It runs off of vacuum and their is a little filter screen on the front of the machine inside the little window where you see the little spinning wheel or in your case not spinning wheel that loads up with wet lint and has to be cleaned. I had the same problem and after cleaning that little screen it worked like new.
Rick
September 2006
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