“There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.” QC (Quality Control)
I used mine to clear the gravel out of a drain. It kept working for many years after, but with horrible grinding noises. I got another for the workshop.
Don't forget to change the RIFA capacitor every few years on your Henry.
They don't half sting if they go off and the air flow circulates the smoke fast.
Not had a cap fail short on Henry (10 years old) and Charles (ex now has bought in 1990). May have failed open and I am not aware of course...
I had 20 years of Dyson and finally took the plunge and got a Shark.
Well thought out, well made. Great product.
Well thought out, well made. Great product.
My grandad used to sell these in the 60’s, luckily for me the man was a hoarder and had hundreds (if not thousands) of trade ins and even nib units stacked to the rafters in a 3 car garage and very large barn.
When I say luckily for me these vacs paid for my insurance and gas until I left home at 22. Everyone i knew (and everyone they knew) had one! I think I got between $20 and $40 depending on condition. My favorite was this style.
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Dyson are very good but at least in the UK are very expensive.
I was offered a job with Dyson about 20 years ago but refused it.
i.e. my last vacuum cost £30GBP and the Dyson was about £300.
For that price i would expect it to do the vacuuming itself.
Probably his next project.
I remember in about 2000 when they were developing it.
The motor controller was hooked up to a emulator.
They were struggling getting the control right and the emulator blew to smithereens.
A bit like my early SMPS adventures, hide behind a chair before turning it on.
Found and copied this:
What is Dyson digital motor?
The term "digital motor" appears to have been invented by Dyson for marketing purposes. The fundamental principal is the same as for all other electromagnetic motors. The specific type of motor used by Dyson has permanent magnets in the rotor and is called a brushless DC motor or a permanent-magnet synchronous motor.
What is Dyson digital motor?
The term "digital motor" appears to have been invented by Dyson for marketing purposes. The fundamental principal is the same as for all other electromagnetic motors. The specific type of motor used by Dyson has permanent magnets in the rotor and is called a brushless DC motor or a permanent-magnet synchronous motor.
The motor is controlled from a micro-controller with pulses hence the digital part.
It's a very good motor if you want 100k rpm. Dyson is basically a motor manufacturer who cases the motors in nasty creaky plastic. But everything they sell has the motor in.
In my basement shop I move cutters around with stepper motors using controllers and software. A stepping motor is a brushless DC motor, as is the Dyson motor, nothing digital about them.