

[@sihaynes]

Vince you’ve done it again. Something I have no interest in repairing, I’ve watched all the way through and actually find it really interesting! The my mate vince channel is the gift that never stops giving 😁 top job mate

[@tall-jv4wo]

Nice one Vince...😊

[@themlotproductions]

Actually Vince, the Commonwealth includes countries that also utilise the three-pin UK plugs. I recently watched a US KZbinr who did an analysis on UK plugs. He established that there are so many fantastic design features in the UK plug.

[@billyk5038]

Vince, Only in a My Mate Vince fix it video am I privileged to share your home piccies of the northern lights. Maybe an artistic and scientific My Mate Vince world of wonders interlude is the way to you trail blazer!!

[@Tim_3100]

Great video vince

[@zynaps666]

19:20. It's called thinning the herd mate. I took a 240v belt at 15 years old from a record player. Made me respect the invisable power. 56 now, still not dead. My son, now 34 thought he could touch the door of a coal fire, he never did it again.

[@sceptic1958]

A great demonstration of Why you should never pull an appliance by the plug.

[@ArreglandoCosas]

Being in south america, i really love the way uk plugs have fuses incorporated. Also love how you have switches to turn off the wall outlets.. it's genius. Excellent video Vince, i really enjoyed it

[@jdhtyler]

Butter knife to remove the plug from the wall socket by old people was the reason I was told for the live and neutral pin insulation on a 13 amp plug That was back in the 1980s Many old houses in the UK in the 1960-70s had electrical upgrade on damp walls hence corrosion causing plugs to be stiff to remove. My grans cottage with solid stone walls and no cavity wall was like this.

[@anthonydenn4345]

I found after they started insulating the pins, this helped with them not corroding as badly either. Which prevented them from sticking. So it kinda sorted both issues.

[@FikuKromoUzuFajrovulpon]

Appreciate what you did with the dodgy plug. I do the same with any I am disposing of for any reason. Though usually I have to put them on the ground and a jump on them till all the pins are off. You clearly are stronger than I am 🤣

[@endisforever22]

We have a Shark hoover a stand up one its amazing feels so much better than the dyson we had before

[@grahamcross6771]

Just a thought. When you were fixing the first hoover with the dodgy lead you could have used a non contact voltage tester and run it along the cable to see where the break was. Wouldn't have been that useful on this one as the break was at the plugtop but may help in the future.

[@chrisj.1608]

i have been a fan of shark vacuums for years i love mine i currently have the shark navigator upright la322 i love it!

[@rog2224]

Looking at that plug - I seem to recall there being some 13amp plugs sold that had something like a strain relief gland that fitted over the flex, and secured inside the plug shell on the shell side of the screwed down flex anchor.

[@RobTaylor-HiTech]

To seal the plastic container, melt some metal mesh from the inside. Then add epoxy from the inside since air is pressurized it will push out slightly.

[@paulwinstone4825]

I hate those molded plugs. Yes safe when they work, but you can't open them to check them when anything goes wrong so I normally replace them when working on power tools for example. Some plugs do have strain reliefs built in or you can buy a strain relief that fits (it might be squished). What I do with them is burn them when I'm burning garden rubbish (only do it during windy, cold conditions). Normally all that's left is strips of copper from any cable and the metal from the rest of the plug.

[@paultasker7788]

Always wondered why more tools didn't have recoil function rather than having to wind cable by hand. But problems like this may explain why

[@M1LAD81]

As a side point, Vince. The missing fuse holder isn't electrically dangerous at all because when it's plugged in it can't be touched. anyway.

[@lynchy751]

love watching your vids and and yes your right with the plug very bad design fault iv never liked sealed plugs ...i find just looking at that hoover it all seems very badly made very cheap looking inside not much thought or even testing has been done

[@lynchy751]

oh and i have the same snips as you and always worried about slipping with them as the end is razor sharp lol nearly a trip to the hospital for you as that would of done damage :)

[@wolvesone]

hey vince when we had that massive geo mag storm i went out and got pics of the lights also though i had to go out the day after peak because of course in my area it had to rain i could not see them with my eyes but my camera sure did also i too love space and weather and stuff like that and if you ever made a channel with that stuff featured i would for sure watch it :)

[@smaza2009]

Another good video vince, can't belive you don't have a proper torx screwdriver set, there are loads on Ebay proper sets long shafts ha ha

[@Jojo_repairs_stuff]

Hey, great video!!! I am struggling with my own vacuum cleaner atm. I think the Colored stripes on the cable are for different use times. You need to always unravel till yellow and till red if you let it run longer than 40 minutes or so.

