Whoops! Wife told me to clean the Dyson DC04 yesterday after I had used it and it had started to suffer from lack of suction.
Took all the bin assembly to pieces, washed it all and left it on a towel to dry overnight. This morning, reassembled it and a drop of water came out of the, what I can only describe as a pressure release valve (bit just above where all the muck goes in), so I put the gas fire on and stood the whole assembly about 2 feet in front of the fire. I sat in chair and fell asleep, when I awoke a little later, this valve thingy had melted.
Oh lordy, can I heck as like find a spare.
Anyone chucking a Dyson away..... ?