With an electric power nozzle you need to use the machine on its full power setting in order for it to clear debris. If you purchased a SEB 236 the 1-5 pedal is what you want to adjust for carpet.

Thnx for info. 213 definitely doesn't get along with ultraplush here. Fortunately the 238 and EH-1 work OK.

Particularly wool and silk rugs that stiff nylon bristles would rip apart. I always need to be careful and I’m always limited in my selections when I need to shop for a new machine.

It's a whole bottom plate.

@@PerformanceReviews thank you! Best website to order this? 😬

A Philips #3 or #4 sometimes will work. Do not use a standard Philips #2 as that will just strip further. You'll need to replace the base plate after.

They were popular with people who had homes with wool, cotton and silk area rugs and Wilton woven wall to wall wool carpeting all of which would be strip mined if cleaned with a hard bristled brushroll in less than a decade where when cleaned with the correct tools could last generations. This type of customer is now limited to purchasing machines with changeable brushrolls to softer brushes or turbonozzles. Depending upon the type of rug and the way that it’s weaved determines if hard bristles can be used. If the fibers stand vertically they can as when they are made on a twelve foot wide “ broad loom” or broadloom carpet. If the fibers are woven horizontally as they are in hand knitted rugs like Chinese, Aubusson, Wiltons, Persians etc the harder brushes would separate the fibers creating a linty rug that sheds, a floppy rug that doesn’t lay flat and a rug that wears out quickly when these types of rugs can be traded for hundreds of years. It’s worth knowing if you’re interested in collecting fine rugs in the future.

@@LlyleHunter Ah, forgot about delicate fine rugs. As for wall-to-wall I like hard-wearing nylon rugs, hence why I specified the need for a more aggressive head like the 204 and 228. That said the 213/217 is the best option for rugs like you described, moreso than a turbo or straight-suction head.

@@Javi_Lacking I’ve also found that having a simple straight suction machine is so much more reliable than having the added electronic complexity involved in a pn canister in the long run.

@@LlyleHunter True, modern powered canisters that use complicated electronics are a pain in the long run. That said, simpler powered canisters (Lux, Tristar, old Miele Flamencos) are the best way to go in that regard.

@@Javi_Lacking Very true. Machines with single speed motors are more trouble free not because of the motors but because of their simpler wiring, lack of a control board on andthat the use of a control board on multiple speed machines allows the manufacturers to downgrade the level of the wiring used throughout the unit.

Yes yellow or green is normal. Red is a fault.