Circuit Breaker 39339

The Circuit Breaker (part# 39339) protects the brush motor circuit on the Tornado CK 14/2 Pro, model 98152. The factory catalogues it for this model alone — it exists because the machine has a second motor to protect, and the single-motor CK 14/1 range has nothing for it to do.

Its job is to cut power when the brush roll jams. That happens more often than people expect: a cord run over, a strap or a length of shrink wrap wound round the roller, a corner of carpet backing caught in the bristles. Without a breaker the brush motor would sit there stalled and drawing locked-rotor current until something burned. With one, the machine simply stops driving the brush and waits.

Compatible Models

• Tornado CK 14/2 Pro, model 98152

A tripped breaker is a symptom, not a fault

If the brush has stopped turning, the first move is to unplug the machine, clear the roll completely — hair, string, tape, anything wound at the bearing ends — and reset the breaker. In most cases that is the whole repair and the part is fine.

What matters is what happens next. A breaker that trips once after an obvious jam has done exactly its job. A breaker that trips repeatedly on a clear roll is telling you something downstream is dragging: seized brush bearings, a belt binding, or a brush motor starting to fail. Replacing the breaker in that situation removes the warning and leaves the cause, which is how a cheap fault turns into a motor. Replace the breaker when it will no longer hold after a reset, or when it trips with no load at all.

Twin City Vacuum has been selling and servicing Tornado equipment since 1956. Call 763-535-0770 with your model and serial number and we will confirm the part before you order.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which machines use this breaker?

The Tornado CK 14/2 Pro, model 98152, only. It protects the brush motor circuit, and the single-motor CK 14/1 machines have no second motor to protect.

My brush stopped and the breaker tripped. Do I need a new one?

Almost certainly not. Unplug the machine, clear the brush roll completely including the bearing ends, and reset it. A single trip after a jam means the breaker did its job.

It keeps tripping even with a clean roll. What now?

Something downstream is dragging – seized brush bearings, a binding belt, or a brush motor on its way out. Do not replace the breaker to silence it; that removes the warning and leaves the cause.