Ya think?

[tamidon]

if the vacuum cleaners clanks, stops and then emits black smoke, that's a sign of a problem, right?

Comments

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

No, that means it's gone into TurboStealth mode. You can now sell it on ebay for 5 times what you originally paid for it!

[fj.livejournal.com]

I'm a software guy, I don't do hardware. I say you start running it from the beginning again to see if you can recreate the error condition at the same place.

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

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[quiet-elegance.livejournal.com]

You let the magic black smoke escape... Things seem not to work as well after that happens

[gkrikket.livejournal.com]

Last time I checked...

[jacflash.livejournal.com]

Among certain car enthusiasts, it is a truism that British cars don't use electricity. They used pressurized smoke to power things. Every now and then the smoke leaks, and the hoses (which look, oddly enough, like little wires) must be patched.

Clearly this vacuum cleaner runs on the same principle.

Fortunately there may be help

[keren-s.livejournal.com]

Mr. Sweeper on Moody Street in Waltham repairs vacuums and sells replacement parts. They even sell used (but working) replacement parts for pretty cheap. I got a quote on the phone for our vacuum which had a broken part, but when we brought it in the part was actually significantly cheaper.