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Dallen Hansen
ΠΡΠΈΡΠ΄Π½Π°Π²ΡΡ 5 ΡΠ΅Ρ 2008
This channel is where I post videos of the re-engineering I do. I'm too poor to buy new but still like nice things, so I build them myself! Sometimes I know how, most of the time I don't and figure it out (or break it).
Come "learn" from my "lives" π€£π€£
Current focuses are:
- 1987 Fleetwood Tioga RV; projects:
Currently building 1000+ amp-hour battery bank with solar/alternator/shore power charging + inverter wired directly to RV onboard 120VAC electrical panel...electricity, what a fun thing to learn (mostly NOT serious...it's scary stuff sometimes)
Replaced all flooring, sealed "house area" from external elements (most importantly exhaust creep from emissions running directly under the "house")
LED lights, re-wiring the florescents, on-demand hot water, permanent mount and wire scalable solar
- 1994 Toyota Pickup; restoring her [performance] to past days of glory. Combating rust, fabricating obsolete parts, upgrading/modifying. Tons of fun (and frustration if I'm being honest)
Come "learn" from my "lives" π€£π€£
Current focuses are:
- 1987 Fleetwood Tioga RV; projects:
Currently building 1000+ amp-hour battery bank with solar/alternator/shore power charging + inverter wired directly to RV onboard 120VAC electrical panel...electricity, what a fun thing to learn (mostly NOT serious...it's scary stuff sometimes)
Replaced all flooring, sealed "house area" from external elements (most importantly exhaust creep from emissions running directly under the "house")
LED lights, re-wiring the florescents, on-demand hot water, permanent mount and wire scalable solar
- 1994 Toyota Pickup; restoring her [performance] to past days of glory. Combating rust, fabricating obsolete parts, upgrading/modifying. Tons of fun (and frustration if I'm being honest)
PART 1 - Broken Onan (Cummins) Generator = building 1000+ Amp-Hour Battery Bank WITH Inverter
Custom modification of 12V AND 110VAC electrical systems in Fleetwood Tioga Class C to go off-grid/increase boondocking length of stays.
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*FIXED* Robot vacuum suddenly running into everything; e.g. Deebot, Eufy, iRobot, Roomba, etc.
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Our Deebot N79 would be the best-behaved robot vacuum ever! Deebot wouldn't run into things, "seeing," and avoiding obstacles like a champ! Then...Deebot would suddenly stop "seeing" obstacles and wander around the house bashing everything. ECOVACS customer service is AWESOME, but they were at a loss, so they kept sending replacements. After having our Deebot N79 replaced (well, exchanged, we w...
Thank you ... your video inspired me to try another (Audi car) plastic polish/cleaner I already had & it worked (has stopped my N79S from bumping into everything) so thanks again for the suggestion πππ»
It worked bud. Thank you very much. I striped him and cleaned it and it that didnβt work. Then found your vid and tried that. I did you a polishing pad on a drill and I already had the same polish. Perfect. Top man, heβs as his full speed and seeing things again.
Hey I have a problem the thing is my deboot can sense the corners or objects but when there are average objects like small table it tries to run over them and gets stuck any solution?
@@Ares_octanic I know they donβt see dark objects well. I will still try clean the front plastic bit like in this vid
@@207GTBEE okay bro I fixed it but I have another problem when I click return to station it is struggling to find it and when I place the robot near the station and one the switch it can find any solution.?
Thankyou. You are a champion.
Thank you for the video. I used regular white toothpaste. It took a while.
MAN GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!! THX SO MUCH!!! CHEERS FROM BRAZIL
Hold the button on the top down for 10 seconds to reset it. Do it until you hear three beeps. It might get rid of that wobble, as it did mine.
If mine would do that I wouldn't even complain. Mine wants to beat itself against the same spot repeatedly.
Thanks for your information
I'm surprised it doesn't stall on that dark carpet. Mine triggers the drop sensor
My deebot , when it runs like 10s than eror. Any idea please π . But if we click home it goes to home straight and not eror
*I run the m6 daily, and my floors look awesomeπΌ **allabout.wiki/Roborock-Robotic** I wet mop 2 days and dry sweep the rest of the days. When I first got it, I used the included disposable pads. I didn't like them--the dry pad has no depth so if it picks up a chunk of something, like dry cat food, then it pushes it around or drags it around the floor. The wet pad wasn't very absorbent so left streaks and wheel marks.*
Maybe apply some clear packing tape, then just replace it once in awhile?
I watched my Deebot get dumber and dumber until he just smashed into things. Thanks for the video! I put a little olive oil on a paper towel, rubbed it in and Lazlo works great again!
