Rumba - robot vacuum cleaner for dry cleaning

[Anna1957]

Anna1957, error 5 this is the robot being charged with a current of less than 0.45A for more than 25 minutes, plus also error 6, you should already replace the battery, if you are familiar with it, I can advise AnewPow products a fully compatible lithium-ion battery for rumba.

charged with a current of less than 0.45A for more than 25 minutes,

That is, do not continue charging at the first 5 error? And I continued ...
I'm not friends with e-bey, but I ordered it on the German Amazon a year ago, I have everything adjusted there in terms of a payment card. We order by mail in Lapenranta. Only the visa has expired, I will renew it in October after returning from vacation. Maybe we can make it to this time. Can my non-standard charger also be changed so that it turns on immediately in 220v? I do not understand anything about this, and there is no one to ask now.

[Anna1957]

Anna1957, on 🔗 there is also, and it is worth looking at Avito or going to a local iRobot.
5 error this is possible together with the problem of charging and the battery, it would not save you, for 3 years the battery is not working for anyone, usually 2 years, so you had a very good battery, it is possible that you should not change the charge, only the battery.

[Anna1957]

Anna1957, on 🔗 there is also, and it is worth looking at Avito or going to a local iRobot.
5 error this is possible together with the problem of charging and the battery, it would not save you, for 3 years the battery is not working for anyone, usually 2 years, so you had a very good battery, it is possible that you should not change the charge, only the battery.

thanks for the help

[Medtech]

Good afternoon, members of the forum! Take me to the ranks of the room owners! Since yesterday, rumbic 630 has settled in my apartment
Many thanks to Sergey Medtech for help in choosing an adequate robot for my conditions.

[es7vetrov]

Thanks Bes7vetrov , I am glad that I helped you to decide, because my own experience is the best advisor.

Good day . I have Rumba 630 for two months already. Crazy happy, so smart. That's just when it's on charge, for some reason, crackles. Maybe someone knows what it is.
But yesterday they brought a washing Braava 385 T. I was upset. Apparently a little foolish. Shorts in one corner, turns off after 15 minutes. Tomorrow the guys from the Internet shop promised to pick up, check and bring a new one. And I was waiting for him.

Only the power supply unit, or, in extreme cases, an outlet can crackle. True, power supplies usually squeak rather than crackle. If it really does "crackle" and not "squeak", then this may be cause for concern. Try to set the sound source more accurately.

But Braava 385t I have never come across. Are you sure you have exactly Braava, and exactly 385? I wonder how it differs from 380 ... As for the shuffling in the corner - do you use a navigation cube? Although, to be honest, the floor polisher should work without a cube.

That's just when it's on charge, for some reason, crackles. Maybe someone knows what it is.

let's say it clicks, yes, it will always be that way, when the robot just got up to charge you do not hear these sounds, they are only with drip charging with a very small current of 50mA, the power supply is pulsed, with a low power consumption you hear these pulses. Such a design. You can get rid of them, but that's work. 8xx series with a built-in power supply in the base chirps even more, people cannot sleep, they put the base further away.
Braava is not a washing, but a wiping robot, a floor polisher, can wipe the floors with a damp cloth, washes Scuba, apparently you have a Scuba 385 he is really a washing robot.

[Bes7vetrov]

Bes7vetrov, Congratulations. I really like this assistant
Robo-Cop Of course, I mixed up in frustration. 380 T. Of course, I used the cube and moved it to another place, so he began to scrub this very place. And again, meter by meter. Is spinning in this perimeter. I already thought, maybe the floor is dirty for him, I wiped it myself, no, it didn't help. It will run for about 15 minutes, saw through and off. The guys called, tomorrow they will pick it up and see what's wrong with his little head.

Medtech Thank you, you reassured. No, that's what I called the floor polisher. I have a Braava 380 T

And again, meter by meter. Is spinning in this perimeter.

It is difficult to carry out diagnostics without a captured video, but I am familiar with so many "diseases" of the polisher that I dare to assume: an error in operation is caused either by an incorrectly fixed platform for wet cleaning (Pro-Clean), or by an insufficiently wrung out of water with a napkin (the one that is blue) ... In rare cases, uneven or excessively rough floors can cause this behavior. The polisher has two sensors on the front of the platform. They work on the principle of buttons. Bumping into an obstacle, the buttons are triggered (clicked), and the robot changes direction. So, an incorrectly fixed napkin / not wrung out enough hinders the movement of the polisher and these same sensors-buttons work. The brain receives a signal that there is an obstacle ahead. It turns around, starts moving in a different direction, and then everything repeats.

[Robo-Cop]

Robo-Cop, Can you tell me what is the resistance of the thermistor in the circuit of the Braava battery? otherwise I have Mint4200 and there is no thermistor there, I know about the rumba. Honestly, I would not have guessed that a user can try to make a washing machine out of a floor polisher, but really this can be, on another forum, one of the users recently had the same malfunction, apparently at the same: +)) and also turn on the dry cleaning mode , most likely it is, someone described the same behavior with a wet napkin in dry mode.

