How Does a Vacuum Cleaner Work + Its Common Failures

Ғылым және технология

In this video I open a broken vacuum cleaner, show what's inside and explain how does it work. I also talk about the most common failures and explain how to repair the most simple one.
WARNING:
-Never try to open or repair a vacuum cleaner unless you are qualified for it.
-Dangerous voltage, risk of electric shock and death.
-Dangerous moving parts, risk of serious injury.
-Springs in tension can also cause injury.
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  • @xoio
    @xoio5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent accent! :-D

  • @siamesecat6076
    @siamesecat60764 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for showing how to open the motor. I'm replacing the front bearing of the rotor right now. It made a horrible sound. The small printboard of my hover looks exactly the same, but the IC is programmed by the manufacturer. They are available online, but empty. The working program must be loaded by the manufacturer.

  • @SurajGrewal
    @SurajGrewal6 жыл бұрын

    Its construction is exactly like my LG vacuum.

  • @DiodeGoneWild

    @DiodeGoneWild

    6 жыл бұрын

    All the cheap vac cleaners are made more or less the same way because there is no other way to build a cheap vac cleaner :).

  • @ktg1012

    @ktg1012

    5 жыл бұрын

    hi there, DiodeGoneWild!

  • @ktg1012

    @ktg1012

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@DiodeGoneWild i watched some of your very cool, and dangerous expiriments like the chineese latern, chineese portable electrode water heater, the chineese extension cord expiriment, and the fake apple charger. Those videos were my favorite!

  • @ktg1012

    @ktg1012

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@DiodeGoneWild i subscribed to you! :)

  • @zanimljivastruja7511

    @zanimljivastruja7511

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@DiodeGoneWild Sloboda Čačak vacuum cleaners have better motor than LG,Samsung,(even gorenje)and etc.

  • @jptourigny222
    @jptourigny2226 жыл бұрын

    Very instructive video! Can you please explain about the blue batteries you used to test the motor (about 9.5 minutes into the video). What are the voltages and I assume they were connected in series? Thanks.

  • @brothyr
    @brothyr6 жыл бұрын

    The impeller has to physically be as light as possible for the most speed. In this case, the impeller is essentially a soda can but it's well protected or should have been. Matthias Wandel has made a few from wood but they often have trouble starting up and getting up to full speed because of weight so he ends up lightening them. - What I don't understand is how that wood block got in there. I have an Electrolux bagless vacuum and the container for the dust has a physical trap for objects. Well worth the money given all the tiny parts I lose in the carpet.

  • @DiodeGoneWild

    @DiodeGoneWild

    6 жыл бұрын

    That wasnt't wood block, that was a rubber cube. I think this used to be a part of the machine, rather than sucked in. It was probably to stop the vibration of the motor, but it got loose. Aluminium is probably a good material for the impeller, but its parts were riveted together very lazily. At 30 000 rpm it just flew apart.

  • @titaniumdiveknife
    @titaniumdiveknife5 жыл бұрын

    Yay buddy!!!!

  • @SianaGearz
    @SianaGearz6 жыл бұрын

    Haha, seen larger rotors in a hand tool! Time to put on some gloves and tear apart my vacuum cleaner... it's not feeling well... hopefully just too much dust in its innards.

  • @pc20072008
    @pc200720082 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much! The IC is SONiX 8-Bit Micro-Controller SN8P2501B But why?

  • @kirara4953
    @kirara49533 жыл бұрын

    You need a vacuum to clean that vacuum.

  • @reconnecting_withthe_unive9533
    @reconnecting_withthe_unive95332 жыл бұрын

    I love this guys accent,

  • @edgeeffect
    @edgeeffect4 жыл бұрын

    Components in Vacuum cleaner's must be very standardised these days... or maybe just from the same factory in China. I took apart a broken Vacuum a few months ago and many of the big internal components were IDENTICAL to this one.... especially the motor (even including the same foam wrapped around it's case) I will check the motor (I kept it of course) tomorrow to see if it is Kingclean Electric Company.... or see if it has a different "manufacturer".

  • @douro20
    @douro206 жыл бұрын

    How much did that vacuum cleaner cost?

