[james roffey]

I was speaking to Mat at Cleansmart yesterday after i read on his website about these new motors in the Airflex storm machine apparently  are less prone to damage from water, Mat said that the manufactures state that water cannot get into them  !  i have no idea how that can be possible even Mat said it would be better to be cautious and avoid allowing this to happen, but water ingress must be the biggest cause of vac motors blowing, so anything that reduces the likelihood of this must be a good thing

[Ian Gourlay]

I think this is excellent.

It is time manufactures set about designing equipment  so it is idiot proof

[Steve Rothwell]

Ian
nothing is idiot proof to a sufficiently motivated idiot   

[simbo]

nothing is idiot proof to a sufficiently motivated idiot     
spot on mate!!

[Colin Day]

I know for a fact that someone had allowed water to pass through the said motors on 3 jobs. Water had been shooting out of the exhaust all over the customer's floors

The lid was put on the right way round, motors left to run and all was well... (And still is, 3 months on!)

[Adam Fearnley]

I've opened up motors that have had alot of water through them but the water doesn't seem to get past the bearing and into the electrical parts.

[John Kelly]

Vac motors have warm moist air passing through them all the time. Its not just accidental ingress that causes problems. They are also prone to condensation. If these new ones have remedied some of the damage this can cause then they should last longer.

[Kinver_Clean]

The problems arise when the vac unit is mounted motor down. Any water in the vac can run into the windings.

The condensate problem is helped by running the motors for a while with the tank lid open when you are emptying for the last time before home. This will dry them out.

[Colin Day]

The problems arise when the vac unit is mounted motor down. Any water in the vac can run into the windings.

The condensate problem is helped by running the motors for a while with the tank lid open when you are emptying for the last time before home. This will dry them out.

Just to add to this excellent advice, keep the tank lid off/open when not in use, to allow the machine to breathe.

[Russ Chadd]

My Jag had an attack of the dreaded vanish foam in the carpet!! the machine must of swallowed at lease 5 litres of thick foam & water and spat it out the exhaust.
Just cleaned it out and ran the motors for 10 mins with no problems....