Lux vacuum question mark - Electrolux Band Aerus Lux Legacy Canister Cleaner

All you need is to replace the UV light. Call your local Aerus or Aerus Electrolux store get one delivered to you! Easy peasy.

The release button may be stuck or jammed, try pushing in on it and at the same time tapping the area around the button with a heavy wooden spoon, it may be enough to free it.

Is the motor overheating? Or is it more like there's a loose connection in the on/off switch? What happens if you reel in the cord a little? Could be there is a spot somewhere in the rings which is corroded or worn out and not making contact. Might also be a break somewhere in the winding inside the motor.

I have a similar situation in my Aerus C15C3. An Aerus brand bag ruptured inside my vacuum cleaner, but I didn't realize until the motor started making a horrible noise! To make matters worse, I hooked up my older Electrolux LE 1623 and at tried to suck as much debris out of the air intake at the bottom of the bag compartment, and then put the C15C3 back into service. I should have stopped then and there and started working on trying to get the motor and the fan out of the housing. But my machine was overheating and shutting off.

Sears Parts Direct has diagrams of the Electrolux LE 1623 on their website. The good thing about Aerus and the old Electrolux-USA is that they all have similarities in their design, but Aerus does like to tweak their design just enough to foil or at least complicate access to DIYers and general vacuum repair shops.

I hope you post what you find out!

Hi, I can help. Flip the canister on it's back. Remove all crews. Should pull apart from there. If not check around body to see if it's clipped. You may have to pry the sides apart. That will give you access. Be careful and pay attention to where everything is. Good luck.

Similar to your Kenmore upright is the canister. Here is a video clip by another with similar issue of trying to open the darn thing up. I hope this gets you closer to solving your problem with the vacuum. If not with a few Kenmore vacuum "search" in youtube I think you will find what you need.
PEACE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0aaoPzCAcM Kenmore 116 26212690 vacuum cleaner disassembly to motor

Bad on/off switch? Possible contact problem inside the cord reel?

it either the switch or the circuit board depending on what model it is.

open up the unit, locate the cord reel, manually retract it to tighten the clock spring. should work again. lookout for broken plastics

THE PROBLEM SEAMS TO BE WITH THE THICKNESS OF THE CARPET AND THE PAD-ALL VACUUMS NEED TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE IF THE PAD AND THE CARPET ARE THICK THE VACUUM WILL PULL ITSELF TOWARD THE FLOOR SLOW DOWN THE BRUSHROLL ENOUGH TO TRIGGER THE AUTO SHUTDOWN ON THE MAGNESIUM BECAUSE THE VACUUM CANT BREATHE. TAKE IT TO YOUR LOCAL ORECK AND THEY CAN PUT A FEW HOLES IN YOUR SOLEPLATE AND THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE.

The reset button for the power nozzle in on the top of the housing just to the right of the wand to tool connection. As for the tank; this is more a guess than an answer: There is a small hole at the bottom of the bag compartment. I wondered if that was a reset button, but the manufacturer recommends disconnecting the machine until it cools down and resets itself.

I know it is not much help. Electrolux Aerus does not want customers to repair their own equipment, and they will refuse to give out information.