[@audibell]

Nice Vince 😀

[@paulgull2405]

Hi Vince plugs are a concern but voltage is the main issue. When I was 7 years old living in Bedford 1972 I unscrewed the light bulb in the fridge and put my finger into the socket still remember it to this day. Live in Canada now and have been shocked by 120 V on a few occasions but nothing like the 220 v that I experienced as a kid

[@dany-ps2my]

I love my rainbow vacuum and dyson cordless for quick cleaning, never used a shark

[@HelpNeighbour]

You could test with a contact less volt stick to see where live break is, it would save disassembly, also you could swap neutral and live in a dedicated small extension socket, that would be for testing the neutral wire

[@ralphj4012]

You can get liquid pour resins (i.e. Smooth-on from Bentley advanced materials) but these take a lot of practice (and expense) to get right. If the gap on top (of the cracked one) has mostly closed and you can get to the underside and the plastic is ABS then you can use evo stick pvc pipe weld, though there is a fine line between melted together nicely and unsightly damage.

[@pds8475]

I think it's a safety feature of the plug. The first wire to be disconnected when pulled on a UK plug is the live. This cuts power to the equipment.

[@bobuilt10]

I agree, UK plugs are designed so the live disconnect first and the earth, where fitted, last. I also think it is the force of the recoil that is pulling the wire out.

[@matt_moran_bike_adventures]

I thought that when Vince showed the failure point in the plug. This means that the plug is technically adhering to UK electrical safety standards

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

As an electrician in sweden, i have no experience in uk plugs, but i have experians off to small cabels in a to big holes. You take 5cm of the right sized cabel, take out the cords and put in your cabel inced of the bigger cabel sleeve and the string relief over both if you have room make a loos knot on them, Seriously your video is 4 weeks late, my Electrolux vacuum cleaner did die, and a messed up and now i have lots of spear for ower new Electrolux ;) Thank you for the entertainmemt, the massive shout and the white socks in the slippers!😂😂

[@ktingmar]

I suggest you to get a NCV (non contact voltage tester). These aren't very expensive, but you can easily check where the break in the cable is.

[@mikepanchaud1]

The live wire is designed to break first when pulled . It's breaking because the spring retracting the cable has too much tension and it crashes to a stop. It could be reduced by unwinding a few rurns off the reel.

[@mrjsv4935]

Nice fault finding and fixes, and definetely electrical safety is very important thing 👍 From that big gap, some objects or fluid could get inside the plug and cause a short, maybe the fuse would blow in that case, but does it blow fast enough before something else breaks.

[@keithmatthews1673]

If my venerable Dyson DC02 eventually croaks I don.t think I will be replacing it with a Shark! Thanks for the unofficial consumer advice!

[@ray73864]

With my old corded, I used an extension cord, 20m, allowed me to do the entire house by plugging the thing into a more centrally located powerpoint. With my LG Evolve cordless, I don't give 2 hoots anymore :P I used to see people complaining in reviews that the 'cord' wasn't long enough on certain vacuums, too that I used to say 'Did you want the vacuum cleaner to be 3 times larger than it currently is!?'.

[@bones1225]

There usually is a data spec on the sheet for soldering tolerances. Ie the max temperature and for how many seconds before the component will fail, at that max temperature when soldering.

[@GadgetUK164]

"The cure for something in there" - the cure for life lol!!! Brilliant video Vince =D Those vacuum cleaners suck - really well!!! The grommet you've used on those plugs is fine! It's a sleaved cable exit grommet - not sure exactly on the specific one though.

[@Ariannus]

Vince, you might be right about the low end model not having the right head being the reason it doesn't work. But I'm wondering if there isn't a relay in the base unit that's stuck on and that's why it doesn't turn off the motor.

[@IntelliPocalypse]

The two clicks is a safety thing. It confirms if you want the vacuum on

[@kriswillems5661]

I think the 2ohm resistor limits the inrush current on a cap. It will probably will work when you just bridge it. The resistor probably has to endure the leakage current of a cap that is getting older. If a resistor burned it's always a good idea to replace it with a higher wattage resistor.

