To cut a long story short one of my OH friends unknown to us borrowed our Hitachi magic wand and plugged it in to the UK 230 volt mains supply through the aid of a shaving plug. This resulted in the wand producing some rather large sparks and frying the motor inside the Hitachi.
Does anyone happen to know of anywhere I can purchase a new motor for the unit?
I’ve googled the manufacturers code of the side of the motor but it didn’t return any results.
SN3658-220-GHSF
E52382-D-PC
If I understand correctly, the motor is the primary part of the Hitatchi magic wand. I think the motor is unlikely to be considered a "spare part", in the same way that a car's motor is hardly a spare part.
I also think that getting a new motor and fitting it is likely to cost more money and effort than simply getting a whole new unit. Also, you don't know whether it was only the motor itself which fried - it's likely that the heat damaged some of the other parts, including the power supply. I think it's likely that peripheral electrics and electronics fried as well, not to mention any heat damage to the flex and the plug.
Personally, I'm wondering what kind of friend takes their friends' stuff without asking and destroys it without replacing it? I know that anybody doing that to me would soon find themselves without my friendship. But that's by the by.
I would simply inform your partner's "friend" that you expect them to please reimburse you for the item which they broke when they took it without your permission, and tell them the retail price.
I'm really sorry your magic wand isn't working now, for whatever reason. :/
gaz222556 wrote:
The friend has bought us a new one which should be here in a few days time, although we weren’t very impressed you could say! [...] It was out of pure curiosity that I took the Hitachi apart and I found it to be rather simple device, consisting of a motor, a rocker switch and 5 resistors. I noticed the wiring that is used in the Hitachi is rated to 300 volts, so in theory it should be fine and the resistors could be picked up for a few pence each from Maplin. So the idea was if I could get a new motor for a tenner or so it would be worth the chance of trying to fix it. Which would then give us two working Hitachi’s for double the fun. I’ll give Hitachi an email over the weekend and see if they do sell spare motors, if not all is not lost as the new one should be here soon.
I'm delighted you're getting a new one, and that the person who broke it is sorting out their mistake for you. :) I hope you do end up with two working ones, that would be great! :)
Sorry I couldn't help you with the other thing. Please stay safe if you're attempting any electrical work yourself. And do please let us know how you get on, I'd love to know if this repair is practical. :)
For safety reasons I would chuck the broken one and buy a new one but hurry they are discontinued in the UK so few places have them left. Maybe get a couple of spares to for the long years ahead?
My dad was an electrical engineer in his day, so I’ve learned a thing or two about electronics and had plenty of practice at taking stuff apart and fixing it. It would seem like a simple fix to me, just needing a screw driver and a soldering iron.
We’ll I’ve fired a request to Hitachi for a quote on a new motor, although there website seems to have no mention of the magic wand anywhere.... so I had to put it down as a power tool as it didn’t have a category for massagers.
Hitachi magic wands have never been sold in the UK they have only ever been imported from the USA, hence them running on 120 volts and requiring a converter. Hitachi actually advises against using a voltage converter and says that they should not be used in the UK. However we’ve never had a problem using ours with the converter.
Luckily I’m due to visit the US in a few weeks with work, so I might pick up a couple whilst I’m over there as they can be picked up for about £25-30.
I’ll let you know how I go on and I might even take some pictures of the inside so you can all see what’s inside your favourite toy.
how rude of your friend to take one of your toys and try it out! why would you do something like that? im quite shocked! lol
how did they come out and tell you what they did? must have been so embressed.
Dxx