is it bad ............

[nikki1979]

....when ur vacume starts smoking?? LMAO seriously it just started smoking, guess its time to get a new one so much for saving money huh

~nikki

[Sharni]

LOL...not a good sign at all

i know...i've had a few do that in my job....the best is when ya get flames too :D Very spectacular indeed

Some were fixable...but most tend to end up in Vacuum heaven not long after that

[nikki1979]

lol i didnt see any flames , but it did smoke for like 15 min , was horrible now my house smells like burnt plastic LMAO , jeeping said hell preform vacume surgery when he gets home but i dontr hold much hope out for the poor thing, its already had 4 or 5 surgerys before . guess tomorrow we will have the "tossing of the vacume" ceromony and then off to buy a new one, my caroets look so bad. i just got finished dog sitting two bad shedders , it looks like my carpets are made of fur EWWWWWWWWWW

~nikki

[huntersgirl]

nikki1979~ may I recommend checking the belt, that is what usually causes a vacum to smoke and get that burnt rubber smell. It is usually quite easy to replace just requires a new belt and a screwdriver. Btw...if you take the cover off where your beater brush is you will see a broken piece of rubber(if it is infact a broken belt)

[Lilith]

vacuum pyrotechnics....I love it!!!!



I have torched a few:p

[skipthisone]

I want to know exactly what you were doing with it at the time????

[Steph]

LOL nikki - with my Lab, I only live in houses without carpet now! I just swept and have a new dog. Stop the shedding madness! :D

[nikki1979]

LMAO steph, imagine 3 large shedding dogs!!! we were dog sitting for a friend LMAO our lab aint to bad w the shedding but the seasons are just now chainging so im sure itll get worse this will be our first summer w the little guy . and yes yall i did check the belt it was the first. the whole damn thing is melted togather LMAO i got a new one today, is it sad that i was exicted and cuddnt wait to vacume when i got home ???? OMG im suck a house wife!!!

~nikki

[WildIrish]

When we first got our Kirby, we sat it down and had a long, serious talk with it about the dangers of smoking. And I'm proud to say that it never even considered starting.

But then again, when we're not around, we keep it locked up in a closet.

[Kissy]

I've had mine smoke twice. The first time it was the belt, and the second time it was too but it wasn't completely broke. I couldn't see where it was worn thin so I kept looking at it, putting it back together and trying it again. My husband was so sick from the smell. Finaly I just replaced it anyway and sure enough it worked fine! Lol

[Gilly]

Originally posted by nikki1979
lol i didnt see any flames , but it did smoke for like 15 min , was horrible now my house smells like burnt plastic LMAO , jeeping said hell preform vacume surgery when he gets home but i dontr hold much hope out for the poor thing, its already had 4 or 5 surgerys before . guess tomorrow we will have the "tossing of the vacume" ceromony and then off to buy a new one, my caroets look so bad. i just got finished dog sitting two bad shedders , it looks like my carpets are made of fur EWWWWWWWWWW

~nikki


I had that happen with a vacuum a few years back- it was the motor going caput. That was a hoover, lasted 4 years. Then we got a new one that I liked for all of 2 weeks- it kept getting clogged on nothing, and then wouldn't work. THEN we bought one of the bagless cyclone dealies- B.E.A.Utiful! I love it. Very nice indeed, and well worth the money. Heck, we didn't even get a high end one, we just got one that I found on sale for about $120, and I swear, it was sucking dust out of the carpet that had likely been there since the place was built. Vacuuming a clean rug came up with loads of dust. :) I love this vacuum. :D

[skipthisone]

I wonder what the surgeon general has to say about the second hand smoke from a vacuum...should we be warning small children in fine print on the bags or something????

[Lilith]

^^^Is why I switched to hard wood:p

[Gilly]

Originally posted by Lilith
^^^Is why I switched to hard wood:p


And here I thought it was because of the heel clacking sounds :D

[skipthisone]

I thought it was because she didnt like limp

*shrugs*

[nikki1979]

lmao

[Cobalt]

You see, the problem was that you let the smoke out of it, when you do that they don't work anymore. It is that way with all electric motors.




























LMAO.................... Had to throw that in.