A/C vents

Guest · Posted: December 21, 2004, 7:02 pm Post subject: A/C vents

I got my discovery SE 4 days ago and I have been pleased so far except it has a nagging problem that I am wondering if others have come across.

It keeps highsiding itself around the A/C register vents in the floor. I have watched it and sometimes it goes right over the vents, other times it starts to go over and then freaks out, I assume it thinks it's going over a stair or something, and then backs itself up against the wall until it's wheels are hanging and then it's stuck.

I have been placing things over the vents like baskets etc but that is certainly not a viable solution so has anybody else noticed this and come up with a solution?

Thanks,
Rick

Guest · Guest

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It keeps highsiding itself around the A/C register vents in the floor. I have watched it and sometimes it goes right over the vents, other times it starts to go over and then freaks out, I assume it thinks it's going over a stair or something, and then backs itself up against the wall until it's wheels are hanging and then it's stuck.

If you don't have stairs on that level to worry about, you might try disabling the stair sensors by taping over them - take a look at this thread:
http://www.roombareview.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=338

julie · Guest

I am curious, because I don't have this problem, although others have mentioned it. Do you have carpet around your vents, or is it a hard floor? My roomba goes right over the vents without complaining, except for one time when a vent came up and roomba got stuck between it and the wall. Not sure how the vent got pried up, but it's an old, quirky house.

RC Eden Carpet Cleaning · Posted: April 30, 2005, 7:34 pm Post subject:

My roomba just goes straight over the vents without complaining. I wonder if you were to close the vent if you would still have that problem.