[@100SteveB]

There are quite a few countries that use the G type of mains plug like we use here in the UK. Various countries in Africa, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Cyprus, Ireland, maybe even a couple more. Ironically it is one of the features of our plugs that make them prone to fail when used with vacuum cleaners and other portable tools - the fact that they are not easy to pull out of the socket, so over time, with plenty of tugs, the wires break at the plug. Another downside of them not pulling out of the socket easily is cords can be more of a trip hazard, with a 2 pin design like north America uses if you catch a cord with your foot it will easily pull straight out of the socket. With our plugs your more likely to trip over, or pull the device the cord is connected to off of whatever it was sitting on. But with regards to these plugs, and how they are failing, they are doing exactly what the specs for a G type plug call for - the live wire being the first to pull out if the cable is pulled too hard. They are doing what the regulations say they should do. But it does seem that this design of plug is failing much easier than it should do. The strain relief seems very poor, they are relying on the bond between the plastic of the plug and the outer sheaf of the cable only. With the old clamp down style of strain relief the inner cores were also held tight.

[@neildeaville4193]

Shark have the best customer service i've ever experienced. Ours broke on Saturday after a year or so. I called them and a new one was delivered the next day on Sinday less tyhan 24 hours later. Ninja on the other hand are diabolcal

[@danbarone7643]

You can thin epoxy with isopropyl alcohol. It also makes the epoxy a little more flexible when it cures.

[@M1LAD81]

Hiya Vince, this is the closest I could find for the 13A plug cable strain relief/boot. But I'm afraid can only see them being supplied from the US. Some on ebay as well but US sellers. It is called: Superior Electric Boot-A2-5PK Cord Protector Strain Relief Rubber. They look long, but I think you can snip the end off and it has a good amount on the other end to crimp under the the cable grip of the plug.

[@Stubear22374]

Vince id have considered using cotton wool and super glue sanded when hardened and then sprayed with colour. Also I’d have thought the issue with the wiring is when it retracts and stops when the plug hits the back of the Hoover, the moulded design doesn’t dampen the retraction it could pull the cable loose in the plug just a suggestion

[@HA05GER]

I havent got through the full video so you may have found out the issue with 2 push power switch. Im guessing the hoover is memt to have an intermediate switch like saya horn, so it just sees a quick signal to switch on. Maybe it has been switched to a normal switch so it take anither click to turn rhe switch off and then another again to engage the switch.

[@solospirit4212]

Transparent U/V curing resin is used in 3D printers..a thin coating of that might work..and its relatively inexpensive.

[@grahammartin8568]

Vince, I managed to watch all the way to the end...phew. It does not work for all plastics but dichloromethane will dissolve many, it is a clear liquid and with cracked plastic it flows into the cracks, Amazon sell it for model making (it is the solvent in airfix glue). Takes a lot of care to apply neatly.

[@btlcrj7795]

Hey Vince, here in my part of world; with every after market plugs there is a plastic insert which covers the hole you had mentioned therein rectifying the issue it may cause . Just my thoughts. Thanks 👍

[@erickvond6825]

Right, about the broken wires right at the plug. That mostly happens mostly with lazy folk who yank the lead out of the wall socket by the cord instead of going over and properly pulling it out by the plug. As for the gland, you could try some heat shrink tubing to fill the extra space or perhaps cut off the flange that stops it going in like it should. Now on to the power switch on the base unit, the two tap is a feature so it can't be accidentally turned on or off.

[@gkkes]

I had the same with a spares and repair laptop from Ebay. I wanted just a new screen for my existing laptop. Pictures were of an open laptop with the screen working great. I bought it but when it arrived the screen was from a totally different device. I was ridiculed by the seller as "expecting a perfect laptop for £60" when in fact I was misled over the one replacement part I needed...

[@TylerDurden-pk5km]

The strain relief for the replacement plugs - could be printed with a 3D printer and flexible materials like TPU.

[@neilemery522]

Can't find the exact tube things you're looking for (search for the plug manufacturer?) but the combinations of the following search terms turn up a lot of very similar looking bits and pieces - sleeved cable exit grommet / 3 pin plug strain relief cable boot / BS1363 plug rubber cable gland

[@davidgranger3628]

The glue becomes conductive and causes lots of problems mainly causing shorts on caps but in your case as its covering a great deal of components other problems aswell

[@MagicalAscension]

These vacs have two speeds. When you were testing the second one, although it would not go off, it did change speeds on one of those button presses. So is it maybe possible that the first one that required two presses is actually supposed to go into low speed on the first press and somehow that's not working?

[@nicholasviney5975]

when you hit the rewind button the cord winds in until the plug hits the body and the molded plug has no tight strain relief so it pulls the wire out.

[@kyle5]

At 17:59 in Vince, you talk about the gap on the thinner cable to the plug. If you search for " Cable Sleeves with Rubber Strain Relief" i think that is what you need to cover it, or maybe fill the with hot glue? Love the videos even the rolls royce series.

