abdconsultant

Well........I was sewing on one of my Bernina 802 sport mechanical machines and when I was finished, I noticed the needle went into the bobbin area, then back up. Since I was standing beside the machine I was shocked to say the least. What would cause that?

JenniePenny

A little dust inside the foot pedal, maybe. It can prevent the top of the pedal from going all the way to the "off" position.

luvTooQuilt

Mine took about half a doz or more stitches.... I like to think its my late Mother in law letting me know shes here.. it was her machine and her sewing room after all..

Tartan

My Bernina foot control had to be replaced when it continued sewing when my foot was not on it. It might be your foot control.

Candace

The foot controls have a board in them with capacitors that go bad. I've repaired several of them. It's possible yours is starting to have problems. You can get the board and foot control repaired.

abdconsultant

where can you get them repaired?

Candace

Any Bernina tech at a dealership will know how to do it. It's typically less expensive than a repro foot control and the new repros don't work nearly as well.

purplefiend

You need to take the foot control apart and take a pencil eraser to all of the metal contacts and erase them. That's what my tech showed me to do when my Bernina1031 was sewing all by itself. It worked!

oldsewnsew

Old Berninas had a problem with capacitor that were installed to lower noise on the line. The fix was to remove them. 802 might be just that old, do a Google search, and I think you'll find something.

abdconsultant

Thank you for all of the suggestions.