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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: spickandspan on July 27, 2006, 01:02:40 pm

Title: Vac motor brushes.
Post by: spickandspan on July 27, 2006, 01:02:40 pm

How often do you guys replace Vacuum motor brushes???

Title: Re: Vac motor brushes.
Post by: Cleantime Europe Limited on July 27, 2006, 03:35:34 pm

Every 100 hours or every annual service   :)

Title: Re: Vac motor brushes.
Post by: Ken Wainwright on July 27, 2006, 04:46:05 pm

I run 7.2" vac motors and a recommended brush change @ 300 hours which is about 1 years use for me.  I tend to play safe and change them at somewhere around 250.  Ditto for my pump.

The 5.7" vac motor brushes tend to have a greater service life, and it's been suggested to me as high as 600 hours.  But a check at 300/1 year would be wise. Considering the cost of the brushes, it would be wise to change them at the time anyway.  If you have access to a 110 volt transformer, it is beneficial to power your machine from this and run the brushes in for half an hour at the lower rpm 110 volts will give you.  Ditto the pump too.

Safe and happy cleaning :)
Ken

Title: Re: Vac motor brushes.
Post by: spickandspan on July 28, 2006, 12:19:12 pm

Thanks Ken very good advice running them in at 110v, many thanks.