How can I tell if the Rainbow E series motor is defective. The copper wire on one side of the motor is burned and the small metal holding the ground wire next to it , also got burned some. Is it the copper wire burned or the need of that metal holding the ground wire that is keeping the machine from having power?

Lillie Herrera, July 2007

I asked how can you tell if the motor on a E-Series Rainbow is defective because I took it in to a shop and they claimed it was the motor, which would cost me $500 to fix. I thought that was ridiculous. Brought it home ,took it apart myself and with an old cord, I put the wires directly on the motor (ground & power) and I was so relieved that the motor worked. The motors for the E-series cost no less than $240.
Anyway, it wasn't the motor, it was the cord, which cost me $19.00. The hard part was how to dismantle the vacuum, but found that all I had to do was snap off the sides, unscrew the screws on each side, and the top came off.

Lillie Herrera, August 2007