No, I won't tell you. There was no need to disassemble the batteries.

[Robo-Cop]

Robo-Cop, Thanks for the answer. Yes, I tried it with a dry and a wet cloth. The platform, and how can it be fixed incorrectly, it magnetically and that's it. Yes, no, before proceeding, I watched the video very carefully. The floors are different, but I've tried both tiles and linoleum.
At first I did not wet the napkin at all, only that which the polisher did. She placed the rags both in the picture and in the video. That is, light for dry cleaning, blue for wet cleaning. Drops - for wet, broom - for dry. But let's see. Today he was taken away in the coming days, there should be a verdict.

The courier who picked it up says that most likely there is no connection between the robot and the cube

[Irunya]

Irunya, The robot is completely free to work without a cube, just with a cube it does the cleaning more thoroughly, accidentally leaves no missing spots and will always return to the starting point.

Well, I also told the courier. Hope my assistant arrives soon.

Well, they phoned me about the floor polisher. There was something with the left wheel drive. I may not say for sure, in general there is a problem with the wheel. Tomorrow they will bring me my assistant

[Irunya]

IrunyaThat's nice, tram-pam-pam.

[Replacing the base unit]

Well, I got a conclusion. Replacing the base unit and something with the replacement of the left wheel .. Prompt. What is it like?

And it is somehow alarming why the floor polisher will wash for 15-20 minutes. Then he saws through something and stops working, although the floor has not yet been cleaned in the entire kitchen, although after turning it back on, it works much longer.

[Irunya]

Irunya, if it's not difficult to photograph a piece of the conclusion with phrases about the repair, try again, let it wash until it turns blue until you are sure that the robot washes the entire kitchen, you can select the robot and fence off a piece of the floor with improvised materials and let it wash it, must return to the starting place after cleaning, drive in dry and wet mode, watch, shoot a video and post it for everyone's approval, maybe we will find errors in the robot's work and show you how to argue for the service. Something seems to me all wrong.

Good day.I also have Braava, the floors in the kitchen are very rough, uneven. But she washes everything. She got lost, but only once or twice. But it washes everything completely and still gets out of the corners, though not as quickly as rumba

[Vafelka]

Thank you so much . It seems that he washes everything now, and for a rather long time. Sometimes I forget about him, I come, and he washes everything. It seems to be returning to the place where it started. ... I will take photos and videos later, when there are gadgets for this. Vafelka, Yes, after Rumba, I also seem to be a slow-moving

But the fact that a new film appeared on the top of the robot is for sure, I filmed mine.

Hello, tell me, who knows - Roomba 521 gives "error 5, left". The left wheel does not spin at all. We unscrewed, removed the entire block with the wheel, we cannot understand if it is possible to somehow remove the wheel itself in order to clean it. Or only the whole block can be changed. I found a spare part in the internet - left wheel block 750 rubles. Or still not try to fix it yourself and hand it over to the service? What can cause a wheel jam?

The wheel block only changes entirely. I already changed. 750 is cheap!

It is quite possible that your engine is jammed, the left wheel is the one next to the side brush, the most susceptible to clogging, it is worth then tape all the ventilation holes in the engine with tape so that dust does not get there. You should first clean the engine, remove all debris with a vacuum cleaner, a toothpick. 750r, this is definitely a used wheel, a new one on the Irobot website cost almost 1500, but disappeared somewhere, you just need to call there and find out.
If you need to know how to disassemble a wheel module, then I can look for a reference on how to do this, there you need to knock out / squeeze out the axis on which the entire module rests, then unscrew the screws and disassemble the module, this process can be found on the Internet.

Thank you so much! We managed to disassemble the wheel block (and assemble it back) - Rumbik came to life and again cheerfully drives around the apartment. Really jammed engine. There was no debris and dust there, I think it jammed due to the fact that the son somehow pulled the robot back with a grinding noise when it was driving forward (instead of stopping it just by pressing a button).

[Konkordia]

Konkordia, Great, you have gained invaluable experience, it will still be useful to you, knowledge is not a heavy burden, it can easily fit in your head.

help is needed!!!
I cleaned this gear compartment

such a detail was found in the dumped trash



how is it back ??? So what is this ?

This is the cable from the brush unit motor. Do not sculpt a photo right now, enter roomba CHM into Google.

And yes, it ended up in the trash due to carelessness during disassembly. The cable just fell out of its place. He could not be in the gears. And he fell out due to the lack of a sticker. Looks like it was lost for a long time ...

[Robo-Cop]

Robo-Cop, thank you!
if the sticker is red, then it is in place and holds tight.

how can this be?
but now I understand where it is ... and where to attach the other end?

I didn't understand that deeply. But intuition tells that there is a pulley on the motor. Here on this pulley the cable is wound and attached. I don't know how it is attached. If you don’t figure it out yourself, tomorrow I’ll take apart a new block and look.

tomorrow I will disassemble a new block and look.

yes, please see.

