there's no sign of entry into the unit and no obvious way in. i note the windows are wide open. it's 4:29 and i can hear them hacking and wheezing, but i can't smell it.
i plugged the vacuum battery in on saturday afternoon and intentionally slept for a few hours with the intent to wake up and charge it. it showed the charged symbol when i plugged it in but i let it sit. when i woke up, i made a large plate of pasta with a box of kd (200 g; i would normally boil 110 g. oops. so it was bigger than normal.) and ate through most of it but passed out after and then slept almost right through until 21:00. when i did wake up, i made some coffee and am more alert.
the battery did not charge, or there's an issue with it. it revs up and falls from charged to uncharged in a few seconds. but then when i plug it in it says it's charged. i'm trying with a different adapter and getting the same results.
let me try to understand this better.
but i lost the day due to this.
my new shop vac is shipping for the 18th. so i might just get the dustbuster in there in the morning and get the carpet down. i want to understand what the battery is doing and then order a new fuse, before the sun comes up.