suckolux
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Yes, soft, pliable and resilient
How often do people come across bad power cables on vacuums?
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"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.
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.
manchestervacs
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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.
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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