Henry and the Filler

Sounds like the the fine powder blocked his filter, and low airflow=20 cause the motor windings to overheat and burn out.

Replacement motors seem to be =A350-=A360 from here, depending on model

Sounds like the the fine powder blocked his filter, and low airflow cause the motor windings to overheat and burn out.

Replacement motors seem to be £50-£60 from here, depending on model

Given that the Henry has a quite rudimentary filter system of just a coarse open grain sponge then blocking that would be nigh on impossible, although with damp media travelling through it might happen. More likely is the amount of accululated crap has finally blocked the impellers or around the motor armature and stalled it resulting in the burn out. The result is the same as suggested by Andy though.

Dissassembly is quite simple.

Remove the top from the base Up-end the top section Remove the 4 screws underneath the top section around where the hole for air intake is. Remove the top cover which exposes the motor. Note the connections and wiring locations. The motor sits in a rubber seat that will pull out with the motoe when you lift it out. Reassembly is reversal of the dissassembly making sure that it all sits neatly before replacing the top.

Naturally you WON'T have it plugged in at the time ;-)

Henry has a three part filter system if you include the paper bag, then the nylon bag on a frame, then the foam. AFAIK the foam filter is simply to protect the motor if the other filter split.

Motors are £29 + £8 postage from Barton Electrical

The foam filter is actualy *after* the motor in the airflow.

In the Hire trade the paper bags used to be supplied but rarely used, packs of which always came back intack as the builders thought they reduced the suction so therefore wouldn't allow the odd chunk of house brick etc to be picked up instead of bending down to remove it or shovelling. Also the secondary filter in the top, the one with the plastic insert to hold it away from the motor air intake was frequently missing because it nearly always got chucked out with the debris.

The "Wet Vac" twin motor units were even more fun to sort out, especially after being used for toilet cleaning at the end of a job :-(

Thanks all

I have decided to continue being a wuss and have ordered a new Henry

Anna

Maybe you could offer the old one on freecycle, perhaps with a link to the motor man, for those with the inclination to lazarusise him!

Thats a good plan It'll be on North & West Suffolk Freecycle as soon as the new Henry arrives - unless anyone on here would like to put in a claim for it (and collect it)?

Anna

Nah....Sorry, already have 2

If no-one wants it then it might be worth keeping the hose and some other bits as spares before dumping the rest.

cheers, Pete.

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If only you had made that offer last week. I drove through Suffolk (A12/A14) on the way home to Yorkshire on Sunday but don't expect to be down that way again until Xmas. :-(

Damn! My time machine has broken too, otherwise old Henry would be yours

Anna

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