{
  "id": "v8-use-lights",
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "title": "Read lights during use",
  "deviceFamily": "vacuum",
  "intent": "Troubleshooting",
  "summary": "Interpret a light pattern seen while vacuuming and choose recharge or support using the during-use diagram.",
  "modelApplicability": [
    "v8-sv10-pinch-us"
  ],
  "modelDetails": [
    {
      "id": "v8-sv10-pinch-us",
      "family": "vacuum",
      "brand": "Dyson",
      "series": "V8",
      "label": "Dyson V8 SV10 · pinch filter · US",
      "region": "US",
      "componentVersion": "Pinch-handle Filter A and twist-off Filter B; original dry motorized head",
      "manual": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "help": "Read SV10 on the machine label and compare your parts with manual 229602-01. Filter A has a small pinch handle; Filter B twists off the rear. A star-shaped top is a different version. Confirm the dry motorized head in this manual before following a brush task.",
      "exclusions": [
        "V8 star pre-filter",
        "V8 Cyclone",
        "Soft roller / Fluffy head cleaning",
        "V10 / V11",
        "Modified batteries or aftermarket heads"
      ],
      "recognitionSource": "dyson-models"
    }
  ],
  "exclusions": [
    "V8 star pre-filter",
    "V8 Cyclone",
    "Soft roller / Fluffy head cleaning",
    "V10 / V11",
    "Modified batteries or aftermarket heads"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
    "Read SV10 on the label, confirm the US 229602-01 manual and match the pinch-handle Filter A, twist-off Filter B and any head involved.",
    "Disconnect the charger, release the trigger and let the machine cool before handling removable parts. Keep your hand away from the trigger."
  ],
  "tools": [
    "Good lighting"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "The matching US SV10 manual"
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "id": "safety",
      "prompt": "Is the charger disconnected, the machine cool and undamaged, and your hand away from the trigger?",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "pp2–3 Important safety instructions; p12 Looking for blockages",
      "options": [
        {
          "id": "yes",
          "label": "Yes",
          "next": "check-1",
          "advice": "Continue with the matching parts and the checks below."
        },
        {
          "id": "no",
          "label": "No",
          "next": "service",
          "advice": "Stop for a damaged charger, burning smell, liquid exposure, a swollen or leaking battery, broken catches or an obstruction you cannot safely reach. Contact Dyson and keep the battery sealed."
        },
        {
          "id": "unsure",
          "label": "Not sure",
          "next": "prepared",
          "advice": "Save your observations and compare the matching manual before continuing."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "check-1",
      "prompt": "Was the observed light on the machine during use, with the charger disconnected?",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation",
      "options": [
        {
          "id": "yes",
          "label": "Yes",
          "next": "check-2",
          "advice": "Use the during-use meanings below."
        },
        {
          "id": "no",
          "label": "No",
          "next": "prepared",
          "advice": "Use Read charging fault lights for a pattern seen while charging."
        },
        {
          "id": "unsure",
          "label": "Not sure",
          "next": "prepared",
          "advice": "Save your observations and compare the matching manual before continuing."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "check-2",
      "prompt": "Which color was seen during use?",
      "options": [
        {
          "id": "blue",
          "label": "Blue",
          "next": "steps",
          "advice": "Record the number and whether it was solid or flashing."
        },
        {
          "id": "red",
          "label": "Red, solid or flashing",
          "next": "service",
          "advice": "A flashing red light indicates a battery fault; solid red indicates a main-body fault in this manual. Contact Dyson with the exact pattern."
        },
        {
          "id": "unknown",
          "label": "Unclear or another pattern",
          "next": "prepared",
          "advice": "Save the observation and compare the exact manual diagram; do not guess."
