It's not complicated, it's the right way to do it... of course the
"right" answer is "buy a new cord" or "make two shorter cords out of
it" as others have posted, but if you're in a pinch and you HAVE to
splice... using wire nuts in an extension cord will make a big knot
of ugliness in the middle of it, increasing the chances that it'll get
caught on something etc.

nate

On Sep 14, 9:06*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Usually engineers have highly technical and complicated answers to simple
problems.

Tradesmen (that's me!) use wire nuts and lots of electrical tape.

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"N8N" wrote in message

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Engineer (by degree if not practicing) why?

nate

On Sep 13, 11:34 pm, "Stormin Mormon"



wrote:
Are you a surgeon, or an engineer?

"Nate Nagel" wrote in message

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I would probably solder the individual wires together and cover them
with heat shrink, then wrap with friction tape then finally electrical
tape (or really big heat shrink if I had it)

if this is going to be used in a wet location, before sliding the heat
shrink over the splices, smear a little silicone grease on them to make
absolutely sure that no water can get in and corrode the wires.

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