{"id":433,"date":"2025-03-10T21:08:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darylwhite.net\/?p=433"},"modified":"2025-03-10T21:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:08:49","slug":"henry-hvc200-vacuum-cleaner-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylwhite.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/henry-hvc200-vacuum-cleaner-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry HVC200 Vacuum Cleaner Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having moved house recently I accquired an old Henry vacuum cleaner that had been used for workshop and garage duties so was rather filthy but cleaned up well with soap & water.
However it was in a questionable electrical condition with a broken plug, missing cable strain relief and worst of all, an exploaded mains filter\/RFI capacitor of the Rifa brand.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Remove a couple of covers and the electrical connections are revealed. The socket on the left is a passthrough for other domestic tools I think. In the middle is the failed Rifa capacitor and mains cable missing strain relief.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You can see the capacitor casing cracked wide open and there was burn marks\/staining on the surrounding plastic. I bet this made quite an unpleasant smell when it went.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Old and new capacitors. The replacement is a modern Rifa capacitor. You can also see a 1 Meg Ohm bleed resistor attached to the old capacitor, I didn’t bother salvaging this and fitted a new one instead.<\/p>\n\n\n

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New capacitor soldered to the original terminals.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fitted in position and you can also see the outer insulation of the mains cable correctly clamped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here it is cleaned up and fitted with a modern ‘turbo’ brush head, this uses the suction to also drive a brush head for a more thorough cleaning on thick carpet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my research I discovered this model was significantly older than I thought, being made during the mid 1980’s https:\/\/numatic.fandom.com\/wiki\/Henry#Henry_HVC200_(1983-1987)<\/a>

Here is to another 30 years service!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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