Kenmore 116.21514 Use & Care Manual page 26

Review this table to find do-it-yourse{f solutions for minor performance problems. Any other
service needed should be performed by a Sears or other qualified service agent.
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AkWARNING
Always turn off and unplug vacuum cleaner before performing maintenance to the
vacuum cleaner. Failure to do so could result in electrical shock or personal injury.
Vacuum cleaner won't
start.
1. Unplugged at wall outlet.
2. Tripped circuit breaker!blown
fuse at household service panel
3. Loose hose electrical
connections.
Poor job of dirt 1.
pick-up. 2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Z
8.
9.
Vacuum cleaner starts
hut shuts off.
PowerMale will not
run when affached.
Fell or clogged dust bag.
Clogged airflow passages.
Dirty filters.
Wrong pite height setting.
Wrong power level selected.
Hole in hose.
Worn PowerMate agitator.
Worn or broken belt,
Dirty agitator or end caps.
Tripped overload protector in
PewerMato.
1. Hose or hood e_ectrical
connections.
2. Tripped overload protectoi" in
PowerMote.
3. Tripped thermal protector
in canister.
1, PowerMate connections
unplugged.
2, Worn or broken belt.
3. Dirty agitator or end caps.
4. Tripped overload protector in
PowerMote.
5, Switch not in CARPET position.
1. Plug In firmly, push ON/OFF swilch
to on.
2. Reset circuit breaker or replace fuse.
3. Reconnect hose ends. (page 8)
1. Change bag. (page 20}
2. Clear airflow passages. {page |9}
3. Change filters. (page 2_-22}
4. Adjust setting. {page 13)
5. Adjust control, {page 11)
6. Replace hose.
Z Change agitator. (page 23-26)
8 & 9. See BELT CHANGING AND
AGITATOR CLEANING (page 23-24).
10. Remove any items that may be
caeght or jammed, then reset. If
vacuum cleaner starts and stops
again, clean agitator and end cops,
teen reset. {page 1B, 25)
I. Check connections_ reconnect hose
ends. (page 8}
2. Remove any items that may be
caught or jammed, then reset. If
vacuum cleaner starts and stops
again, clean agitator and end caps,
then reset. (page _8}
3. ,See PERFORMANCE FEATURES -
"Thermal Protector" (page 18).
I, Plug In firmly.
2 & =3. See BELT CHANGING AND
AGITATOR CLEANING (page 23-24).
4. Remove any items that may be
coughl or iammed_ then reset. If
vacuum cleaner starts and stops
again, cleon agitator and end caps_
then reset. {page t8, 25}
5. Move switch to CARPET position.
(page it)
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