This forum is great, thank you so much for taking the time to give me this info. I really appreciate it.
I plugged her in and tried with a make shift 110v outlet wired into the outlet that is on it but as soon as I switched it on I got some sparking so I turned it off immediately. Taking the cover off showed a lot of black around the sweeper brush so I took that off for a look and it doesn't look in good shape, its not an even smooth surface and is quite jagged so I guess I need a new brush set before I continue with this project.
Thanks again, I am learning.