I was so tired of coming home and immediately vacuuming up the endless tumbleweeds of dog fur floating around my apartmentπΌ Decided to give this task to a robot aka this Roomba and WOW. Iβve been a peasant for years, vacuuming my own floor and what not. It works great (doesnβt leave anything behind, works on schedule) and now I can come home without tufts of fur existing on every floor surface. 10/10 just buy it, itβs worth it.
I wish I found this video two years ago. Gonna go try this on my seeemingly-blind Deebot 900. Thank you.
Confirmed, I polished the lens and my Deebot gets to live a little longer now. You are my god.
Thank you very much for putting this idea forward but unfortunately it didn't work with my Deebot M80 Pro (two year old). I buffed it with PlastX using a Dremmel with a felt tip and it still bumps into everything. I tried vegetable oil and it didn't work. I reset the Deebot. Still bumps into walls.I finally resigned myself that the problem might be with the anti-collision function itself. Every commands using the remote still works so I suspect the infrared is getting to the unit correctly. Maybe a weld on the motherboard was substandard and it went bad after getting hit many times. I resigned myself to add a soft cushion bar to the top of the bumper to absorb some of the energy of the collisions to reduce further damage to the vacuum. I'll be using the left over PastX on the cars headlights.
Thank you for making this video. Worked great to correct the problem for me as well. I also added some foam tape along the bottom and top edges all the way around the machine to try to prevent damage when it does bump something.
srsly got board with the BLAH BLAH blah blabh BLah BLAH BLAH at the beginning of the video and stopped watching :/
I just cleaned mine up with a wet hand paper tower and it works great now. Thank you.
Thanks! I used meguiars cleaner wax and then an auto glass cleaner for good measure. Works great again. I feel so dumb for not thinking of this sooner. I wiped it before but never actually used any product.duh
I didnt have any of the plastic restoration liquid and so after cleaning the front bars with mild soap and water and let it dry, I then placed some clear (thick) packing tape and covered the black sensor bar with it, trimming the top half so that itβs not noticeable. It worked!!! I would probably have to replace the tape every now and then. Its much cheaper than replacing the whole robot!
Looks like toothpaste...
Holy shit, this actually fixed it! Thank you! I tried the Plastx compound by hand and made no progress because the scratches were pretty severe. If anyone runs into this issue, use a Dremel with a felt buffing bit and Plastx smeared over the plastic. I ran it around 4k RPM with very light pressure, making both horizontal and vertical passes. It took about 15 minutes to get it clear. IMPORTANT NOTE: WEAR EYE PROTECTION! It flings the compound all over the place and getting a petroleum based abrasive compound in your eye would be a nightmare.
Thank you for this! Will give it a try and see if it works for me :)
OMG! If it wasn't for you it would be a hopeless cause!
THANK YOU !!! I had the same problem and all fixed now with the polish !!! GREAT !!
After you've buffed it, put some clear packaging tape over it. Replace tape after 2-3 months.
Thank you! Im going to try this, just ordered the stuff you recommended. I thought this was probably the problem, and used toothpaste like you do on music CDs, but it didn't even touch the scratches and scuffs. Hopefully this works!
I *think* this really helped a 2 beep issue mine was having and if not it's a little more clean now. Thanks for putting in the effort to help out the rest of the world.
Thank you for sharing!!
You're welcome!
thank you very much,situation has really improoved,if there was a way to replace that plastic part with glass it would be perfect.ty again.
Hi I too have a deeboo to 900 it always says β pls check the driving wheels β in spite of the clean wheels Any suggestions pls
Are you using the robot vacuum on a dark rug by any chance?
Deebot says "please check the driving wheels" when it is running on a service that has too many linear patterns (e.g. a striped rug, a rug with light next to dark, etc.). You can "fool" the anti-drop sensors that are triggering this by putting *clear packing tape* over every sensor on the bottom of Deebot. When you are running Deebot the first time after, make sure you block any drops until you know if Deebot can sense them. If you use *CLEAR* packing tape this is enough to trick the sensors to work on any surface while also being sensitive enough for Deebot to avoid actual drops. Let me know if this works for you!
Dallen Hansen Thankyou very much .
@@babi7963 You're welcome! My pleasure
Dallen , Thankyou be safe take care . Where do u live
mine quit picking up all of a sudden
Can you still hear the vacuum starting when Deebot begins cleaning?
It works good for me thank you
Awesome
Dan, Please help. I just bought the 900 series and it doesnβt want to clean a dark multi-colored area rug. Not a thick pile. Any suggestions?
