Faulty Vacuum Cord? Beware of the Consequences.
I generally try to be humorous in my approach towards writing about vacuum cleaners but today I came across an article that has changed my tone today, at least for this post. It appears that an unlucky family in Kannapolis, North Carolina suffered extensive damage to their house due to a faulty cord on their vacuum cleaner.
Although the machine was turned off, the faulty cord caught fire since it was still plugged into the wall. The electrical cords are scary parts of the machine to repair, simply because of the fact that messing it up can result in a vacuum on fire. We prefer our vacuums to be normal temperature and not burning the furniture in our houses.
Many times customers come into our store and ask if they can simply buy the cord for their machine, presumably to avoid paying the cost of the repair. We usually ask them if they have experience repairing vacuums, or other electronic devices because the repair is not as simple as it may seem. Generally, we offer customers to do the cord repair for free simply to avoid any disasters as seen in Kannapolis.
As a word of caution to all vacuum owners out there, make sure whoever is repairing your vacuum is skilled enough to risk an electrical fire!
