ITALIAN ROOMBA! (roomba's 4 dummies) :-)

cagliostro70 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

hi, sorry for my bad english
i'm from Italy and i've just buy a ROOMBA CALSSIC SILVER on e-bay (used).

Roomba seems to do a good works!!!

2 or 3 questions on it:

- someone has an italian owner manual for this model?

- on english manual i see advise for "rapid charger - recharge battery pack in about 2.5 hours- part #02004) does anyone know here i can find it (220 v)???
ANYWAY, my charger is a standard 24V DC 500mA. Is it possible to fast charge the classic roomba siver model with a charger?

-side brush: are the new one (with 3 brush) usable on a classic silver roomba???

thank you for your answres,

Matteo, Florence.

bolero1000 · Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 79

Ciao Matteo,

Non ho un Roomba ma ecco alcune infos (for non Italian speakers, I'm only saying that I don't have a Roomba, but here few infos ..)
cagliostro70 wrote:
- someone has an italian owner manual for this model?

http://www.irobot.com/images/homesupport/manuals/international_roomba_manual.pdf

Not sure it covers your model ... but seems the only international manual out there.

Or you could write to Roomba Italy ( www.irobot.it ) asking if they've the Italian specific manual of your model.

cagliostro70 wrote:
- on english manual i see advise for "rapid charger - recharge battery pack in about 2.5 hours- part #02004) does anyone know here i can find it (220 v)???

Always on the irobot.it site you'll have the reseller list, for example this one:
http://www.roombashop.it or http://www.roomba.it/index.aspx
You could try to ask them.

As usual European price bloody expensive compared to US ones .. :-(

Ciaoooooooooo,
Luciano

cagliostro70 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

LUCAINO hi,
thank you for answers

Quote:
http://www.irobot.com/images/homesupport/manuals/international_roomba_manual.pdf
Not sure it covers your model ... but seems the only international manual out there.

no, just NEW models! (i've already tried)

Quote: Or you could write to Roomba Italy ( www.irobot.it ) asking if they've the Italian specific manual of your model.

I've do it before write here. They've answer that they don't have distrubuted this model, so they don't have any italian manual.

Quote: Always on the irobot.it site you'll have the reseller list, for example this one:
http://www.roombashop.it or http://www.roomba.it/index.aspx
You could try to ask them.

I've done also this. They don't sell it. :-(

Quote: As usual European price bloody expensive compared to US ones ..

REALLLY A LOT!

thank you anyway

CIAO! Matteo

debugger · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 730 Location: UK - Glasgow

Hi there, I suspect that your Roomba is one of the original ones.

Can you post the ebay item number so that we can look and be 100% sure which model it is?

cagliostro70 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

this is it

cagliostro70 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

this is the english manual
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http://homesupport.irobot.com/cgi-bin/irobot_homesupport.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=241&p_created=1155749761&p_sid=vnWhlj1j&p_accessibility=&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0xOCZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9MjUyJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9MS4yNTImcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1
[/url]

look at the last page for the rapid charger (part #02004)

thanks debugger

debugger · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 730 Location: UK - Glasgow

cagliostro70 wrote:
look at the last page for the rapid charger (part #02004)

I've got one of the Rapid Chargers for the 4xxx series Roombas - the batteries look the same from the picture - maybe someone who has experience of both can confirm?

I got it from Domotec - see here:

http://www.domotec.uk.com/roomba/roomba_battery_rapid_charger/10028_p.html

I'll check tonight when I get home what the part number is.

cagliostro70 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

let me know! :-)
(it look quite expensive... 24£ are a lot of €)

I've find out this on ebay..
http://cgi.ebay.it/Universal-Smart-Charger-for-Roomba-iRobot-14-4V-Battery_W0QQitemZ270212856207QQihZ017QQcategoryZ42146QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem

i think it sould work.

Debugger you have the old version too?

Have you try to use the new rotating brush (with 3 brushes) on it???

debugger · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 730 Location: UK - Glasgow

Yep, it is model 02004. If you think £24 is a lot of money what would you have thought of the £49.99 it was when I bought it :D :D

I have the Roomba Red's - like this one:

http://www.homeclick.com/web/catalog/product_detail.aspx?pid=277910&cm_ven=Froogle&cm_cat=Appliances&cm_pla=iRobot&cm_ite=iRobot-Vacuums-277910&cid=C427BA2A6DA97D85083E379E730214A0

cagliostro70 · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 7

I've found the asme in Italy... 99€! :shock:

(I've payed the roomba less) :twisted:

debugger · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 730 Location: UK - Glasgow

cagliostro70 wrote: I've found the asme in Italy... 99€! :shock:

(I've payed the roomba less) :twisted:

Kind of makes the UK price look a bargain :D

It's too cheap, I suspect that they're trying to get rid of old stock and soon you'll not be able to get them at all!