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Thread Number: 29190
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
How often do people come across bad power cables on vacuums? |
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| Post# 326170 , Reply# 1 5/31/2015 at 11:11 (3,250 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Hi Sean | ||
| Post# 326171 , Reply# 2 5/31/2015 at 12:01 (3,249 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 326172 , Reply# 3 5/31/2015 at 12:02 (3,249 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
I replace cords on vacuums at work all the time, usually the wires inside fatigue and break at points where the cord bends more sharply, where it enters the vacuum or at the strain relief on the handle, the plugs also go bad too. Another common things is damage caused by the user or pets is another really common too. I find bad cords just as common on the vacuums I get for my collection as I do on the ones I work on.
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| Post# 326176 , Reply# 4 5/31/2015 at 13:36 (3,249 days old) by citroenbx (england) | ||
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| Post# 326177 , Reply# 5 5/31/2015 at 13:40 (3,249 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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Yes cable problems were fairly common on most DC01's and the early models of DC04 | ||
| Post# 326183 , Reply# 6 5/31/2015 at 13:59 (3,249 days old) by seanc (Cambridge, United Kingdom) | ||
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Ah I remember the DC01 problems. Think they reported it on Watchdog at the time. The Kirby took me by surprise as it didn't seem externally damaged, I think it was the original though and perhaps the cable grommet and zip tie down by the footswitch might be where it's worn out, it does look like it's been rubbing there. | ||
| Post# 326184 , Reply# 7 5/31/2015 at 14:09 (3,249 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
My Bissell Plus cord is okay, but it seems someone tampered with it where it goes in the machine, it shows the individual wires. But the cord itself is fine
Also my mom's Kenmore canister from 1983 had a bad cord end because she used to rewind it without holding the plug. Eventually the plug wires broke off and shot sparks so my dad replaced it with a new plug. Also my Hoover Slimline may need a new cord. It's not damaged on the outside but the plastic insulation and copper wires have reacted and green oxidation goo is seeping out of the cord end. It works okay, but probably should be changed if I was to actually use it. Otherwise all of my vacuums' cords have been fine. Fans are the ones that have been the bigger issue due to rotted or badly repaired cords. | ||
| Post# 326185 , Reply# 8 5/31/2015 at 14:13 (3,249 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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Still | ||
| Post# 326188 , Reply# 9 5/31/2015 at 14:38 (3,249 days old) by citroenbx (england) | ||
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| Post# 326192 , Reply# 10 5/31/2015 at 15:36 (3,249 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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ooo I wanna see it too! | ||
Post# 326198 , Reply# 11 5/31/2015 at 17:05 (3,249 days old) by Vacuumlad1650  (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 326226 , Reply# 13 6/1/2015 at 02:10 (3,249 days old) by citroenbx (england) | ||
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| Post# 326228 , Reply# 14 6/1/2015 at 03:13 (3,249 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England) | ||
Citroen | ||
| Post# 326243 , Reply# 15 6/1/2015 at 13:45 (3,248 days old) by electrikbroomgu (Rome, NY) | ||
Cord failures
Just had a 1990's Hoover canister with a cord issue. A customer bought it about a year ago used and it just started cutting out on them and quit working altogether. Checked and found one side dead on the power cord going into the vacuum. Cut the cord back and stripped the wires down to copper and re-inserted back into vacuum and all was well.
I just obtained a really clean mint 1976 Regina one speed broom and the outer insulation part of the cord is broke off at the grommet so that will need tending to shortly before use. We see many Sears and Panasonic machines with bad plugs where one terminal will be loose or burned up prompting the replacement of said plug. Some later model 2000 and up machines use poor quality cords that use either no hemp or lower quality nylon and those cords short out frequently so it is indeed a widespread issue in the vacuum business. | ||
| Post# 326255 , Reply# 16 6/1/2015 at 16:23 (3,248 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Cords get a lot of abuse...
I think all the vacuum cleaners we had when I was a kid growing up ended up with varying amounts of black electrical tape around portions of the cord. I learned how to install a replacement plug by putting one on our old Lewyt canister.
All of my present vacs have good cords except my Kirby G5, which has a couple of issues. The little anchor that screws down under the rear scuff plate, just below the handle, is torn off, but I can live with that. The plug has also been replaced. When I got it, the plug end of a lamp cord had been spliced on with wire nuts and a large quantity of black electrical tape. I immediately replaced that ugly--and dangerous--mess with a proper heavy duty replacement plug. The thing works fine and at least for now, I'll take the $2 plug replacement over a $20 cord replacement. I've already sunk way too much money into that machine. | ||
| Post# 326362 , Reply# 17 6/3/2015 at 13:52 (3,246 days old) by seanc (Cambridge, United Kingdom) | ||
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On the scuff plate... I've read something somewhere that Kirby adjusted the scuff plate, I can see this in some eBay listings. My new cable anchor doesn't fit my old style scuff plate. Are there any neat mods to do to the original scuff plate or do I have to buy a newer one? | ||
| Post# 326452 , Reply# 19 6/5/2015 at 13:05 (3,244 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 326511 , Reply# 20 6/6/2015 at 16:35 (3,243 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
"The cords made today are very poor compared with what was made in the 50s and 60s, Many machines 50 or more years old still have good cords on them, they had cloth around the wires instead of whatever that stuff is now, the rubber covering the wires was much softer too."
Indeed, my Hoover 612 still has its original ribbed cable and given that the machine was manufacturered in circa 1949 that's pretty good going. There are no splits in it either. | ||
| Post# 326758 , Reply# 21 6/12/2015 at 12:09 (3,237 days old) by ManchesterVacs (Manchester) | ||
We replace quite a few power cords on Dysons as you might expect. Most after market ones flex too much and some fail after a year or so as the wire inside is only 0.75, so they will not last like old cords used to.
Genuine Dyson ones are not too bad, and later dark grey ones as found on DC24> tend to flex somewhat less and last a bit longer IMO. I tend to buy job lots of older [new] cords from other machines and re-purpose them. We had some Kirby ones a while back that were OK, and we just got some black ones with a kettle plug on the end that are pretty good that we are using on cord swaps that come in the shop and refurbed machines. | ||
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