SEBO On/Off Foot Pedal for C3.1 Canister — White

A white canister gets a white power pedal, which is why SEBO catalogues 6005GW alongside the darker moulding instead of asking a pale machine to wear the wrong colour.

• Part number: 6005GW
• Colour: white
• Fits: SEBO C3.1 canister vacuum
• Function: the foot control that starts and stops the motor
• Same pedal in red: 6005DR
• Different numbers on the earlier C bodies: 6309DR and 6309TK
• Cord rewind pedal in white: 6006GW
• Other white C3.1 trim: microfilter holder 6003GW, bag cover 6093GW, top casing 6397GW, bottom casing 6197GW

Mechanically the pedal is a lever: it takes the weight of your foot and delivers it to the switch mechanism sitting under the panel, and the moulded hinge is where age shows first. Three complaints cover almost every replacement. The pedal has stiffened and no longer springs back level. It has sunk below the trim around it, so the toe finds an edge instead of a face. Or it has lost its definite click, and the machine now needs a second stamp before the motor picks up. In each case the switch underneath is often perfectly sound, and changing the moulding is both the quicker diagnosis and the sensible first move.

White plastic gives one advantage here: a hairline split shows up long before the pedal starts misbehaving, so a machine can be caught early. Fitting takes a screwdriver and a few minutes. Unplug the canister, note how the old pedal sits in its aperture as it comes away, brush any grit out of the recess and press the new one in until it lies flush with the panel. Shoppers arrive here searching for a SEBO on off pedal, a white C3.1 power pedal, or a SEBO canister foot switch replacement. Genuine SEBO part in the factory white finish, dispatched in 2–5 business days.