Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

[robinhood]

Anyone tell me why my wife’s Dyson DC04 drops vacuum intermittently? The way she gets it going again is to whack the cylinder with the palm of her hand with some force.
The fault is most obvious when vacuuming a “mixed” floor where the machine has to go from, say, carpet to tiles.
TIA

[kladave]

Re: Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

Hi

serial number would be a help.

[ray.t]

Re: Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

Hi Is this a Zorbster dco4? Grey and lilac

[kladave]

Re: Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

The switch is faulty inside the motor cover,thus only giving you half power/speed.

[robinhood]

Re: Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

kladave wrote:The switch is faulty inside the motor cover,thus only giving you half power/speed.

Apologies for the late reply.

Thanks for the excellent advice. I should have looked at bit closer at the machine & I might have spotted the switch 🙂
I’m hoping that by putting a couple of layers of masking tape on the dust collector to push the switch in further will fix the fault.
If not, how do you change the switch?

BTW this is a DC04 Zorbster S/No. 065UK 012155

[kladave]

Re: Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

Brush bar out
Brush housing out
2x plastic circlips off either side of cleaner head
Cleaner head off
Hepa filter out
6x torx 15 screws out

You then have access.

[robinhood]

Re: Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

That seems a lot of hassle but thanks anyway. I’m glad to say the masking tape fix seems to have worked.
What’s the switch for? Is it just used to drop the vacuum when the dust collector is taken off?

[kladave]

Re: Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

No
It’s to do with the application of the zorb.

[robinhood]

Re: Dyson DC04 drops vacuum

Thanks for the info.
As the zorb feature has never been used I think I’ll leave the tape holding the switch down.

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