{"id":3405,"date":"2018-09-04T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T17:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/?p=3405"},"modified":"2018-09-04T13:34:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T17:34:52","slug":"dyson-dc14-wand-cap-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2018\/09\/04\/dyson-dc14-wand-cap-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyson DC14 Wand Cap Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-small-font-size\"><strong>I am amazed that I never blogged about my Dyson vacuum cleaner. <\/strong>I love the thing, DC14 Animal &#8230; oh, had it for years now. At any rate, the wand cap broke off long ago and I always fancied I&#8217;d get a replacement for it, sooner than later. Well it was later. I was on Amazon last week and saw a Dyson on sale &#8230; which prompted me to look for Dyson parts &#8230; oh boy I can replace almost anything on this fine piece of machinery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"904\" data-attachment-id=\"3406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2018\/09\/04\/dyson-dc14-wand-cap-replacement\/71bbh2qlshl-_sl1500_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71BBh2QlSHL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=1500%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,904\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"71BBh2QlSHL._SL1500_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71BBh2QlSHL._SL1500_.jpg?fit=1024%2C617&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71BBh2QlSHL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=1500%2C904&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71BBh2QlSHL._SL1500_.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71BBh2QlSHL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=500%2C301&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71BBh2QlSHL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=768%2C463&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/71BBh2QlSHL._SL1500_.jpg?resize=1024%2C617&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>DC14 Wand Cover set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005M4BVW0\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\">www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005M4BVW0\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were two in the package. The darker one is for my machine, and the other is not. It&#8217;s shiny, dark and new, covering up the nasty scratched up purple end of my extension wand. It&#8217;s darker than anything on my machine, quizzical as to why it&#8217;s made in that color, the old one was lighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This vacuum is listed as a 2004 entry for Dyson, and End of Line in 2012. We definitely have had this since mid-2000&#8217;s. The best way to find when something happened is in blog posts. If not there, ALL MY PHOTOS. At least most of them are digital from then forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3072\" height=\"2048\" data-attachment-id=\"3407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2018\/09\/04\/dyson-dc14-wand-cap-replacement\/dyson-2008-08-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?fit=3072%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3072,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1217689172&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;31&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dyson 2008-08-02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blueberry Bear&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?resize=3072%2C2048&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?w=3072&amp;ssl=1 3072w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>My dear cat, Bubba, who died this past June (2018) sitting by my Dyson DC14 Animal on August 2, 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So I did just look at pictures for awhile and found a few pictures in 2008 with my nice purple Dyson in them. So it&#8217;s been 10 years, I have no plans to ever replace it as long as it runs. I&#8217;m happy knowing if the canister cracks in any way I can get a replacement. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am amazed that I never blogged about my Dyson vacuum cleaner. I love the thing, DC14 Animal &#8230; oh, had it for years now. At any rate, the wand cap broke off long ago and I always fancied I&#8217;d get a replacement for it, sooner than later. Well it was later. I was on Amazon last week and saw a Dyson on sale &#8230; which prompted me to look for Dyson parts &#8230; oh boy I can replace almost anything on this fine piece of machinery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1339,64,1338,1341,1340],"class_list":["post-3405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-bubba","tag-cat","tag-dyson","tag-dyson-dc14-animal","tag-vacuum"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Dyson-2008-08-02.jpg?fit=3072%2C2048&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2269,"url":"https:\/\/hyperthinking.us\/weblog\/2015\/05\/07\/original-xperia-z3-compact-tablet-power-adapter-ep880-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":3405,"position":0},"title":"Original Xperia Z3 Compact Tablet power adapter EP880 Dead","author":"Maisy","date":"Thursday, May 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I have had a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact Tablet since December 2014. 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