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Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field
The Oreck Manufacturing Company
Oreck Edge - Upright Tune-Up & Service
Guide
02/26/2010
Compiled by Clark DeNoble
Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field
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  • Page 1 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field The Oreck Manufacturing Company Oreck Edge - Upright Tune-Up & Service Guide 02/26/2010 Compiled by Clark DeNoble Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Page 28 Everything Works But The LED Lights Page 29 Features of the Edge 1. Electronic Motor Speed Control 2. Electronic Motor Stop – If the fan jams the motor will stop which save both the motor and the belt.
  • Page 3: Electrical

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field Electrical The fuse on the logic board is for fire safety, not to protect the board. If the motor current increases and the fuse doesn’t blow, then the chip will shutdown the motor. If left plugged in the unit will return to the speed in use when it was turned off.
  • Page 4: Tune-Up

    WD40 to remove marks from cords and bumpers ii. Oreck Glass & Mirror Cleaner iii. Oreck Hospital Clean (Liquid only, not the aerosol) iv. Steam cleaning is an effective method of cleaning. v. Use soap (Joy, Ivory, Dawn) and water as the primary cleaning ingredients.
  • Page 5: Replace

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field 3. Replace a. Inner filter bag 4. Only when necessary - Low Power/Sparks - Commutator Polish a. It is not necessary to polish all commutators. Commutators in pictures 1 & 2 have a gray film. This is graphite from the brushes and desirable since it acts as a lubricant.
  • Page 6: Wheels Grinding/Rattling/Worn

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field i. Turn the unit off and unplug from outlet. 5. Wheels Grinding/Rattling/Worn - Rear Wheel Service a. Remove hubcap – Insert flathead screwdriver blade into one of the 3 slots on the back of the wheel hub. Place the blade as shown in picture 1 and twist until hub tab has unhooked from the wheel hub picture 2, then push down.
  • Page 7: Part Replacement/Disassembly

    Remove Edge Brush – Find the round tab (Circled). With a punch and hammer knock out the edge brush c. The edge brushes are marked left L and right R. Line up the tab with the sole plate hole and snap in place 2.
  • Page 8 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field b. Extract the two screws indicated, slide the fascia forward and set aside. c. To remove the top cover extract two screws indicated and lift it off. 3. Brushroll – Requires 1,2 & 4 a.
  • Page 9: Power Supply

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field 4. Belt – Requires Steps 1, 2 & 3 a. Fit the belt to the brushroll pulley. Fit the brushroll/belt assembly to the base. Feed the belt through the slot (Picture 1). Use a 3/8”...
  • Page 10: Valve Assembly

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field 6. Valve Assembly – Requires Step 2 a. Remove the hose coupler. Extract the clamp and valve module screws indicated and remove the clamp. Loosen the motor module screws about ¼”. Hose Coupler Motor Module Clamp Valve Module...
  • Page 11: Valve Service

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field c. With the valve module connections exposed remove the servo and hose switch interconnects from the control board and Hall Effect switch from the base plate. Hall Effect Switch - Install with the white line up as shown Hall Effect Switch Hall Effect &...
  • Page 12 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field b. Extract the two servo screws Indicated and remove servo. c. Extract four screws indicated (Picture 1) and open (Picture2). Service valve including the felt seal if necessary and/or housings Valve Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field...
  • Page 13 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field d. Orientate the valve as shown and start the screw into the servo. If you fully tighten the valve to the servo at this point the halves won’t fit together. e. Close up the housings with four screws, fasten the servo with two screws and tighten the valve screw.
  • Page 14 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field 9. Motor Module – Requires Steps 2, 4 & 6 a. Remove the motor power connection to the control board. b. Roll the belt towards the motor shaft while guiding it off the shaft.
  • Page 15 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field d. Open the outer bag and unfasten the collar from the fan housing neck and pull the outer bag assembly off of the fan housing. Outer Bag Collar Fan Housing Neck e. Lift out the motor module 10.
  • Page 16: Fan Housing Module

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field b. First attempt to pull the fan housing assembly off the motor shaft. If necessary use a puller to remove the fan from the motor shaft (020510 – At this time I don’t know if they will be offered) c.
  • Page 17: Outer Bag

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field 12. Outer Bag a. Open the outer bag and unfasten the collar (CCW) from the fan housing outlet. Pull the debris tube out of the fan housing outlet. Debris Tube O Ring Fan Housing Outlet Collar Lower Stiffener b.
  • Page 18 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field e. Extract the four screws indicated (Picture 1) and remove the bag dock rear. You have unfastened the bag dock rear from the slide assembly (Picture 2) this allows you to remove the outer bag from the unit (Picture 3).
  • Page 19: Grip

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field 13. Grip a. Extract two screws as indicated in Picture 1. These two screws will look like the screw 2 a. All of the other handle tube screws look like 2 b. b. Extract the six screws indicated c.
  • Page 20 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field d. Extract one screw to remove the switch board from the actuator assembly (Picture 1). Picture 2 shows the alignment of the switch buttons to the actuator assembly. 14. Harness – Requires Steps 2, 6, 12 & possibly13 a.
  • Page 21 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field c. To remove a defective harness doesn’t require the handle tube to be disassembled but, due to the grip switch connector, it will be difficult to fish the new harness back through the assembled tube.
  • Page 22 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field b. Use a flathead screwdriver to unsnap the lifter lock c. Pull the lifter to vertical, lift out one side and slide out the other Slide Lift d. Pop out the axle and slip off the wheel Axle Wheel Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field...
  • Page 23: Troubleshooting

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field e. To prevent snagging, install spring make sure the hook is as shown f. Position the spring so that the loop is visible inside the base Troubleshooting Valve Stuck in Hose Position – Nozzle Side Blocked Hose Nozzle Defective Hall Effect Switch –...
  • Page 24: Valve Stuck In Nozzle Position

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field Valve Stuck in Nozzle Position – Hose Side Blocked Hose Nozzle Hall Effect connector not plugged into control board - visual Hall Effect Switch installed upside down - visual Hose Sensing Switch no continuity with hose installed – continuity –...
  • Page 25: Nothing Works

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field The meter is showing 18.2 mVDC which is essentially 0 volts Nothing Works Outlet - 120VAC Power Circuit - Continuity Power Cord to Harness Connection - Visual Harness - Continuity Power Switch – Continuity If all the above are good and there is no 12VDC then the problem is in the: Power Supply - 12vdc...
  • Page 26 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field a. Hot – Touch a meter lead to the Hot/Narrow blade of the plug and the other meter lead to the Black lead connection on the Power Supply (1) - Continuity b. Neutral – Touch a meter lead to the Neutral/Wide blade of the plug and the other meter lead to the White lead connection on the Power Supply (2) - Continuity c.
  • Page 27 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field b. A multimeter lead will always be on the Blue Common test point. c. Place the other lead on the Brown On/Off test point, press and hold the Power switch – should go from 0L to 0.00 or ∞ to 0 depending on the type meter.
  • Page 28: Everything Works But The Motor

    Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field c. With the Red meter probe in contact with the Red conductor of the connector and the Black probe in contact with the White conductor, plug in the power cord: 12VDC should be present as shown (11.89 VDC) whether the unit is turned on or not.
  • Page 29 Increase Quality Through Interaction with the Field Everything Works But The LED Lights Defective Control Board – 12VDC Defective LED Board 1. Control Board Output to the LED lights – DCV a. Unplug the harness at the LED board. b. Tape the harness plug down as shown in Picture 1 Brown White Black...

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