[steve prince]

Hi all
My 3rd vac has failed ,so i bought one from accessory planet but its still not working any idea's?

[john martin]

 sounds like no power reaching the vac wire terminals ...   u would have to test that with a phase tester , dmm , or one of those little voltage testers that doesn't even touch the wire ...
if no power there ... try testing for voltage before and after the switch ... could be a switch fault .

[steve prince]

looked at the switch and only just noticed is got 3 settings  why 3 ?

[john martin]

three rocker switch settings ? or three poles / sets of poles at the back ..

[steve prince]

three rocker switch settings ? or three poles / sets of poles at the back ..

on the 3rd vac it has 3 settings and underneath it says aux ,but yes there is 3 connections on the back of the switch

[john martin]

 i can see it on the airflex site pic ... up for vac3 on , middle must be off and down is AUX ...  but what the auxiliary is suppose to be powering  ? ... i have no idea  

Perhaps someone here has a turbo and might know ..  

perhaps there is an aux power input on the back of the machine to directly connect the heater , i cases where u dont want to run a third cord  ... but you couldn't have vac three on at the same time on the same cord ... hence the three way switch ...

[feldon]

Why don't you just ring up Matt up Cleansmart?

[Simon@arenaclean]

I've got a Storm now but I had a Turbo and there is a socket on the right by the back wheel on earlier models for the heater as John suggested. Rather than fiddle any further ask Matt for a number of a local engineer who service Airflex machines or see if Frank or Matt can talk you through a fault diagnosis. They are always happy to help if you call.

[james roffey]

Diont know why you would not call Cleansmart whenever i carry out work on my Airflex they me you through whatever i need to do the engineer at Cleansmart is very patient and helpful

[steve prince]

this happened yesterday evening so to late to call matt etc thats why im on here

[john martin]

 guide for testing similar switch here if u have meter ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQdZaMxxb8o

 if u have no meter perhaps just bring the switch to maplin , they should have exact one .

[Simon@arenaclean]

Just occurred to me, why not switch connections from one of the other vacs to the potential faulty switch if it does not work at least you will know what the problem is, which means hopefully your vacs are fine.

[steve prince]

Just occurred to me, why not switch connections from one of the other vacs to the potential faulty switch if it does not work at least you will know what the problem is, which means hopefully your vacs are fine.

cheers simon
does it make a difference even tho the switch has 3 settings and connections on the back ?

[Simon@arenaclean]

Best bet is to disconnect the cables from the vac and leave the switches alone to start with. Might seem daft but number the vacs with a marker pen and put a bit of tape or mark the corresponding cables after the connector. You should have the cables and motors all marked in the original positions. Now disconnect vac 1 or 2 and attach to vac 3 cable. If the switch fails problem solved. It could also be something simple like an earth cable make sure they are secure too.