Original Cord vs. Replacement Cord

[jmurray01]

Trust General Motors to reject a V8 because it is "too small", ha ha!

 

[kirbykid]

carpet fires

I once caught the carpet on fire with my Kirby G4, though the strange part is that the cord wasnt freyd or anything at all. infact we had the vacuum for a year, maybe less. i was about 2 years when it happend. scared the crap out of me.

 

[jmurray01]

There must have been a crack in the insulation of the flex which let a bit of the copper wire get through and ignite the carpet.

Some cracks can be hard to see - Like the one in my pot