[Sens]

Sens, does the rumba work without this wire? And then my brushes stopped rotating, I read on iksbt that I needed to clean the motor. But it was precisely because of this wire that I could not pull it out of the brush block :(. And I was afraid to tear off the wire.

without this cable, it also works, but it can get stuck on carpets, because this is a load regulator or brush pressure, with an increase in load, the engine starts to rotate and with the help of a cable it lifts itself and the entire module over the surface - the load decreases, and this process is endless, if you do not have carpets, you may not insert, but this is worth remembering. The cable can be removed quite easily, it all depends on the design of the brush module, and there are like 4 of them, counting the last gray.But if they have already been torn off, then it is worth replacing the entire brush module with a new one, the officials now have it in 1460, and it is much easier to clean it than previous versions.

The cable can be removed quite easily, it all depends on the design of the brush module, and there are like 4 of them, counting the last gray. But if they have already been torn off, then it is worth replacing the entire brush module with a new one, the officials now have it in 1460, and it is much easier to clean it than previous versions.

but how is it attached to the 505 model? can you read more about replacing the module?

Sens, does the rumba work without this wire?

I did not include)))

another question!!!
since the motor rotates on its axis, tell me what position is it in the top and bottom of the crane?
in what position to fix it?

[Sens]

Sens, Unscrew the side brush, pull it off, do not be afraid to pull it harder, remove the bottom cover by unscrewing 4 screws, unscrew the 4 screws securing the module, take out the module, insert a new module, tighten 4 screws on the module, close the bottom cover, tighten 4 screws, insert the side brush until Clicking after cleaning the axis of the brush from the hair, turn the screw into the side brush. all. It is also worth replacing the trash can with an Aerovac from the 6xx model, while it costs 600r, and you will shake it out with one movement of your hand, it does not have a rubber comb, this was the simplest and most significant upgrade for 5xx models. Only 2000 rubles. and 5 model turns into 6.

[Rita]

Rita, If you have a cable torn out of the wheel, then it will not be easy to put it back in place, look at the pictures, this is a rework of the Chinese for the engine from Rumba, but the principle is the same, see how the engine and the cable stand
and

so the original was found

Can you please tell me if Rumba will hit the skirting boards and leave marks on them?
I have tall white skirting boards, I wouldn't want to ruin them.

[Olga7]

Olga7, On impact, no, no traces remain, but the robot has a mode when it moves along the plinth and it turns out that the bumper touches the obstacle, after a long time, abrasions may appear on the obstacle, at least on the Ikea chest of drawers I began to notice a trace of this abrasion on one of the legs after a year of daily use.
Users stick two strips of wardrobe brushes on the bumper and forget about this problem. The rumba has a very soft touch damping system, users can hear the bumper hitting the body, it's like a clap of their hands, there is a lot of noise, so you will never see the impact marks, but you can probably see the traces of movement along the road in 2 years if nothing do not stick to bumper.

Will be. But you can stick a self-adhesive strip to seal the windows. It is glossy, white. Served in any building market.

I have not formed any traces on the white tiled baseboard in four years.

And I have a trace left on the door along the bottom, as it goes. But the gluing of the sealing rubber band did not work for us, it instantly peels off. Therefore, they stopped paying attention to the scuffs of the doors.

Thank you very much for your answers and photos! I wanted to order 785, but the store said that they are outdated (the batteries are already discharged) and offer 765. Do not tell me it does not differ much from the 785 in terms of cleaning quality, can you turn it on and off ?.
Now I also think about braava, I have no carpets (cork floor), animals too, only small children. How is it used? can I turn it on and go for a walk?
And if she crawled under the sofa, can she leave? She is 7.6 cm tall, and I have sofas and a bed 8 cm from the floor, I think she can climb where the Roomba cannot. But there are not many reviews on it.

[Olga7]

Olga7, the cork can be very different, ask your friends or from the owners who live nearby for one day for a rental brava or mint, you may simply not stretch your napkin across your floor. Cork under varnish?

Yes, the cork is varnished, but rough in places.

I am also the lucky owner of such a robot assistant. The mere thought that someone is cleaning instead of you warms the soul.And if you take into account a bunch of additional pleasant functions, such as: it recognizes the time of day (after 18.00 it works silently), the built-in filter cleans the air from dust during cleaning, the built-in ultraviolet lamp ensures complete sterility of the air passing through the vacuum cleaner, and even knows how to do it like a wet one, and dry cleaning (I describe my work Sititek LR-450). I can't really get enough of it.

Girls and my battery at Rumba 555 died, the price for a new one is just biting, they offer to order a Chinese analogue or pack a new battery at a company. Tell me, does anyone have any experience of using a Chinese botarea, is it worth saving?

[Byaka zakalyaka]

Byaka zakalyaka, it all depends from whom you will buy, how lucky, in my opinion it is worth taking from the locals, at least from the locals you can ask who will pack, they will most likely give a local guarantee, but the demand from the Chinese will not be very much, especially in six months. If we get lucky. Buy lithium, it will be long