Incontinent Gisowatt Hydra

[baglessball]

I HAVE THE SAME MACHINE!

And I have the same problem!

It's definitely not the best water/filter design out there. It needs regular water changes to avoid this. I'm not talking half hourly changes. More like five minutely ones. As the more debris that are in the water, the higher the bubbles go, following more water passing through the fan.

There must also be ridges in the motor housing as it holds water. It may appear that it has stopped it's incontinent behaviour but if you are to lift off the motor housing and tip it you end up with a wet floor.

I hope this makes some sense. I'm on my phone. In meeting..

 

[madabouthoovers]

Looks like Bagless Ball has the solution then - its a bad design, and the dirt in the water causes more froth and dirt to be created which rises up the central section and gets sucked in by the motor. Maybe that explains why these cleaners arent that popular here - I dont know, but I cant find anywhere in the UK that sells them on the net. Perhaps the best solution is to store it away for collectible purposes and just use your dry filter cleaner for everyday use, as from what Bagless Ball says thes Hydra is more hassle than its worth if you have to keep changimng the water every 5 minutes to prevent overflow.
It was a nice thing to see though, I was racking my brain for ages trying to work out a solution to the problem - but sadly you cant alter a bad design, and even vacs made to bad designs that didnt work well can become collectible due to their rarity - I imagine Hoover's "the one" will be collectible in years to come as they were a total disaster and most will have been scrapped by now.

 

[catgate]

Thanks for you encouragement, bagless. I am pleased to know that I am not alone, but sad to know that others are suffering too.
You observations on debris in the water are borne out by my own experience.
We moved house over a year ago and are coming to the end of the "obligatory" rejigging and upgrading and have been using "the water spreader" for gathering up plaster dust during sanding down "lumpy" walls.
What surprises me is that this "heavier than water" dust should, in my opinion, stay at the bottom of the machine quite readily, and should cause less trouble than ordinary household fluff and dust. But this apparently is not the case and it spews out water with gay abandon and without provocation.
I was intrigued by your comment about bubbles. I have not seen bubbles (probably because I have not specifically looked for them) but assuming that bubbles are involved suggests that some sort of silicon based antifoaming agent might be a help. Have you tried this?

 

[catgate]

Yes...Well that is what I thought.

 

[catgate]

No. The side nearest the camera has a slight amount of lean inwards, but this has never affected the speed downhill.
The gravy stains are totally false.
My grandmother, who would be 145 years old had she still been alive, always used a small orange (or sometimes a lemon) when she had difficulty with her oven door.

 

[catgate]

Thank you Roger. It was nice that you were able to manage to find some.
I remember Johnathan Peegroft searching several months without success...but then he was looking for something totally different.
We all tried to get him to try his hand with fresh trolly grease but he would only argue that fresh spedders were the only substitute for the real thing.

 

[catgate]

I was once talking to Jaypee, as we used to call him, when he suddenly mentioned his wooden leg. I had not noticed it was not a real leg, I just thought he was rather smaller at that side.
He said that his mother had found the leg at the road side and rather than waste it she had it fitted to him. I thought that was rather a nice, careing, motherly thing to do...and so environmentaly friendly.
He was eternally grateful until the day he fell into the lake. He tried to get out, but the wooden leg was much more bouyant than the rest of him, so he floated upside down and drowned.

 

[catgate]

True to form, the local chap who deals in imported elongated anthracite wheel hoop trunnions has run out of stock, and is not expecting to get any more into his stock until some time after the end of November.
This leaves me with a bit of a problem because I have never fitted anything else, and know nothing about the lifespan of any other type.
In his TV programme, Connor Farthingford, recommended the "Ousel Marmot" brand, but they are an import and I am always a bit wary about using anything made there.
Has anyone any suggestions, please?

 

[catgate]

Due to the lack of response from this site I was obliged to contact Connor Farthingford to seek his advice.
It transpired that Connor Farthingford, as a child, had a desire to become a demarcation line when he grew up, but sadly had to settle for becoming a farriers tea pot instead.....and a jolly good one as we all now know.