SEBO Switch Cap for ESSENTIAL G1, G2, G4 and G5 — Gray Black

SEBO moulds this switch cap in several colours and they are not chosen by model alone, so order against the finish on your own machine. The gray black version is part 5160GS, and it is the one fitted to the ESSENTIAL G1, ESSENTIAL G2, ESSENTIAL G4 and ESSENTIAL G5.

This cap is the surface a hand or foot meets every time the vacuum is switched on, and it carries that load through a thin moulded skirt. A split or missing cap leaves the rocker open to dust and makes the switch harder to find by feel, and fine carpet dust reaching the contacts is what eventually turns a two-minute cap change into a switch change. The cap presses on and off by hand; the frame it seats in is a separate moulding, so a cap that keeps popping loose points at the frame rather than at this part. On these machines the switch sits where a foot naturally lands, which is why the centre of the cap wears smooth long before the edges show anything.

• Part number: 5160GS
• Colour: gray black
• Type: push-fit cover for the mains rocker switch
• Sold as: the cap alone, without the frame
• Fits: SEBO ESSENTIAL G1, G2, G4 and G5
• Frame it seats in: switch cap holder 5161HG in light gray
• Switch beneath it: 05113, supplied with its screws
• Other ESSENTIAL parts in this area: handle with cord, tube and switch 5624AM, power cord 5450DG

Common searches are SEBO switch cap, ESSENTIAL G4 power button and gray black on/off cover — all this number. Order the cap and the holder together if the switch has been rattling for a while; they wear as a pair and only one trip into the machine is needed. Genuine SEBO moulding in the ESSENTIAL housing colour, shipping in 2–5 business days.