Questions & Answers for: shop vac burned

Shop Vac Can I **** water with a 4.5 12 gallon Shop Vac into the main cannister or is there another connection? DO you use the same one for both wet and dry?? You **** up water the same way as dirt. ...

...Shop Vac Is it possible to replace the motor for my Shop Vac at a reasonable price? Is this something I can just replace myself? well if you can find the motor ( find a place that deals with the ...

...vac shop, and take the unit apart. On each side of the motor their is a retangular piece of plastic with what looks like magnets in them. In most cases they are simply held by 2 screws. Replace these ...

...vac repair shop or Kirby dealer. Cords do wear out. Ther is a slim possibility you could have a bad switch below but generally the switch just dies , no sparking. If the sparks were shooting out from ...

I have the vx475 & it smells like burnt rubber. Help!! Your motor is burning up. If it is under warranty call the warranty station. If not take it to a vac shop

...shop vac bye rigid . do i need a foam wet filter on the inside or will it work properly without the filter on i need it for water only. people in the store said the paper filter was for both ? ...

...Shop-Vac 5870400 was working just fine, and then one day while i vac the floor its just stop working, tried to turn on/off a few times, swicth to different outlet. i did even tried to open it, but ...

has a burning smell Sounds like the brushes on the motor are wore and burning up the armeture,,how old is it?

...shop vac 5.0. All of a sudden it started making a loud noise. turned it off. I noticed the water was quite high, so i emptied it. It now continues with the terrible noise, and smells like it is ...

with this issue yried diffrent oulets thru out my home If it's over a year old, the motor probably is burned up. 90% of chinese made vacs only last 1 year. Take it to your local vac shop for diagnosis