StickyMicky

I blew my wetvac up

it was sparking and making mad popping noises, it had gotten wet after sum extensive cleaning

i bought it from a website, cant rember the name now and i dont recall getting a reciept (now i think about it)

its under 1 year old, but i figure its a waste of time going for the warrenty route as its been used for comercial use anyway

so i pulled it apart and traced it down to this little bugger





it was bridgeing the live and neutral as soon as it entered the head of the wetvac, removed it and the hoover now works fine, its there for a reason, what is the reason?

only thing i could think of was sum kind of power smoothing thingybob?

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

supression capacitor? used to stop interference with radio equipment

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Yep as above.

Now your missus can peeve you off even more when she does the hooving whilst your watching the TV


PS use the Macro mode on your camera next time, so I can read the writing on it

StickyMicky

ahh its the wetvac at work, so supression is not an issue

it got wet and blew up
so i dont really need to order a new one then?

dont know if my phone has a macro mode

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

LOL This is why phones should be phones and cameras should be cameras
Its like using a wet vac to mow your lawn


Anyhoo ...it works dunnit? Ain't broke don't fix

There is a remote chance it could have been a starting capacitor, but if it was it wouldn't be working now, or it would go backwards, or the brushes would arc like crazy.

StickyMicky

i had a funny feeling it might work for the short term but then blow because this part was missing

if its for supression, i will bin the thing