Henry Vacuum Cleaner Repair

The hose on my vacuum cleaner is now fully dry and I just tested it and it works, no leaks, I vacuumed my entire house with it. Its pretty good.

When I see cheap vacuum cleaners dumped I normally just cut the cords off as the wire is very useful but if I see anymore Henry vacs, I'll be taking those for sure. Alls I need to find now is an industrial steam cleaner.
 
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easy solution for unblocking the pipe,

take off the pipe


go to your bath, put the plug in bath


take your shower head off, to expose the pipe,


turn shower on

Jet of water will unblock your tube

take pipe outside hand upside down to dry

jobs a good'un
 
Diddums x said:
Why do you need to put the plug in the bath :confused:
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Because...What is in the hoover pipe will end up going down your bath plug hole, then you will have a bigger problem


Alternativly, i guess an even better idea would be to get a bucket, and use your outdoor garden tap/hose with the pressure nozzle
 
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You sure? Look at him. Phwoooaaar.

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I worked as a manager of an electrical retailer in the 90s. I remember when Dyson first released the Upright cleaner, DC01 IIRC, we had almost as many back as we sold, as they broke down all the time. I guess they have got better but we too have a Henry now.
 
I've since found 2 more :)

I found another red Henry which had nothing wrong with it at all but somebody still threw it out and I found a pink Hetty vacuum cleaner which looked like it had the cord chewed off it so that just needed a new cord and I even found 1 pound and 25 pence inside the vacuum bag.

I want to find more now. A nice blue one will be a nice addition for the collection.
 
hornetstinger said:
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.
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Numatic is the brand there are various models .ie. Henry, Hetty, James, George etc all with slightly different usage. Or just a plain Numatic without the smiley face. Hoover is a brand as well a generic name, when I said to one of the higher ups in the company we need a new vac since she's foreign I thought I'd better use the proper term "vacuum cleaner" but she didn't understand what I was saying until she said "oh you mean a hoover". Okaaay then...
 
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Blackjack Davy said:
Numatic is the brand there are various models .ie. Henry, Hetty, George etc all with slightly different usage. Or just a plain Numatic without the smiley face
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yeah I have a Henry +, comes with various heads, stainless steel tube, turbo brush etc.

The Numatics are the pro range, usually with longer cable, larger bin, possibly higher quality motor.
 
I was on a cruise ship and the cleaning crew had had Numatic, Henry coloured vacuum backpacks. I thought that was a good spot, never seen that before or since. See if you can find one of those!
 
something daft already!! said:
I worked as a manager of an electrical retailer in the 90s. I remember when Dyson first released the Upright cleaner, DC01 IIRC, we had almost as many back as we sold, as they broke down all the time. I guess they have got better but we too have a Henry now.
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Around 2002 I used to work in a garage and literally 2 mins down the road was the tip, one of the older guys at work was popping down there 3 times a day looking purely for... Dyson hoovers! I might be wrong but I'm sure that the only thing wrong with them all was some sort of clip.

15 years later I turned into him but I was looking for Bush, Murphy, JMB and Alba TV's that had a common fault with resistors failing.

It's amazing that Henry hoovers are still so popular today, most plasterers, electricians and gas fitters have a Henry on the van, you could even sell a broken Henry on eBay for £60 before the pandemic.
 
There excellent vacuum cleaners which last for decades. It seems to be common to find one that has been dumped because of a minor fault or even fully working. I am tempted to look for a tip to see if I can find more of them. There was a recycling center near me that had a huge pile of them. I'd love to find a 90s model, the older ones seem to have a more powerful motor. I'm building up nice collection of them now. You can find out what year they were made by the serial number.
 
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I found another Henry vacuum cleaner today plus the wand and hose... I bought it home. Its another 2008 model in red and was full of builders dust, and used bagless by the state of the insides, despite that, the motor was still good & and motor brushes were also good. I had to take the entire thing apart to clean it all out and while I was at it. I inspected every part with a fine tooth comb. I put it all back together at its working, motor sounds healthy no issues. I had to give the switches a clean with some isopropyl alcohol as they were a bit dirty and sparky but now the thing is as good as new at least the inner workings. Cosmetically its a bit scratched up but I'm not too bothered about that.

I did also find a Dyson vacuum cleaner on my travels and it got me thinking about doing a Henry custom build with a 2000 watt Dyson motor as they are similar in design in terms of fitting like a Henry on steroids... of course I would need to make some modifications to the motor housing so it fits flush and make sure there is adequate air flow for the motor in question plus making sure the wiring is good for the current draw. Could be interesting for another Henry project.
 
I got myself a rare Green Henry Pet from 1997... for 15 quid. Bargain. I will look forward to working on this.

So I am still waiting for the parts to arrive that I need for it but I thought I would do a quick test on it with the multi meter to check there is resistance at the motor without taking it apart.

As the power on/off switch is missing the switch pins are still visible so first I test the fuse and the fuse is good. Then I test at the plug for a continuity reading, there is no reading which is normal so I then test at the broken switch with the multi meter for continuity between the plug and lead to the pins on the broken switch pins and I get a reading telling me the plug and lead is good. Next I test for continuity at the broken switch pins going to the motor and I get a reading indicating the motor has some sort of life. These are all good signs.

Now checking for continuity to the motor at the broken switch pins will not tell me the health of the motor but it will tell me that the motor is at least alive. There isn't any point in me dismantling the unit at this stage as I've not yet got the parts I need like a new power on/off switch.

There is no HI/LOW power setting on this model so its all basic circuitry with a simple switch and motor.

When parts arrive I can then test the motor properly but before plugging it in, I will need to inspect the motor fully and check the brushes, and if all looks good then I will bypass the broken switch terminals to listen to the motor spin and confirm its a healthy motor before adding the new switch. The reason for this is that if there were an issue with the motor I don't want it damaging my new switch until I know the motor is healthy.

I do have a spare working motor I can put into this if the original motor is bad.
 
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