Henry Vacuum Cleaner Repair

Update on the Henry vacuum cleaner... the hose was the issue. I managed to borrow a hose and it picks up perfectly. My original hose is still drying so hopefully that one will work now its unblocked. I'm quite chuffed with that find. I'll be on the look out for more Henry vacuum cleaners in the future.
 
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Update on the Henry vacuum cleaner... the hose was the issue. I managed to borrow a hose and it picks up perfectly. My original hose is still drying so hopefully that one will work now its unblocked. I'm quite chuffed with that find. I'll be on the look out for more Henry vacuum cleaners in the future.

Yeah I was gonna say just take the hose off and put your hand over the hole it attaches to, but seems you've found the cause.
Henrys are pretty bomb proof, my parents still have the one we had when I was a kid and I'm nearly 40 now. We had a couple of others, but they are now back on the Henry. Also used several in all sorts of commercial environments (from offices to warehouses, even workshops if you get the industrial models) and never had issues
 
A few days ago I found a Henry HV2-200 vacuum cleaner that was dumped. I took it home, did an electrical safety test on it with my PAT tester, I found that the neutral wire in the plug wasn't connected properly so I stripped back the cable and reconnected it and it came to life. The motor seems good. I bought a new filter for it and the handle was broken so I ordered a new handle and replaced it. I gave it a good clean but when I actually started to use it, its not picking anything up, the suction is very weak once the hose is connected. I haven't opened up the motor section yet to see if there is anything blocking the motor...

Any ideas?
You have no idea what is was used for, could have been used for hazard materials etc... They use them a lot in the building industry.
 
You have no idea what is was used for, could have been used for hazard materials etc... They use them a lot in the building industry.
Judging on what I found inside it and the hose, I think it was used by a building industry, it had lots of mud inside the bucket before I cleaned it out and bits of PVC pipe inside the hose and more mud. It looks like it was used to vacuum ruble and general building dirt.
 
Nice one.... I have only ever use henrys. and they are near impossible to kill! Long after the human race is gone ..... herds of henry hoovers will be roaming the plains feeding on left over fluff! :p

Hoover is a brand.

The Henry isn't a hoover, it's a vacuum cleaner.

Like saying you're eating a Burker King Big Mac.
 
A couple of you are knocking Dysons but they’re also spectacularly easy to repair. People often throw them away when they need nothing more than a clean out or a new battery.
 
A couple of you are knocking Dysons but they’re also spectacularly easy to repair. People often throw them away when they need nothing more than a clean out or a new battery.

Wouldn't touch those overpriced junk

can get this but scaling isn't quite correct

 
A couple of you are knocking Dysons but they’re also spectacularly easy to repair. People often throw them away when they need nothing more than a clean out or a new battery.
I think Dyons were the first of the "consumer" vacuum's to be designed to be easy to maintain.

Certainly the first ones where I wasn't having to get a screwdriver out to remove multiple screws if there was a clog in the suction hose from the rollers to the bag, I remember my mum's old Hoovers and Electrolux vacuums where I was routinely having to dismantle the underside of the roller/pickup in order to clear relatively small blockage. The Dysomes it was at most get a tuppence to turn the two latches and pull the short internal hose.
Not to mention the big, obvious thing, which was the lack of a bag, some of the old vacuums were a pain just to change the bag on, either because of poorly designed clip mechanisms or because you ended up having to fiddle to get the bag out, undo a clip and get covered in dust as you emptied the bag (many Hoover's), and then try and get the clip back on, and fit it back into the unit.

I think we've had our current dyson "animal" for something like 10-12 years, the only issue I have with it is that I forget to wash out the filters as often as I should, which is silly especially as I have a spare set specifically so I can just swap them.
 
Hoover is a brand.

The Henry isn't a hoover, it's a vacuum cleaner.

Like saying you're eating a Burker King Big Mac.
Yes i know im from oooop north lad!, hoover just means ANY vacuum cleaner up here, we are simple folk :p
 
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When I first went to America they didn't know what I meant when I mentioned "hoovers" because they are only called vacuum cleaners over there.



Whats because the Americans need more explanation of the word and what it does.
 
A couple of you are knocking Dysons but they’re also spectacularly easy to repair. People often throw them away when they need nothing more than a clean out or a new battery.

We own two, they're excellent machines. Very easy to maintain too as you say.
 
Mending stuff is a lost art sadly.
I was a bit annoyed at first when my coffee machine started giving me grief recently (Lelit Mara). Then I realised, I've had it and running all day and used several times a day non-stop for 5+ years, and it hadn't had a proper service. Annoying there was one plastic part that had perished which caused it to crap out.....but I replaced them with brass fittings. Dismantled the whole grouphead, replaced and lubed all the valves and cams, a couple of pipe fittings that were starting to leak a little....

Now it's all working like new again, and good for another five years. Was very satisfying actually getting all my tools out and having the machine completely stripped then re-assembled good as new. It's nice having an appliance that is entirely mechanical.
 
I was a bit annoyed at first when my coffee machine started giving me grief recently (Lelit Mara). Then I realised, I've had it and running all day and used several times a day non-stop for 5+ years, and it hadn't had a proper service. Annoying there was one plastic part that had perished which caused it to crap out.....but I replaced them with brass fittings. Dismantled the whole grouphead, replaced and lubed all the valves and cams, a couple of pipe fittings that were starting to leak a little....

Now it's all working like new again, and good for another five years. Was very satisfying actually getting all my tools out and having the machine completely stripped then re-assembled good as new. It's nice having an appliance that is entirely mechanical.

I love fixing stuff. Very rewarding.
 
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