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    Electrolux Ultrasilencer and UltraOne vacuum cleaners not starting

    Hi all!

    New to the forums, this is my first time posting so hoping to do a good enough job making sense.

    I have two vacuum cleaners having the same issue of not being able to start on their own but when they get going (by manually shorting power to the motor on the internal PCB) they will keep running and also allow me to switch on and off again for a while using the power switch until the issue returns.

    The models are below and i will attempt to attach pictures of both sides of the PCB from one of the machines (they look basically identical).

    Electrolux Ultrasilencer Zen Green EUS8GREEN
    Electrolux UltraOne Green EUOC9GREEN

    My fault finding so far has been removing most of the larger components from the top side of the PCB and testing them out of circuit but this has not led to anything yet. I also replaced the BTB16-600 triac with one from a working machine without any change.

    Hope someone can come with some input what might be the issue when a machine behaves like this. I'm assuming both have the same issue so it would be very nice to be able to fix two vacuums with one stone so to speak.
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  • Answer selected by Babbar at 11-28-2023, 05:09 AM.

    probably one of those 3 caps - dont overlook failing film caps

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      probably one of those 3 caps - dont overlook failing film caps

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        Yes check the big yellow film caps have not gone low value. C2 334 or 0.33uF I would suspect and C3 to check.
        Should measure 5.6VDC across zener diode Z1 for power. I also see TP4 +5V as well across the electrolytic. Circuit common is usually weird like a -5V rail is what is used.
        The rivet job looks terrible for the triac, I can't imagine the fit does much for heatsinking it.

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          Originally posted by redwire View Post
          Yes check the big yellow film caps have not gone low value. C2 334 or 0.33uF I would suspect and C3 to check.
          Should measure 5.6VDC across zener diode Z1 for power. I also see TP4 +5V as well across the electrolytic. Circuit common is usually weird like a -5V rail is what is used.
          The rivet job looks terrible for the triac, I can't imagine the fit does much for heatsinking it.
          Originally posted by stj View Post
          probably one of those 3 caps - dont overlook failing film caps
          Much appreciated! I will have a look ASAP =)

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            #5
            And the results are in! Both X2 yellow film caps were borked on both boards. I had some replacement 224 (220 nF) ones from scraps but will need to wait for the 334 (330 nF) replacements.

            Many thanks again stj and redwire for the tips!

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