  • @DiodeGoneWild

    @DiodeGoneWild

    6 жыл бұрын

    not much, about 50 dollars.

  • @overclockedlife7550
    @overclockedlife75504 жыл бұрын

    I hit that subscribe button for that English accent fella. :)

  • @allisoncroft3143
    @allisoncroft31435 жыл бұрын

    I love your English accent .

  • @kacpreusz9911
    @kacpreusz99114 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Škoda Felicja without exhaust at 3AM: 0:08

  • @marisabeltran3084
    @marisabeltran30843 жыл бұрын

    This video gave me a nerdgasm🤓

  • @shadowhunterxxx5891
    @shadowhunterxxx58914 жыл бұрын

    Is it gaven to you for repair?

  • @theirisheditor
    @theirisheditor6 жыл бұрын

    I always found it incredible the crazy amount of power vacuum cleaners need to suck up dust. Consider this scenario - A builder drilling through concrete with a heavy duty 800 watt hammer drill, plus a 1600 watt vacuum cleaner to collect the dust falling from the hole. Is the vacuum cleaner really doing twice the work of the drill? ;-)

  • @DiodeGoneWild

    @DiodeGoneWild

    6 жыл бұрын

    I have exactly the same feeling :). The power is crazy. This is partly because they make the motors too small, cheap and inefficient. The air friction is also quite high in all of those filters and in the entire air path. Finally, the problem is that people choose vac cleaners by power. The more power, the better vac cleaner. So the makers are motivated to make them draw as much power as possible, regardless the suction power. But in the last years, EU starts to regulate this.

  • @MrOpenGL

    @MrOpenGL

    6 жыл бұрын

    for a moment I had four vacuum cleaners a cheap (18€) 12V dry/wet vac, 180W (no brand) a cheap (70€) 220V vacuum, 1600W ("Trevi") an expensive (500€) 220V vacuum, 750W (Dyson DC-03) a cheap (59€) 220V dry/wet vacuum, 1000 W ("Powertek") The 18€ vacuum performs the same as the 70€ vacuum, but with much less power (almost a tenth!) and it also can suck up water, the 500€ vacuum performs the same as the 59€ vacuum, but it has better filtration. Conclusion: I love my 12V vacuum ;D

  • @zanimljivastruja7511

    @zanimljivastruja7511

    6 жыл бұрын

    DiodeGoneWild Old Sloboda vacuum cleaners work only with maximum 1000w and they have better beraings and motor.Bearings and motor generally can last to 30+ years.

  • @longrunner258

    @longrunner258

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@MrOpenGL Yep, that figures. I myself go with shop vacuum cleaners for *substantial* suction, and hand-held (battery-operated) units for lighter work; each is a vastly better machine than these power-fetish-pandering junkers (which squander as much or more electricity than the former, for about as much suction as the latter). When you see that a typical fan heater's motor draws

  • @pizzablender

    @pizzablender

    8 ай бұрын

    @@DiodeGoneWild Don't forget the leakage. Anyway, 6 years later, vacuum cleaner power has come down and efficiency went up.

  • @fouzaialaa7962
    @fouzaialaa79626 жыл бұрын

    could be used for some other projects !!!!

  • @davadoff
    @davadoff2 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone please explain: the plastic blades that seem to be curved the opposite way to the airflow path.. what are they for?

  • @gabiold

    @gabiold

    Жыл бұрын

    They channel the airfow and route it under the blades, through the motor. If they were not there, just an empty chamber, then the air would start to rotate with the blades creating a vortex and would not exit (as fast) from the impeller. So in short, they capture the rotating vortex and make an axial flow out of it. There are two sets of stator vanes actually. The one which is shown (the damaged), those pass out the flow to the perimenter, then underneath there is another set of vanes that direct the flow back into the center if the motor.

  • @jalanjagayan2840
    @jalanjagayan28406 жыл бұрын

    Tnx......

