huskyvacs
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I just got a nice Electrolux Guardian off eBay and of course it was talked up as being perfectly working and not a problem with it other than the filter was broken off and duct-taped back on "but it still worked".
I took the duct tape off the top of the filter before using it, and just used it now to vacuum out the cupboard for about 10 mins. When I was done I felt and smelt heat visibly wafting out of the motor area and blower hole. The entire housing of the vacuum around the filter area was also hot to the touch. I said "that cant be good" and so I got my laser thermometer to do spot checks on it.
I was getting 92 F on the exterior of the vacuum, 93/94 F on the filter mesh, 113 F around the blower hole ring, and then I stuck the probe down the blower hole and was reading 142.9 F off the motor!
Is any of this at all normal or do these motors just run hot? This is my first "modern" Electrolux so I've only ever had experience with the 70's models. The filter is broken completely off which is why it was duct taped on. Are these individually replaceable filters or do you have to replace the entire thing? It looks like it has a charcoal filter in there with some kind of other mesh on the top.







I took the duct tape off the top of the filter before using it, and just used it now to vacuum out the cupboard for about 10 mins. When I was done I felt and smelt heat visibly wafting out of the motor area and blower hole. The entire housing of the vacuum around the filter area was also hot to the touch. I said "that cant be good" and so I got my laser thermometer to do spot checks on it.
I was getting 92 F on the exterior of the vacuum, 93/94 F on the filter mesh, 113 F around the blower hole ring, and then I stuck the probe down the blower hole and was reading 142.9 F off the motor!
Is any of this at all normal or do these motors just run hot? This is my first "modern" Electrolux so I've only ever had experience with the 70's models. The filter is broken completely off which is why it was duct taped on. Are these individually replaceable filters or do you have to replace the entire thing? It looks like it has a charcoal filter in there with some kind of other mesh on the top.