        }
      ],
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation"
    }
  ],
  "branches": [
    {
      "checkId": "safety",
      "optionId": "yes",
      "next": "check-1"
    },
    {
      "checkId": "safety",
      "optionId": "no",
      "next": "service"
    },
    {
      "checkId": "safety",
      "optionId": "unsure",
      "next": "prepared"
    },
    {
      "checkId": "check-1",
      "optionId": "yes",
      "next": "check-2"
    },
    {
      "checkId": "check-1",
      "optionId": "no",
      "next": "prepared"
    },
    {
      "checkId": "check-1",
      "optionId": "unsure",
      "next": "prepared"
    },
    {
      "checkId": "check-2",
      "optionId": "blue",
      "next": "steps"
    },
    {
      "checkId": "check-2",
      "optionId": "red",
      "next": "service"
    },
    {
      "checkId": "check-2",
      "optionId": "unknown",
      "next": "prepared"
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "title": "Keep the observation in context",
      "text": "Leave the machine stopped while recording the light you saw. Do not repeatedly trigger it just to reproduce a fault. Record that the charger was disconnected.",
      "observation": "Charging lights must be interpreted in the separate charging task.",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation",
      "requiredFields": [
        "useContext"
      ],
      "id": "step-1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Match steady blue lights",
      "text": "Three solid blue lights mean high charge; two mean medium; one means low. These are charge-level indications during use.",
      "observation": "The number of solid blue lights is not a motor fault code.",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation",
      "id": "step-2"
    },
    {
      "title": "Match flashing blue",
      "text": "One flashing blue light during use means the battery is empty and needs recharging. Record steady or flashing along with the number of lights.",
      "observation": "A flashing light is different from one steady low-charge light.",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation",
      "requiredFields": [
        "usePattern"
      ],
      "id": "step-3"
    },
    {
      "title": "Choose the next action",
      "text": "For flashing blue, recharge with the correct Dyson charger after the machine has cooled following full discharge. For steady blue with a separate symptom, choose the relevant weak-pickup, brush or pulsing task.",
      "observation": "Blue lights alone do not prove the cause of a suction or brush complaint.",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation; p11 Diagnostics – lights during charging; p12 Charging and storage; Battery safety instructions",
      "requiredFields": [
        "lightAction"
      ],
      "id": "step-4"
    },
    {
      "title": "Save a useful support record",
      "text": "Keep the context, pattern and associated symptom together. If a red light or unsafe symptom appears, stop using the machine and contact Dyson; keep the battery and main body closed.",
      "observation": "A manufacturer referral uses the exact observed pattern, not a guessed replacement part.",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation",
      "id": "step-5"
    }
  ],
  "outcomeChecks": [
    {
      "id": "outcome-1",
      "text": "The during-use light pattern and charger context are recorded.",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation"
    },
    {
      "id": "outcome-2",
      "text": "The next action follows the light meaning and any separate symptom, without opening an electrical enclosure.",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation"
    }
  ],
  "stopConditions": [
    "Stop for a damaged charger, burning smell, liquid exposure, a swollen or leaking battery, broken catches or an obstruction you cannot safely reach. Contact Dyson and keep the battery sealed."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "title": "Dyson V8 SV10 operating manual, pinch filter (229602-01)",
      "url": "https://www.dyson.com/content/dam/dyson/maintenance/user-guides/en_US/vacuumcleaners/cordlessstickvacuums/sv10/without-soft-roller/229602-01.pdf",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "use": "User maintenance, Filter A and B, bin cleaning, blockages, charging safety",
      "license": "Manufacturer copyright. Facts paraphrased; manual and diagrams not redistributed.",
      "region": "US",
      "locator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation"
    },
    {
      "id": "dyson-models",
      "title": "Choose your Dyson V8 support: star or pinch filter",
      "url": "https://www.dyson.com/support/vacuum-cleaners/cordless/v8",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-13",
      "use": "Distinguish pre-filter versions; no automatic cross-version compatibility",
      "license": "Linked only; original identification explanation.",
      "region": "US",
      "locator": "V8 support selector: pinch handle versus star filter"
    }
  ],
  "assets": [
    {
      "path": "/assets/vacuum/lights.svg",
