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Pauls9 · 10-03-2014, 10:29

Saturday morning, visitors due...

Vacuum cleaner stops working; food processor motor running, but rotor stops turning.

Vacuum cleaner: speed control board had died. Followed friend's suggestion ("what's the worst that could happen?") and bypassed it. Now OK.

Food processor: cooling fan had come loose and shifted the drive belt gear wheel up the shaft. Levered things apart, glued the fan to the gear wheel and hammered it back together. All good again.

And in a separate thread: Found and tested a cheap way to upgrade my oldish XP machine to Win 8.

10-03-2014, 10:29	#137
Pauls9 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Guildford, Surrey Services: VM TVM HD, BBL, phone; BT phone; Freeview. Posts: 982	Re: What have you fixed lately? Saturday morning, visitors due... Vacuum cleaner stops working; food processor motor running, but rotor stops turning. Vacuum cleaner: speed control board had died. Followed friend's suggestion ("what's the worst that could happen?") and bypassed it. Now OK. Food processor: cooling fan had come loose and shifted the drive belt gear wheel up the shaft. Levered things apart, glued the fan to the gear wheel and hammered it back together. All good again. And in a separate thread: Found and tested a cheap way to upgrade my oldish XP machine to Win 8.