After I charge the machine and unplug it for a few days I must disconnect and reconnect the battery before it will start again. What can be done? Keeping the mop attached during this electrical fidgeting makes this worse.
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The machine after a full charge will only charge again when the battery is drain off and flat after using.
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Well, spent some time with a friend on his boat yesterday and sure enough the trolling motor placard said to disconnect it before plugging in a charger to the batteries.BUT, his motor had a easy disconnect cord that would have made this a simple operation. Don't know otherwise.... good luck.
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HelloI believe you may unhook the batteries any time, as the same happens when the battery is full, it automatically shuts down,ThanksJohn
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One more little helpful hint though...don't leave it ON or it WILL go dead a lot quicker! Found that I had done that last night when I had a dead battery and was like, no big deal...I have my handy jumper...which I then found I had left on and was dead! My bad! :P
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It happened to me also. I bought this steamer a few month ago.I emptied container and let it stand for a few hours unplugged , then start over again.So far its working, I'll see what happens next
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Same thing happened to me. Maybe not after 5 seconds every time but it never stayed on for long. I replaced it with a Black and Decker that is 100% better. Stays on, good battery and better suction.
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Ours did the same thing. I called the service Department. They were great. Diagnosed the problem, that the battery was bad, right on the phone. Bought a new battery, on Amazon, of course. Sure enough. the machine works great again.
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Has not happened to me but I suggest you try to disconnect from the water supply, remove the battery and wait for a minute before putting it back.
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Hello I believe you may unhook the batteries any time, as the same happens when the battery is full, it automatically shuts down, Thanks John
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my battery also stopped charging after less than a year. I love the vacuum but now need another on because it will charge continuously and wont work but 30 seconds till it cuts off. Very frustrating. in the beginning it worked great but now just frustrates me.
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When you disconnect using the quick disconnect, the light blinks letting you know that the unit is not working. I wouldn't leave it that way for a long period of time as you are just wasting electricity. DO NOT remove clips from batt terminals when it is charging as a slight chance of explosion of hydrogen gasses could occur..
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That has happened to me on occasion. I unplug the iron and wait a couple of minutes and plug it back in, works like a charm.
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That's happened to me on occasion, but it usually reconnects on its own. I find that it does the disconnect thing more often when it's getting closer to time to charge it. I think may be some power saver feature.
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Try to lightly hold the handle but allow it to spin with the mop instead of holding the handle still. Should help with that.
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New batteries, flush it out. Or maybe that part of it just burnt out. Sorry..
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If it isn't a low battery, it's probably gotten wet inside... try popping off the top (like you're replacing the battery) and just leaving it out to dry a bit. After an aggressive session with mine, I will find it a little soggy inside, and the meter will eventually show some numbers then fade away when turned on. Popping off the top and leaving it out a couple dozen hours seems to do the trick.
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That was one of my concerns too. I just unplug it. There is no indication in the book. I've tried holding down the reset button. Doesn't work.