Going to have to declare a loss.

[cam2s]

I've picked up and fixed a lot of vacuums, but not very many of them have been unfixable. I think this poor machine is going to be one of them though. I was very exciting originally to find this nice and rather TOL Sharp Twin Energy machine as it was fully featured and seemed to be in good cosmetic condition. Taking it apart however revealed a mess inside. There was a sock stuck in the suction diverted, and despite the fact that this has a working suction relief it seems that it overheated to the point that it deformed the motor housing. I've never seen anything quite like it. I attempted to make it airtight again but it's too far gone.

Of course it's somewhat ironic that a while back I picked up another Sharp machine, though that one was complete BOL. On the outside it looked like it had been completely trashed but really it was just exterior soil, the inside was clean and in good condition. I would have much rather the situation been reversed and saved the TOL machine but I guess you gotta take what you get.

I didn't take a picture of the machine while it was still fully assembled, hopefully you can see the distorting of the housing, it's a bit hard to see with the black housing.

Cameron

 

[panasonicvac]

I think our Sharp Twin Energy (Don't know the model yet) was alot worse than that. At our old cabin one time, someone went to using the vacuum, and it either blew or fried it up. We tried to get it fixed at our old vacuum store but there was no way that he could fix it. As far as I was told, the motor housing was melted on the inside that it wouldn't ever come apart. It wasn't really the vacuum's fault, it was one of the contractors that failed to wire in one of the plug outlets correctly, and we've only owned it for about a year before we later got a Panasonic.

Overall that Sharp you have is a really nice machine, I've used one of those before and I thought it was a great vacuum. I think not as good as a Panasonic or even better a Tacony. If the parts were still available to get, I would've fixed it for sure.

 

[tolivac]

I remember a severely "distorted" Sharp "Twin Energy" machine placed on a dealers display pedestal-What NOT to use the vacuum for-----Cleaning out the fireplace and not replacing the bag right away-luckly the owners house didn't burn down!The motor would still run.The shop was a Sharp dealer.Actually not bad machines-not embellished--like a Crown amp-they just do their jobs!

 

[dustin]

I have two lower end models, and though they run good, both run hot. No smell or anything to think something is wrong, but lots of heat. One runs better than the other (think the fan is unbalanced on one so it's rather noisy, even though I've taken it out and cleaned every speck of dust out) but they will run for hours with no issues. The housings of mine are fine, and not distorted at all, but then again, I never let them run clogged or with a full bag. Maybe just a bad batch of plastic or not enough ventilation.

 

[anontemp123]

My father has one of these bypass Twin Energy models with 12 Amp motor, but the handle isn't as nice as the one you posted. It's his favorite appliance. He's fixed it so many times I lost count. It fulfills his requirements for a wand that is quick draw, that you can use with the power cord still wrapped around (unlike my Dyson DC14), and that you can manually switch between the wand and the brushroll with an actual switch/lever thing. (The brushroll always spins on this one, even when upright, unless you switch to the wand.)

I tried to update him to a Riccar, but Riccars use the wand hose as part of the path from the brushroll, so that makes it not quick draw enough and there's no manual switch. Plus, the cord is still a bit in the way on the Riccars.

 

[anontemp123]

In case someone is interested, I have photos of the vacuum I mentioned above. The cord is out of the way of the wand and you can switch suction between the roller and wand with a lever. Makes sense to me to do it this way, but there must be a reason why this design was abandoned. Current Riccar Vibrance models I looked at seem to require the wand is in place when you want to vacuum with the brush roller. Also, the cord gets in the way of using the wand if it's still wrapped around.

 

[vacerator]

A loss

no less, but not as severe as going bankrupt 4 times on real estate and casino ventures, stressing the economy by making others lose money, and needing to be rescued by the tax infrastructure.

 

[panasonicvac]

I actually liked the hose lever design that Sharp used on some of their uprights, they even still used it until Sharp went out of the vacuum business. The reason why I liked it was because there was more suction and airflow traveling through just the nozzle hose on the carpets and into the bag than traveling through with the wand and extra length of the stretch hose like you would see on other competitive models.

However, the Tandem Air uprights actually still use this similar type of design today. The problem I've seen with this type of design on both Sharps and Tandem Air models is that consumers sometimes would occasionally forget that the lever would still be left in the tool setting when they go to clean the carpets or floors without using the hose. Overtime the vacuum will overheat and it could either damage the machine (like the Sharp in the first post) or shut down to prevent damage from happening. I've seen this happen alot at my current vacuum store on the older Simplicity Synchrony and Synergy models that would come in and get fixed.