Pn 2
The pn 2 was first introduced with the later blue 1205 models and the later blue L models hence the blue cords. Those that went with the 1205’s will be the same but they will NOT have the 50th anniversary sticker on them. If it has the sticker, it was a Golden Jubilee era PN2. The cord color was changed at some point to gray as well as the elbow was changed to the tan cream color but the plastic bottom always remained in the blue. Even the cord end where it attaches to the power nozzles have been of two different types. Electrolux would use up existing color stock when changing colors at times and so there often would be inconsistency in equipped colored items especially if it was around the time a color or model change was segued. Also, sometimes, if people had cord issues and would end up having to get a new one and the new ones would be the newer current model color. The blue 1205 sheath cords often cracked at the plug and so many were replaced down the line with the newer gray ones. We had that issue on my Mother’s model L.
The cord does unplug so if you can get a blue cord, you could simply unplug it and plug in the new one but your PN2 looks as if it has some sort of cord retention device on it at the power nozzle. The PN2 was the only pn that ever had a cord that could be unplugged and removed from it, all others including what Aerus makes today...are direct wired cords so you are in luck with an easy change if you can find a decent blue cord but the majority I see out there are gray. However, since you have the anniversary era power nozzle, the gray cord would be correct with it.
A lot of people get obsessed with color matching...Electrolux sold so many machines with mismatching colored parts...I’ve seen so many early on that were this way and not a result of replacement parts. The issue became less so once they got to the Golden Jubilee, superJ, and Olympia era because most of those all use the tan colored parts. I’ve seen Golden Jubilee’s that were sold with the darker gold hoses as well as the lighter colored hoses. I’m not convinced one or the other color is the correct colored hose for the golden jubilee and super J since I’ve seen so many with or the other. A friend I used to clean for had a November 1974 purchased blue model L and it came equipped with the darker gold non electric hose and blue wrap around hose wiring, and a golden jubilee power nozzle with a blue sheath and a gray sheath cord. Leads me to believe the gold hose was made with both the golden jubilees and the super J’s. I’ve seen many super J’s with the white hose as well.
Jon