      "title": "Charging and during-use lights have different meanings",
      "kind": "Original sequence schematic of user-accessible parts; not to scale or an engineering drawing"
    }
  ],
  "relatedIds": [
    "v8-charge-lights",
    "v8-runtime-mode",
    "v8-storage-charge",
    "v8-pulsing"
  ],
  "specs": [],
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-13",
  "estimatedDuration": null,
  "group": "v8-charging",
  "locator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation",
  "consumables": [
    {
      "name": "Existing Dyson-specified charger",
      "specification": "Match the charger to the exact machine through Dyson support; no universal voltage or part number is inferred.",
      "fit": "US SV10 machine and its specified charger",
      "exclude": "Damaged, substitute or modified chargers; opening or probing a charger",
      "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
      "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during charging; p12 Charging and storage; Battery safety instructions"
    }
  ],
  "maintenance": {
    "trigger": "A light was observed while using the machine, especially before it stopped.",
    "intervalText": "As needed for this condition. No fixed calendar interval is specified for this check; choose your own review date if useful.",
    "basis": "user-plan",
    "sourceId": "dyson-v8-manual",
    "sourceLocator": "p11 Diagnostics – lights during use; Operation"
  },
  "recordFields": [
    {
      "id": "useContext",
      "label": "Observation context",
      "type": "select",
      "required": true,
      "dependsOnStep": "step-1",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "unplugged-use",
          "label": "During use, charger disconnected"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "usePattern",
      "label": "During-use pattern",
      "type": "select",
      "required": true,
      "dependsOnStep": "step-3",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "three-solid",
          "label": "Three solid blue"
        },
        {
          "value": "two-solid",
          "label": "Two solid blue"
        },
        {
          "value": "one-solid",
          "label": "One solid blue"
        },
        {
          "value": "one-flash",
          "label": "One flashing blue"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lightAction",
      "label": "Next action",
      "type": "select",
      "required": true,
      "dependsOnStep": "step-4",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "recharge",
          "label": "Cool after discharge, then recharge correctly",
          "resultGate": "prepared"
        },
        {
          "value": "symptom-task",
          "label": "Follow the task for the separate symptom",
          "resultGate": "prepared"
        },
        {
          "value": "no-fault",
          "label": "Charge level understood; no separate symptom"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fitChecks": [
    {
      "id": "filter",
      "label": "Top filter",
      "accepted": "pinch",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "",
          "label": "Choose the version you can confirm"
        },
        {
          "value": "pinch",
          "label": "SV10 with the pinch-handle Filter A"
        },
        {
          "value": "star",
          "label": "Star-shaped top filter"
        },
        {
          "value": "cyclone",
          "label": "Newer V8 Cyclone or another model"
        },
        {
          "value": "unknown",
          "label": "I am not sure"
        }
      ],
      "help": "The V8 name alone does not identify the filter. Compare the label and the official star/pinch selector."
    },
    {
      "id": "head",
      "label": "Floor head",
      "accepted": "dry-original",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "",
          "label": "Choose the version you can confirm"
        },
        {
          "value": "dry-original",
          "label": "Original dry motorized head shown in manual 229602-01"
        },
        {
          "value": "fluffy",
          "label": "Soft Roller / Fluffy"
        },
        {
          "value": "modified",
          "label": "A replacement or different head"
        },
        {
          "value": "unknown",
          "label": "I am not sure"
        }
      ],
      "help": "This collection covers the original dry head. A washable roller does not make a motorized head washable."
    },
    {
      "id": "manual",
      "label": "Regional instructions",
      "accepted": "us-229602",
      "options": [
        {
          "value": "",
          "label": "Choose the version you can confirm"
        },
        {
          "value": "us-229602",
          "label": "My SV10 label and US manual 229602-01 match"
        },
        {
          "value": "different",
          "label": "My regional instructions or parts differ"
        },
        {
          "value": "unknown",
          "label": "I am not sure"
        }
      ],
      "help": "Use your supplied regional manual if it differs; do not infer compatibility from a similar name."
    }
  ]
}