1980's Norelco RotoTract Shaver Stopped Working

[Hi-Fi-Mogul]

After too much wasted time searching for
anything on my Dad's old Norelco,
maybe you guys have some ideas.

The shaver was working up to 2 days, ago,
when I pushed the switch to On, nothing happening.

I can't find any wiring diagrams, but I have a feeling
maybe a contact in the On/Off switch broke.

Without an exploded diagram, it's nigh impossible
to determine how to dis-assemble the switch.

This shaver is pretty well-made with a substantial
motor.

There is a capacitor on both sides of the motor.
I don't have a clue on their function.
They don't test open.

[electra225]

Can you test the switch? Have you verified power is prrsent?

[19&41]

Does the unpowered motor turn freely? If not the mechanism might be holding it up.

[TC Chris]

Looks like a motor with brushes. Have you inspected them?

And it looks like a non-battery model. Didn't know they made them still. My battery versions seem to last about a decade before the batteries fail. Actually, that's an average of the last 3 or 4 of them. The newer ones keep lasting longer.

Yes, you can replace the batteries, but that always ends up being a "someday" project. Tomorrow, I have to shave to go to work. I could adopt the modern unshaved look, but old guys who don't shave for a couple days look like old guys who forgot to shave, or who are probably wearing sweat pants, not like cool, hip, with-it guys that the younger crowd can affect. . Nobody is ever going to mistake me for cool, hip, or with-it, and I don't want to look like an old fart who is too lazy to shave. Or worse, who forgot to shave.

Chris Campbell

[19&41]

I don't shave, I look like Vinnie the chin. Not an image I want to project.