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hoover carpet cleaner,FH 50150, just stopped in the middle of cleaning. waited and waited, still won’t start. Purchased new power switch fuse. Still will not work. Of course it’s off of warranty by a few months. What can I do now, besides screaming!
@jesada ,linda b. If still under warranty, have repaired/replaced/refund under warranty. Did a search for a service/repair manual with no luck. All I can suggest is to disassemble the vacuum to access motor connections and carefully test there with DVOM for power when switch on. If power is present at the motor and motor not running, would signify motor faulty. If no power present at motor you will have to trace back through wire harness in search of bad/damagedwire/plug/relay/fuse/switch. Links below may help, the 1st link is a exploded parts view of your vacuum and 2nd link is owners manual. Good luck. I hope this helped you out, if so let me know by pressing the helpful button. https://www.partswarehouse.com/FH50150-H… https://hoover.com/file/2123/,%20http:/h…
Dec 2019 My Hoover F5915-905 Spin Scrub 50 carpet conked out without so much as a whimper. Got the multi-meter out and confirmed it wasn’t the switch or motor winding. The problem turned out to be a 128C thermal fuse mounted on the motor behind a black plastic sleeve. Fixed it for $2.50.
Took mine into a local vacuum repair/parts store. $15 to check it out. Definitely better than mucking around with it for hours myself, likely ordering parts that don’t fix it, and THEN taking it in to be checked out.
A common problem with many appliances that will shut it down are the push on spade lugs that are used. They loosen up and create a bad connection that heats up and burns causing it to totally disconnect. Generally at the power switch. This requires replacement of the switch, spade lugs and maybe some wire. If you are lucky, just the spade lug.
