Roomba 570 problems
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Posted by Dan Lanciani on April 23, 2008, 2:20 am
Please log in for more thread options Hammacher Schlemmer. It worked for about an hour total and then one of the wheel modules seemed to lose the ability to move in a forward direction. This made the Roomba turn in a tight circle until it gave up. There was nothing obviously mechanically wrong with the wheel module (it turned freely by hand) and when the Roomba tried to turn it the wheel did stiffen up (as determined by my hand). Maybe part of a bridge driver had failed? Anyway, Hammacher Schlemmer exchanged the whole package for a new one. The second Roomba also worked for about an hour total and then started asking me to remove and clean its brushes. Which I did. Repeatedly. Peering underneath I could see that the brushes were not turning at all. I made one more thorough cleaning and made sure that the brushes rotate freely by hand. Still they do not run and Roomba asks me to remove and clean them every two minutes. I suspect the motor is just not getting power. Am I having really bad luck or is this typical? Could iRobot have gotten a bad batch of power transistors? I assume I can get another replacement from Hammacher Schlemmer, though I don't know how many times they will pay the shipping... Dan Lanciani ddl@danlan.*com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Brian W. Antoine on April 23, 2008, 10:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'll be the counter example then, to even the tally. :) I bought a refurbed Roomba around Christmas and it's worked like a charm from the moment it turned it on. The only thing I have to watch for is one particular carpet with fringes that it likes to suck into the brushes, if I forget to pick up that carpet first. The worst that happens is that it gets stuck and beeps at me until I come clear it's throat and turn it loose again. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dick on April 24, 2008, 1:46 pm
Please log in for more thread options Ditto here. I have bought 4 used or refurbished Roombas and 1 Scooba
in the last 6 months and all have worked flawlessly. I have no complaints at all. On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:00:32 -0700, Brian W. Antoine >On 23 Apr 2008 06:20:34 GMT, ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote:
>>Am I having really bad luck or is this typical? Could iRobot have
>>gotten a bad batch of power transistors? I assume I can get another >>replacement from Hammacher Schlemmer, though I don't know how many >>times they will pay the shipping... >
> I'll be the counter example then, to even the tally. :) > > I bought a refurbed Roomba around Christmas and it's worked like >a charm from the moment it turned it on. The only thing I have to >watch for is one particular carpet with fringes that it likes to >suck into the brushes, if I forget to pick up that carpet first. >The worst that happens is that it gets stuck and beeps at me until >I come clear it's throat and turn it loose again. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Brian W. Antoine on April 25, 2008, 11:20 am
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>Ditto here. I have bought 4 used or refurbished Roombas and 1 Scooba
>in the last 6 months and all have worked flawlessly. I have no >complaints at all. > >On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:00:32 -0700, Brian W. Antoine > >>On 23 Apr 2008 06:20:34 GMT, ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote:
>>>Am I having really bad luck or is this typical? Could iRobot have
>>>gotten a bad batch of power transistors? I assume I can get another >>>replacement from Hammacher Schlemmer, though I don't know how many >>>times they will pay the shipping... >>
>> I'll be the counter example then, to even the tally. :) >> >> I bought a refurbed Roomba around Christmas and it's worked like >>a charm from the moment it turned it on. The only thing I have to >>watch for is one particular carpet with fringes that it likes to >>suck into the brushes, if I forget to pick up that carpet first. >>The worst that happens is that it gets stuck and beeps at me until >>I come clear it's throat and turn it loose again. I guess the moral of the story is to only buy the refurbed ones, not the new ones. :) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dan Lanciani on April 25, 2008, 11:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options ROBERT_GREEN1963@YAH00.COM (Robert Green) writes:
| The "DirtDog" Roombas keep trying to shove more dirt in the tray when full | so the dust begins to spill out into the machine's gizzards. The DirtDogs | really need some sort of "full" sensor to shut them down or at least a | transparent window on the dust bin - which I may cut into mine when the | warranty is up. I'm hoping for a version that empties itself at the dock. | Dan, if you're reading this, if HS becomes unwilling to pay shipping, | consider contacting Roomba directly. Have to be careful not to jeopardize Hammacher Schlemmer's lifetime guarantee... Dan Lanciani ddl@danlan.*com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>gotten a bad batch of power transistors? I assume I can get another
>replacement from Hammacher Schlemmer, though I don't know how many
>times they will pay the shipping...