[@paulwilson1555]

How about some kind of heat shrink wrap around the plug to seal the hole?

[@johnburns5783]

Probably the “self levelling “ plastic stuff you think might be available, is epoxy resin. The sort of stuff they use for casting components or making these “river tables” . Available off the internet. Comes in clear, but can be coloured with various additIves . 👍

[@marcellipovsky8222]

Hi Vince, buying a second hand AND broken vacuum/hoover that takes guts. I am not sure that even the IPA can get rid of all the nastiness inside. Never the less, the burned resistor is probably a current sense resistor. The chip was not able to properly identify the current drawn so it shut down for safety reasons. I am also curious if the yellow stuff you pulled out of there didn't become conductive over time.

[@MrFransie85]

i found this cyanacrylate glue worked wonders on plastics. it might be your next great tool to fix little cracks: berkleba CA premium BCA-406. maybe try it on some cracked plastics. Great work keep them coming! also more MILWAAIKEE!

[@markthintie5132]

I remember i bought a Refurbished Vacuum Cleaner from a shop when i moved into my 1st flat. Lasted about a week and there were flames :(. This was in the 90`s.

[@gower1973]

The hole in the plug is designed to accommodate a three core cable, that can handle 3KW Vince, With a cable like that it fills the hole properly, The Shark cleaners only got a two core probably less than 1KW.

[@AdamKeyz]

I imagine the double click of the power button is so that it doesn’t accidentally turn on/off, especially off. When I had a vacuum with those big buttons on top you press with your feet, I’d always end up knocking the button with the pole when I put it down for a moment to move something out of the way.

[@dodgydruid]

I would get a sheet of carbon fibre vinyl wrap and just cut n trim to sit atop the cracked chamber, maybe leave a window so you can see the whirl working and see when it needs emptying but would tidy up immensely :) I have the top power Henry here, cable is long enough to do every room from one plug point in the hall, bags not too expensive nor the filters and I know if it does go bad I can buy any part at a fairly reasonable price and just swap in new for old and its back up and running again :)

[@patrikoscarson7627]

Safety is always something to strive to. The plug thing is an issue!

[@paulcresswell1690]

Hi, where did you get the sleeves and crimp tool from. Thanks.

[@bones1225]

It’s a current sense resistor that tells the circuit to ramp up or slow down the switching of the ic..

[@RobertParry-mp5zt]

I always break off the live pin when replacing a Moulded Plug. 52 years Electrician

[@StrangerReason]

I will be honest, some years ago I had one of those shark vacuum cleaners and although it is stupid expensive for what it is, it was also a terrible machine. It would vacuum when you turn it on from cold, but moving to a new room you first had to wait 15+ minutes to cool down. One day I just gave it away and got myself a cheap Hoover that I kept using for at least 8 years before replacing it.

[@bittertruth6575]

Would nail polish or varnish be any good on sealing cracked plastic?

[@nicholas790]

I think it needs the strain relief in that over sized hole. Shark is heavily advertised in infomercials here in the states, but their quality reputation is not great despite the high end price point. I ended up with the German Sebo brand because of stellar reviews on you tube repairs videos. It's been a bit over a year and zero issues so far. Also, that Sebo cord is long enough to cover the whole house from one plug outlet. Finally, it has an "air belt" that inflates while you vacuum to protect wood word and furniture from bangs etc. I guess this is sounding like a commercial but it really is a well designed and durable machine (so far).

[@frankurmom8741]

To play devil's advocate a bit here, I just fixed a Sega 32X with 5 different faults. Took months! Bad ribbon cables, torn pad, gouged trace, bad voltage regulator and loose pins on the CPU. And it's all one unit basically.

[@steventhorburn6753]

amazon cable strain relief come in mixed pack styles simular to what u are looking for

[@Watcher75g]

I know TPU is used in some strain relief sleeves so maybe if you had a 3d printer you could print up a custom strain relief for all the different cable sizes using TPU filament.

[@genocideul]

Haven't watched til the end yet but could 3d print a cover that coes around the cord before it's inserted into the replacement plug. That would close up the hole nicely.

[@sublimationman]

I've fixed a lot of broken cords and I can say this, the actual strain relief on that cord does not appear to me like it's proper, that is most of the good ones I have seen the little rubber bit is sort of melted to the actual cord outer sleeve so it prevents the cord from pulling and putting strain on the copper but if it's the type that just slides over the cord but not physically bonded to it then pulling puts strain on the copper instead of the rubber 'strain' relief.