[AJB]

If you're that worried buy a Lamb motor.
Expensive but quality.

The Imperial motors were £208 + vat.

[Darren O]

I was told the Lamb motors wont fit that was from Matt at Cleansmart he also said something about Amtech have changed something to with the fittings in the machine and the only vacs that will fit are these Chinese vacs and you can only get them from Amtech.If another vac blows under warranty i will just replace it myself as it will be cheaper and save me sending the machine away for 12 days its a bit of a con going to phone Amtech on Monday not even had the machine 3 months yet.

[jeff1966]

Darren,I told you on thephone last week I had made a bracket up to fit other motors into my Powerflite.You can get Hitrac 3 stage motor from Woodbridge for £40 they fit fine with bracket just ask them to remove the flange.You need to have at least 5m steel or the bracket wiill bend.
             Jeff

[Darren O]

Jeff i remember you saying on the phone but a lot of it went over my head ive never changed a vac motor before thats why i never emailed you for the pics always get my local Prochem dealer to do it saying that he comes on this forum now and again so thanks for the pics i will ask him to have a look at them and see what he says.Jeff the vacs from Woodbridge i take it they are  ok you cant go wrong at £40 these chinese vacs i was well impressed with the suction but they just dont last long.

[jeff1966]

Darren,the motors are fine from Woodbridge I made a mistake though £48http://www.wcsuk.com/acatalog/Tangential_Motors.html

[jeff1966]

Just replaced another vac motor this one as been on the machine for only 4 weeks.It starting tripping out customers electricity on my first job for the last 3 days after resetting it a few times it settled down but started arcing on my last job today.I'm realy fed up now.Thats 4 vac motors in 2 months,anyone concidering getting a Powerflite machine should think again.
                                        Jeff

[Joe H]

How old is it?
Not fit for purpose comes to mind.
Get in touch with supplier and if not satisfied tell them you going to trading standards.

[Darren O]

There is something not right here one of my vacs went after 3 months to on my Powerflight ive a Powermax 5 years old replaced 1 vac only,hydramaster raptor 2 years old still on the original vacs.

[richy27]

sorry to hear about you bad experiences with the power flight darren i sim probs with tripping out have found that after each job i completely empty the waste tank wipe with towel and run the motors while packing up so they dry right out if any moisture is in the vacs. easy routine to follow. i agree that the recent vacs put in are not up to scratch. but the performance of the machine is excellant in my book great heat system.

[Darren O]

Its a cracking machine the only thing is these cheap vacs i take it its just greed on Amtechs part and it could be worse as long as ive no problems with the pump iam still happy.

[richy27]

who did you buy you machine from mate

[Darren O]

Cleaning Systems Uk

[richy27]

got mine from cleansmart matt flewitt. he has always sorted out any little probs i have had with minimal downtime considering i am 200 miles from his premises think that is pretty good.

[Darren O]

Cleaning Systems Uk is about 70 miles from me it took them 12 days to get it the machine sorted if it happens again iam not even going to bother with the warranty i will just pay out my own pocket to get it fixed also cost me £80 carrige.

[richy27]

dont blame you 12 days is crap.

[Dave Preece]

Is there a side-on picture of that vacuum shown at the top of the thread?

[from edge2edge]

Guys i have a 3 yr old powerflite and the engineer who does my servicing etc has had the chinese vac problems so has put ashbys ninja vacs in with some mod or other it works very well so i am told.The guys name is Ian Monk of Cleanmachine Wallingford(oxfordshire) if you have a machine and are within driving distance.Regards Alan(swindon)

[Darren O]

It always happens when you try to cut corners it comes back to bite you in the arse.

[clinton]

Darren

How is that spotter you bought by the way

Was looking myself to get a new one.

cheers

clinton

[Adam Fearnley]

Does anyone else notice the steel fan blades on the vacs having chips in them? i thought they could be there for a reason but they occur randomly, even saw a new showroom machine with these chips in the blades.