Hi. I've got two Kenmore Progressive canisters (sorry, don't have the model #'s handy right now.) that are both dead. I have checked the line cord, etc. with both a voltmeter and an ohmmeter. Everything seems continuous. I fed power directly to the motor and it works fine. I suspect the circuit board is the problem. I see what looks like Triacs on the board, but don't have any info. Does anyone have a schematic or a wiring diagram they can share? And those two lift-up "doors" -- what's the trick to getting them out without breaking the plastic "hinges", so you can get to the screws? Thanks for your help. RZ
Need Info on Kenmore Progressive
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centralsweeper63
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I wish you luck in repairing them.
cheesewonton
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There should be a sticker inside the vacuum body with a wiring diagram. It's tiny and impossible to read but if you take a couple of digital images and zoom them in on a laptop they are readable. Consider the problem may be in the hose and not in the vacuum. Check continuity with the switch in the hard floor and carpet positions. Also check continuity from the plug in the hose connection back to where those wires connect inside the motor compartment. Make sure you are using the right hose for the model you have. Last, check continuity across the 15 amp fuse. Some models of Progressive have the fuse in line with one of the power wires while others have it on the circuit board.
If it is a first generation Progressive these have a universal relay rather than a circuit board unless it is the model with the four wire hose and soft touch buttons on the hose handle. The first gen Progressive is very simple and most of the problems with them are in the hose.
Good luck and keep us posted on your progress. You can do it !
centralsweeper63
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Wiring diagrams should be included on every vacuum!
huskyvacs
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In the old days they were my friend, in the old days they were...
centralsweeper63
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Why aren't they now? Is it because they no longer exist?
huskyvacs
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It's down to companies wanting to make money off you being forced to pay them to repair it, rather than them losing money letting you repair it yourself. People have less technical aptitude to repair and diagnose things now than they did in the past. And the cost involved and labor involved at most repairs, it makes more sense to throw it out than to repair it. That's not how I think, but that's the way most of society thinks. Back in the old days you learned how to build your own radio in the boy scouts, you had to know all these little things to get through life. It's skills that's been lost to many.
centralsweeper63
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I hope Paul's post will help. It looks very helpful.
I hope so, too, Elliot, but I am noticing a trend in many "new members" (real, impersonators, or bots?) who ask for info. without photos or with online photos instead of their own that are never heard from again or who offer a general "thanks everyone", then disappear into the shadows. So I'm probably not going to research for such posters any longer.
I have never seen so many "new members" join the forum in a period of months.
Maybe it's immature "adults" or young adults having fun, because they have nothing better to do or who need a little thrill in their lonely lives.