Yeah, I do! I have the Ozmo 920 as well as the N79 and the 920 does exactly what you're talking about. *If* you DON'T HAVE DROP-OFFS Deebot needs to avoid you can put masking tape over the drop sensors on the bottom of your Deebot (there's probably 3-5 different optical sensors on the bottom). *If you DO have drops that Deebot needs to avoid you can *still put making tape over the drop sensors* AND ALSO put up a virtual boundary through the app to keep Deebot away from the drop. With the masking tape though Deebot will clean your carpet. The problem is that Deebot is "seeing" the pattern as drop-offs to avoid and freezing
Maybe I'll make another video about it. I've found if one person is having the problem more probably are. I just don't think about making videos, I just fix it and go about life. Would save others the frustration though. Deebot is awesome. We'd never give ours up and even with the little fixes and tinkering here and there it's still waaayy faster than vacuuming every day!
Also try using compressed air to blow away the dust behind the bumper. I used a can of compressed air and the solution described here and my Roomba is now behaving itself perfectly.
This worked great for my eufy. Thank you very much.
Heloo what's that a liquid?? Is this a paste???
Yep, it works. Thanks!
Was sent here by Ecovacs, about to try this on my moms Deebot that we got her for mothers day. Hoping it does the trick!
I've heard that comment before which makes me laugh because when I was sending vacuums in for replacement (Ecovacs customer service is awesome <-- unpaid endorsement, lol) they kept telling me "no, nobody else is reporting this problem, not anyone." I think they would have kept sending replacements forever but I was sick of the routine, I couldn't find any fix online so I endeavored to figure it out myself. This video is my limited foray into public social media and I did it so people wouldn't have to be as frustrated as me. I mean, we should be able to Google anything for an answer to any question, right!?? Anyhow, it does work. You'll have your Deebot back. Only thing we (other posters and myself) haven't figured out is how to make it more permanent instead of having to redo every few months. Not a big deal but I'm a tinkerer π
@@LuckyChance9 thats funny you say that because this is my second deebot with the same prob. I actually swapped my original one out with them because it was doing this. apparently comments say its more than us two.. but the clear tape idea seems like a good idea, did you try that one?
The clear tape has mixed reviews. I haven't tried it but seeing the comments it seems some have tried it and when the tape was scuffed enough took it off and had sticky tape residue to clean up worse than the original problem. One other person tried the tape, said it gets scuffed in a few months and just takes it off and replaces it. Honestly, I've thought about clear enamel spray paint? Something hard and difficult to scratch. That experiment is pretty permanent though so I've held off so far.
You made my day :-)
Much obliged :)
Before going to the store for Meguiar's I checked to see what was in my car care cabinet. I had some Scratch Doctor Clear Coat Scratch Remover. Just as the Meguiar's did the Scratch Doctor worked to restore the DeeBot Infrared vision.
This worked like a charm. Thanks!
I didn't know it was supposed to dodge everything! lmao Thanks!!!!
Hahaha!! One of the best comments yet!! Yeah, when that plastic gets scuffed they just ram full-speed into everything. I would watch and flinch like "that's gotta hurt."
Same!! Just thought it was a bit of a clutz π
Literally also had no idea it wasn't supposed to smash itself into everything, wtf
Hello Guys, if you donβt have any wax or anything try using vegetable oil or olive oil. Anything oily will work. I just tried it on my Deebot and it started working as well:)
edgar arroyo this is the real tip. plastic polish kinda worked but it wasnβt very effective. this worked immediately and the sensor plastic immediately looked shinier. adding some clear tape as well
s0alaih thanks man. Glad it worked for you!
This worked much better than the plastx! Thank you!
CAN CONFIRM, didn't feel like going out so decided to try this and see if it worked just for the heck of it until I could get to the store, it totally works. Wipe on the oil then wipe it off with a clean part of a paper towel/rag. I still can't believe I didn't realize it's not supposed to run into everything the entire time it's vacuuming.....wow.
Yes I too can confirm that I only had vegetable oil on hand & it worked like a charm!!! Making that step a permanent part of the machines cleaning routine ππ»
Iβm really impressed that you came up with this solution. Thank you so much for taking the time to share it. Worked exactly as advertised with ours!
You're welcome! Thanks for the kind words
thank you !!
You bet, glad it helped!
It works with my Ecovacs, however the fix does not last long... midway through the cleaning it starts bumping into everything again. Worth a shot though.
This is awesome! Our deebot isnt smashing into anything anymore!
This was so simple! Fixed in 2 minutes. I actually had taken apart the bumper to clean it from inside - without success. But polishing did the trick. Thanks!
I took mine apart several times as well. I kept thinking it was the Infrared sensors. In a way it was I suppose, just not defective sensors; "blind" sensors I guess is accurate
I went through 4 replacements they all did it after 2 weeks. Gave up and got irobot. Its a bad design. Its the wrong type of plastic and the sensors ate not powerful enough to go through dirty plastic. The irobot i bought doesn't have this problem.
Yeah, that sucks. I think I was on #4 when I decided to try to fix it. I'm glad I did because the fix was cheaper than a Roomba, lol