Pufter Wrote: 

> My 18 month old dyson blew up. There was acrid smoke & sparks shooting
> out from it. I took the thing apart to find a 1p coin in the case. I
> can't tell if this actually got sucked into the motor, though the
> copper windings are all black & burned. Customer services were great -
> as I had the thing in pieces I asked if they could just supply a new
> motor for me to fit. Incredibly, this came to only 37.50 inc. delivery
> & VAT. Although I could possibly have got a warranty repair, it looks
> like an easy job & cheap to just put in a new motor.

Update - took the old motor out & found the carbon brushes were all
broken up, which had thrown debris into the motor & all over the
windings. Replaced the motor with the new unit (only need to
unclip/reattach two leads) & reassembled the vacuum. Now works fine.
Could have been worse than the 30 odd quid, plus I have a brand new
motor.


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Pufter