Christmas Treat!!!

shilala · 12-29-2017, 12:36 PM

My friend says, "The sweeper just quit."
So I had her bring it over.

I had to tear the dirty old Hoover all the way down and bust the motor housing open.
Somehow, and I mostly posted this for the other Adam to appreciate, a piece of tinsel got sucked past the cat hair clogged filter on the motor housing, spun around a few thousand rotations, and settled right across the motor windings coming off the switch.
So that released the blue smoke and the motor quit.

It won't take but 1/2" of wire, a little solder, and a can of blue smoke to get her going again, but really.

Tinsel is cool hanging out the cat's butt, not cool in this instance.
I've just never seen a 4" piece of tinsel wreck anything.
I thought it was pretty interesting and I needed a break.

12-29-2017, 12:36 PM	#1
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Christmas Treat!!! My friend says, "The sweeper just quit." So I had her bring it over. I had to tear the dirty old Hoover all the way down and bust the motor housing open. Somehow, and I mostly posted this for the other Adam to appreciate, a piece of tinsel got sucked past the cat hair clogged filter on the motor housing, spun around a few thousand rotations, and settled right across the motor windings coming off the switch. So that released the blue smoke and the motor quit. It won't take but 1/2" of wire, a little solder, and a can of blue smoke to get her going again, but really. Tinsel is cool hanging out the cat's butt, not cool in this instance. I've just never seen a 4" piece of tinsel wreck anything. I thought it was pretty interesting and I needed a break. __________________ Last edited by shilala; 12-29-2017 at 12:46 PM.