How can I fix a Hoover Elite Supreme Vacuum cleaner that starts, then stops after a few minutes. Then it will start back up only to stop a few seconds/minutes later, and so on...
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John, January 2011
Peccavi,
Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately that was not the answer, so it looks like a new vacuum is in our future.
Trevor, June 2010
It may well be a damaged conductor in the power cable at the plug end - over time and with just slightly enthusiastic tugging the inner conductors become stretched at the bend point - they become thinner and thinner and eventually break - the ends still making intermittent contact.
Try cutting 6" or so from the plug end of the cable - if it's a moulded-on plug you will obviously need a new one.
This is a quick and easy thing to do and has resolved perhaps 75% of the vacuum claner faults I have looked at - and virtually no cost.
