Re: [BlindHandyMan] My Oreck Upright has Died!

[Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press]

Claudia,
There is probably a reset button on your upright. 
I don't have an Oreck, but all of the vacuum 
cleaners I've had for years had a reset. Perhaps 
someone on the list who has one can tell you where it might be located.
Betsy
At 04:55 PM 8/21/2010, you wrote:
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>Hi,
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>After 8 Years, my Oreck upright vacuum has died.
>I was using it today, feeling so proud of myself 
>because I'd been actually moving the furniture 
>and vacuuming behind it, and all of a sudden, it 
>stopped. I smelled no burning rubber, nothing 
>felt out of the usual. I thought that maybe, I 
>may have inadvertently pulled the cord out of 
>the outlet, but that wasn't the case. I tried it 
>in several outlets of the home, and nothing happened.
>Guess the motor went out possibly?
>
>On another note, I ordered a new Oreck Cannister 
>vac from QVC, and I'm not really liking it. It 
>doesn't seem to pick up as well, as our original 
>cannister vac. And, the pieces don't seem to fit 
>tightly enough because the hose keeps disloding 
>from the unit, or the handle dislodges from the hose. It drives me insane.
>
>You may be wondering why we have two Orecks; we 
>bought them as a set, the upright, cannister & 
>cordless iron, and we've liked them a great deal.
>
>Now, I've been looking online at QVC, and there 
>are several Oreck uprights there, but I just 
>can't figure out which one will be the best. I 
>like the lightweight feature of the Oreck 
>upright, as I have a good deal of house to cover!
>There is an Oreck set that includes an upright, 
>cannister vac & cordless iron, for $549.
>The premice is that this upright vac is super 
>quiet, but that's a lot of money. The one 
>drawback to our current Oreck upright is that it is loud.
>
>What to do, what to do!
>
>Claudia
>
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