  • @mfr04
    @mfr047 ай бұрын

    0:08 sounds like an air raid siren

  • @scellyyt
    @scellyyt5 жыл бұрын

    nice siren

  • @suadcokljat1045
    @suadcokljat10453 жыл бұрын

    You need a vacuum cleaner to vacuum clean the vacuum cleaner during repair -;)

  • @conanconanian451
    @conanconanian4513 жыл бұрын

    good job clouseau

  • @sykeamer88_20
    @sykeamer88_203 жыл бұрын

    I love the hum that it makes something with my vac I just barely turn it on then off again quickly just to hear that hummmmmmmmm.

  • @hadibq
    @hadibq Жыл бұрын

    i just had mine repaired. symptom: vacuum cleaner doesn't shut off on off position of the potentiometer. and doesn't have an ON/OFF switch. fix: after testing and many components checks, the potentiometer needed a cleanup on its lowest position that shuts the chopper circuit. for reference: LG VC6820NRTQY (2000W)

  • @veritas2022
    @veritas2022 Жыл бұрын

    Where is he from?

  • @ICOD73
    @ICOD732 жыл бұрын

    Where are you from?

  • @hackeritalics
    @hackeritalics6 жыл бұрын

    Me:"Ok, I'm going build an LED night light. I need my set of 15 knipex pliers and snips, my 120 driver set from Wera, my hakko solder station, 30 ft of wire, a 1000 pack of LED's(just in case), a 1000 pack of 30k 3w resistors (just in case.. don't want to run the resistors hot), a 1000 pack of 68k 3w resistors (just in case the night light is too bright), 2 condoms and a dozen project boxes with nema 15p plugs built in. I'm ready..." Diode:" I'm going to take this control mooooduuulle from the Cassini space-a craft apart using a paaairr of tweeeeezers and an old soldering iron that'a I found at a Job'a siiite..." DiodeCat:"Meow" Diode: "OOooh.. Kočka is going to help... I thinka he wants to be astronaut.. " Me 1 hour later:"Why won't the LED turn on? It's... Oh, the wall switch is off...."

  • @kookyflukes9749

    @kookyflukes9749

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty accurate

  • @ktg1012
    @ktg10125 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a federal signal STH-10 siren

  • @syuan1038
    @syuan10385 жыл бұрын

    4:29 I thought he was going to smash the machine XD

  • @deadchannel5933

    @deadchannel5933

    4 жыл бұрын

    Looks like (except my comment/reply) you are completely alone! You literally got absolutely no replies OR likes in A WHOLE YEAR!

  • @mnshp7548
    @mnshp75485 жыл бұрын

    you could fix the motor by finding a new fan and plastic assembly if you have them , but being able to buy these for under 14£ on ebay its easier just to buy a brand new motor

  • @PeterMilanovski
    @PeterMilanovski2 жыл бұрын

    This is what happens when you try to clean a vacuum!

  • @Bigmuscle888
    @Bigmuscle8886 жыл бұрын

    nearly the same as Electrolux model I ve tear down

  • @nielsdaemen
    @nielsdaemen2 жыл бұрын

    Some expensive brands use brushless motors

  • @Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove
    @Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove2 жыл бұрын

    I have a very old Electrolux Silverado Deluxe model 1505 (circa 1980-83?). It was my grandparent's vacuum. Over the years my wife has bought and used different vacuum cleaners but we always kept the Electrolux upstairs and used it there. Our newest Dyson just never seemed to clean as well, and now it's broken. So I want to keep my Electrolux in good shape should I take it apart and clean the motor, are there any bearings I can oil?

  • @Killerspieler0815
    @Killerspieler08156 жыл бұрын

    It absolutely obvious had been made for the junk ( = Planned Obsolescence ) with multiple weaknesses

  • @DiodeGoneWild

    @DiodeGoneWild

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, that's surely a planned obsolescence. Or a planned failure (because obsolescence usually comes with things like computers or smartphones).

  • @MrOpenGL

    @MrOpenGL

    6 жыл бұрын

    The most ridiculous case of planned failure is an electric outboard motor for a boat. Everything is stainless steel, except the one part which makes it fail after a year (the end of the warranty in the USA, here it's 2 years by law). It has the drive pin of the propeller that is not stainless steel but normal steel, therefore it rusts and seals itself in the hole, then it breaks and you can't get it out to put a new one. I had to drill it out and replace it with a stainless steel piece after the dealer told me they don't carry replacement parts for the motor in Europe and I would have had to import them (out of warranty) from the USA at a grand total of 75€ (the cost of the whole motor was 169€!!!!!!), that is for a 2cm length, 3mm diameter steel rod...

