Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: venom on November 04, 2009, 05:42:50 pm
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this afternoon my ninja kept tripping a fuse box where i was working. all vacs and pump turned off heating off still tripping .got home to try and fix it but not very good with electrics .trips my fuse box as well. busiest week for ages (sods law)and dont have a local sevice egineer and ashbys is a days drive away, need to get sorted asap can anyone help me please? :'(
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Venom it sounds to me your machine is earthing out somewhere.
make sure it is dry inside around the the vac motors and connections around the inside of the machine
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Hi,
It can be a number of things.
1. Check all wiring inside for breakage to the insulation, arcing can occur if two wires are broke at the same point.
2 Where the heater connects to the wiring loom, I have known the spade connectors to melt and become corroded again the wiring can arc .
3. Run the machine with no water in to ensure that it is not leaking through either the freshwater tank or the waste tank.
4. I wouldn't bother with Ashby's your machine will disappear into a customer service black hole and you'll br quiet until the new year, through lack of machine
Someone who knows electrics should be able to sort it.
Regards
Graham
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Mine kept tripping and it turned out to be a vac motor on the way out. I'd check the brushes even though it trips when they aren't switched on.
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Do you live in the north west ???
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Venom
Does "mcr" in your profile stand for Manchester?
If so ring me tomorrow and I'll give you the details of the engineer i use to service my Ninja. He's based out towards buxton but will come to you if you don't mind paying him for that.
Roger
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Similar to me but it was the cooling fan that was my problem.
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thanks for all the replys have had it next to the radiator for an hour and it works now must have got damp some where .thank god for that. yes i am in mcr
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Thought that with the adg you display you were probably in London
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Venom I'd still get it checked out, could still be a problem lurking in there, nothing more frustrating if I get a recurring problem. I did have an issue with one of mine tripping, turned out to be a faulty power cable.
Simon
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Think you might find it will happen again when the machine gets warmed up..
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machine was cold when it started tripping out first job of day .had a feeling it was water or damp when filling had spilt some down side but thought i had wiped it up before reaching switches . hence why i tried hair dryer and leaving next to radiator .thanks for the replys
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I would think it is the power cable
Mark
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My Steamate as stopped working after only 4 months.
Anybody any ideas.
Dr Carpet you got that number.
Everything else works fine.
John
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Should be under warranty John,
Did that urine come out mate??
Mark
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The urine problem solved thanks for that mate.
Came out a treat and they haven't rung back so it must be alright.
It is under warranty but it's a long way to Kent if it's only a bit of wiring.
Going to take it down to Wakefield Floorcare and let John have a look.
John
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It would be cheaper to go to ashbys than wakefield floorcare ;D ;D
Mark
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:( Your probably right Mark but needs must.
It'll probably invalidate the warranty as well :-\
John
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just to say thanks for all replys machine now working fine at the moment think some damp got into electrics .have used a bit of sillicon round switches just in case.