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Rainbows draw a lot of power. It may have tripped the circuit breaker for the receptacle you have it plugged into. first make sure the receptacle is ok, especially if it is plugged into a ground fault receptacle. . Next, unplug the vacuum, take off the tank and see if you can spin the impeller by hand. If you can spin it, the motor is free. If plugged into a good receptacle and the power cord is not cut or broken and still does not run then the motor is bad. it could be the brushes in the motor(which can be replaced), or the armature is shorted out, meaning you need to replace the motor.

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