  • @Killerspieler0815

    @Killerspieler0815

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, made for the dump ( I wounder when the first vacuum cleaners with fixed dust bags will come , similar to glues batteries in apple products & Microsoft Surface ) ... usually planned obsolescence is referred to made for the dump , while the computer is simply technological obsolescence

  • @irishguy200007
    @irishguy200007 Жыл бұрын

    Damn when the motor ran hard I thought it was an episode of kojack

  • @skinoku
    @skinoku5 жыл бұрын

    No schematic this time?

  • @ActualAkshay
    @ActualAkshay3 жыл бұрын

    I like your accent

  • @davidsteinfeld9123
    @davidsteinfeld91235 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for some useful info its a shame to spend so much money to buy junk Made in China as far as it all goes all vacuumed seem to suffer the same problems And most of them are made in China so the story is its so much a treat to learn something new to handle the chaotic episodes the randomly occur like a complete malfunction Or a mechanical meltdown of some kind best to keep it as clean as possible Thank you for sharing

  • @teslakovalaborator
    @teslakovalaborator6 жыл бұрын

    Jakej smysl má ten vysavač s univerzálním motorem,když triak odepne pouze v průchodu nulou při sinusovce.Nejspíš kvůli výkonu motoru,chtěl bych vidět ten klasickej motor a takovýma parametrama :D

  • @DiodeGoneWild

    @DiodeGoneWild

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jasně že ten vysavač je jen na střídavý napětí. Jenže s indukčním motorem by tam musely bejt převody na rychlo a ještě by ten motor byl větší než celej vysavač. Tenhle motůrek je více méně přímotop, ale zase je malej, levnej a ten vysavač uzvedne i drobná uklízečka. A ostatně, všechen příkon vysavače se postupně změní na teplo. Něco rovnou ztrátama ve vinutí, a ten zbytek vzdušným třením.

  • @the.invincible
    @the.invincible3 жыл бұрын

    How to open motor?? I can't figure out, stuck on this stage from last week. Urgent help needed. Thanks.

  • @ExperimentalPlasma
    @ExperimentalPlasma5 жыл бұрын

    👌

  • @1b2b-videot
    @1b2b-videot6 жыл бұрын

    Air raid siren!

  • @omsingharjit
    @omsingharjit5 жыл бұрын

    Can I use vacuum cleaner for high voltage plasma exp??

  • @Shoreoflife
    @ShoreoflifeАй бұрын

    Now i get the info from yhis vdo

  • @samirshahata1358
    @samirshahata13584 жыл бұрын

    طريقة تغيير رومان بلى لموتور مكنسه باناسونيك

  • @omsingharjit
    @omsingharjit3 жыл бұрын

    It always confuses me that how Vacuum clear and it's motor prototect itself from intake dust , i could damage it over time if not properly Filtered but even filter isn't enough for long time . So what's the magic tricks

  • @davadoff

    @davadoff

    2 жыл бұрын

    The airflow sequence: the dust should get captured in a bag or bin, then there should be a filter, then there should be the motor/fan. The motor should not get dusty unless the filter is never cleaned and is saturated with dust, or unless it’s badly designed (the filter is after motor for example which is something I’ve seen).

  • @waleedahmed4591
    @waleedahmed45916 жыл бұрын

    that was the cheapest vacuum cleaner filter i've ever seen

  • @robovaccollector

    @robovaccollector

    3 жыл бұрын

    That messy thing behing and around the motor is not filter, but it is for reducing sound, pre-motor filter was good quality, you will find this kind of microfilter pretty much on every vacuum cleaner, the main reason why that filter is there is to protect the motor from big pieces of hair, or other things, if the bag somehow broke. Bag is from synthetic material, which is today's latest technology in bags, and the last big HEPA filter is ok, you will probably find pretty much the same one in all vacuums made in 2000 and younger.

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