It catches 99.9% of dust particles and has a volume of 5.5 litres – a lot of dirt fits in there..

Put your foot on the base and gently twist the main body left and right and side to side..If it bursts into life or flickers, even briefly, that points to a fault inside one of the machine’s wiring looms.. Sebo Wiring Loom Failure – What to Look For.

Remove the bag door and tower filter and inspect the wire running down the inside of the body behind the filter.This is part of the main wiring loom.Look for signs of heat damage, discolouration or brittleness at the plug end – you may need to remove it to see this, but again, a test meter is your friend here.. We see this often in machines with intermittent faults.

It may test fine with a meter but fail under load.If in doubt, replace the loom — we supply this part and use it regularly in our own workshop.. Swivel Neck Power Loss – Burnt Pins or Damaged Loom.

Inside the swivel neck, there’s another short loom with two brass prongs you’ll see sticking up.

These link the upper and lower sections of the machine.There’s nothing wrong with your Sebo that our engineers haven’t seen before and can’t fix.. There’s another reason you might want to have your Sebo repaired rather than replace it..

In 2017 the EU forced upon us a maximum wattage limit of 900w for all new vacuum cleaners.Despite the UK leaving the EU, the government has no intention of rescinding that rule.

BBC Breakfast did a feature on those rules in our shop with our Sebos which you can watch here..Your older Sebo is likely to be 1100w or 1300w.