4.8V Vacuum Cleaner Teardown

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I've found a vacuum in my utility room. Since I almost never use it, I thought it was a good idea to see how it works... So let's go!!

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — 4.8V Vacuum Cleaner Teardown  ¶ 

  • So, here is it: a 4.8V Rowenta vacuum. Useful if you want to clean your car or something else, it can be recharged with its pedestal.

  • If you are interested in the power of the pedestal, it reads:

    • Input: 230V - 50 Hz - 7W (AC)

    • Output: 7.5V - 300 mA (DC)

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  • There's several parts in this vacuum:

    • The tip.

    • The reservoir which contains the dust and the debris.

    • The engine (the most interesting part. It will be torn down, don't worry...).

    • The pedestal (we'll take a look in it later).

    • And the power supply.

  • By the way, the reservoir contains 3 parts (from the top to the bottom): the housing, the container and the filter.

  • And the top if the engine. Nothing interesting... yet. Just notice the power: 4.8V and the intensity of the output.

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  • Let's go (let's start with the engine): with our beloved screwdriver, remove these 2 Philips #00 screws.

  • After that, we can see the back of the motherboard.

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  • Now, remove these 2 screws (Philips #00 again).

  • Then, with a flat screwdriver (put the screwdriver between the both parts and turn it), remove the back and let's take a look inside.

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  • Now, here is the innards of our lovely vacuum.

  • More precisely, we can see several wires (to connect the charger light (2), the switch (3), the engine (2), the power wires (2)).

  • In green: the engine, very noisy but it's the core of the machine.

  • And in orange: one of the 4 batteries (4*1.2V). They look like C batteries...

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  • The motherboard: the top contains 2 capacitors, one chip, several wires and several resistors.

  • But the bottom is not interesting (there's just a lot of resistors).

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  • With the same screwdriver, remove the only screw which secures the handle.

  • But to have access in the handle, you'll have to use a flat screwdriver because it's difficult to open it.

  • However, I wanted it to still works. So, I didn't go further in the teardown. Sorry...

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  • Since the teardown is incomplete, We will take a look in the pedestal as well.

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  • Firstly, remove the 4 pieces of rubber to have access to 4 Philips screws.

  • Since the hole is very dept, use a real screwdriver and not a little one...

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  • After that, lift the plastic piece without forcing too much.

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  • Actually, the mechanism is easy to understand: the power supply is divided into 2 wires and each wire is separated and plugged to a conductive piece (the same as the vacuum gets).

  • That's all. I hope you liked this teardown...

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