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I think my circuit is set to trip at 16ish amps so I may be out of luck until I move to another apartment. I'm guessing I should look for places that have 20 amp circuits then?

Has anyone had any issues with their control freak tripping their circuit? I'm based in the US and I'm noticing that even if it's the only thing plugged in, it tends to trip the circuit when I lift the pan.

I'm interested. How much would shipping be to California?

I just wanted to give an update. I got the new tube in today, and I replaced the cracked one. Everything is working fine now! There's so many things I want to try!

I just wanted to give an update. I just got off the phone with vacmaster support. They had me unscrew the chamber and look underneath. Lo and behold, it turns out one of the tubes got cracked. They're going to be sending me some new tubes.

I bought some chamber bags that should be coming in this weekend. Thank you for the offer though! I called the number on their website around 3 PM PST, but it went to voicemail. I'll have to try it again later.

Did you originally purchase your machine from them? I may call them and see if this can be fixed easily.

I bought this off of Ebay. The condition was listed "New in Box" and in working condition. When I contacted the seller about my troubles and asked him how he tested it; he stated that he pushed the vacuum button and "it worked". I'm tempted to just return this, get the VP215 and be done with it; but I got it at such a good price ($250) that I'm hoping that the cost of fixing it is less than buying a new one.

Oh nice. I didn't see that. Though it looks like i'll probably get a CSO first and wait for the price to drop a little before I get one.

Thank you everyone for your guidance. I checked all the screws around the machine and they all seem to be tight. I've run several cycles where I push down on the entire lid or edges of the lid without any success. I have checked the seal bar, and it sits comfortably. There doesn't seem to be anything that would impede the seal bar from moving.

Do you have any recommendations for getting the proper seating? I've jiggle the cover a bit, and as far as I can tell it lids sits comfortably on the rubber gasket. Yes. I've set the seal time to the maximum amount of time (6 secs). I know the seal bar is turned on since the seal bar is warm and the bag only has marks on one side. I cut the tops off of some cheapo zip lock bags and they only seem partially sealed. That being said, I have proper chamber bags coming in soon.

My model doesn't have a gauge. It only has a display that tell me the amount of time left to vacuum. I'm referring to the seal pad that the seal bar is suppose to touch when the sealing process starts. I'm referring to this . Now that I think about it, I remember seeing an error code in the manual saying that the vacuum wasn't achieved. My display doesn't show any error codes. I am thinking now that the issue is linked to the seal bar not coming up.

I don't hear any air coming in when the cycle is done. The motor simply stops and the seal cycle starts on the display. I bought some chamber bags online though, so I will be able to test it with them once they come in. Oh, the seal bar is suppose to go up? I guess that's the explanation that makes the most sense. I was wondering how black seal pad was suppose to reach the seal bar. As far as I can tell, the seal bar isn't popping up.

I guess it's probably too late to order now?

Hello everyone, I recently purchased the VP112S; but it doesn't seem to be sealing correctly. According to their website food saver bags should work with the chamber sealer, but I'm having trouble getting anything to seal. I've set it to the max vacuum and seal time level without any success. I've been trying to vacuum some dried pasta. The black seal bar doesn't seem to be making contact with the seal bar on the bottom. When the machine runs, the lids seems to be locked into place. I would have to pull quite hard to open the lid at that point, so I know there some sort of seal going on. The issue seems to be that after the timer finishes, I don't hear any air being let back into the chamber. The machine just stops running and the seal time starts. It makes me think that I perhaps installed the black seal pad on the lid and the bottom gasket incorrectly, but as far as I can tell they can only be installed one way. Have you guys run into an issue like this before?