Small Appliance Repair Tips on How to Fix an Electrical Cord
Any electrical cord which is defective or damaged should never be handled before you take it out of its power source. Once this is done, carefully inspect the cord, should it be an extension cord, make sure you unplug any cord that is connected to it. Feel along the cord and see if any of it feels warm, should it be warm to the touch, this indicates there is a potential problem. The end which plugs into the outlet should be inspected also, just in case there is any disfigurement evident.
Check the entire length of the cord for any damage, like tears, burns, cuts, or holes in the jacket or insulation sleeve. Run the cord through your fingers to see if you can feel for any inconsistencies which are not easy to see. Mark the area or areas and determine if there could be a potential problem when using the device, or if the marks are purely superficial.
Determine if a polarized plug is getting used, some small appliances that are older use ungrounded extension cords. Which means when performing small appliance repair tasks, you need to know which cord caps consists of different blade widths, this means your plug can only be inserted one way into the outlet. Some cord caps will be connected to a two wire cord, however, these will be identified by different colored wires.
One wire can have either a ridge running along the length of it, printed information on the cord, different colored conductors which are usually gold or silver, or some other means of identification. Check the cord end to see if it comes with a polarized cap. If it does, you need to replicate which wire was connected to which blade.
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