amtraksebo1997
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As I mentioned in my previous thread about my trash-picked Panasonic, I treated myself to a new vacuum cleaner for my birthday. In this case, I decided upon a Eureka The Boss Smart Vac, more specifically the purple "Pet Lovers" edition, as I like its color the most out of all of the Smart Vac models (not that I don't like the others, I just like the purple color the best).
This isn't just going to a collection piece, though. Assuming everything goes to plan, I want to take this thing this thing to my mom's house and use it as a daily driver, as what I'm using is my Nacecare Henry and my Bissell Lift Off 3554. I like them both, but sometimes using the Henry is cumbersome, and the Lift Off was meant to be more of a collector's piece, and I don't want to risk breaking it by using it constantly. So I decided on the Smart Vac, as it sounds like it'll have good cleaning performance, filtration, and airflow.
Unfortunately, my mom doesn't take too kindly to me bringing in new vacuums to the house. She's mainly concerned about how sanitary the machines are. I get that, and that's why I'm in the process of cleaning it out with Lysol wipes before I take it over there. I also need to get a set of belts, filters, and bags for it (kudos to the seller for not including a bag full of their dirt and dust).
Additionally, there's some other things I need to get for it, such as some extra screws, because the ones that hold down the front hood and the clutch mechanism are missing. I also need a set of tools for it, including the turbo brush and its holster.
So far, the thing turned on. However, when I got it it was extremely loose on its right side, which is probably because the hood and the clear plastic base were not screwed down correctly/at all. Caused the shaft to make an awful grinding noise when it hit something he belt chamber. Other than that, I think the motor sounds fine, just needs a cleaning.
Finally, and this is probably the most concerning problem to me, is that when I opened up the top of the main body and inspected the power switch wires, one of there turns out to have some exposed copper, and both plastic bits of the connectors are burnt. This is making me wonder both how to go about fixing it, hopefully what I have will suffice.
This isn't just going to a collection piece, though. Assuming everything goes to plan, I want to take this thing this thing to my mom's house and use it as a daily driver, as what I'm using is my Nacecare Henry and my Bissell Lift Off 3554. I like them both, but sometimes using the Henry is cumbersome, and the Lift Off was meant to be more of a collector's piece, and I don't want to risk breaking it by using it constantly. So I decided on the Smart Vac, as it sounds like it'll have good cleaning performance, filtration, and airflow.
Unfortunately, my mom doesn't take too kindly to me bringing in new vacuums to the house. She's mainly concerned about how sanitary the machines are. I get that, and that's why I'm in the process of cleaning it out with Lysol wipes before I take it over there. I also need to get a set of belts, filters, and bags for it (kudos to the seller for not including a bag full of their dirt and dust).
Additionally, there's some other things I need to get for it, such as some extra screws, because the ones that hold down the front hood and the clutch mechanism are missing. I also need a set of tools for it, including the turbo brush and its holster.
So far, the thing turned on. However, when I got it it was extremely loose on its right side, which is probably because the hood and the clear plastic base were not screwed down correctly/at all. Caused the shaft to make an awful grinding noise when it hit something he belt chamber. Other than that, I think the motor sounds fine, just needs a cleaning.
Finally, and this is probably the most concerning problem to me, is that when I opened up the top of the main body and inspected the power switch wires, one of there turns out to have some exposed copper, and both plastic bits of the connectors are burnt. This is making me wonder both how to go about fixing it, hopefully what I have will suffice.
