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Default How do I find a broken wire?

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On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:49:27 -0800 (PST), Bob Villa
wrote:

I bought a non-contact tester for about $5. Plug the cord in and (if
it's the black wire ) check the length. If it's the white, you need to
use an adapter for the plug to reverse the polarity. (You could jumper
*short* the female end and then check going back to the plug...not the
safest!)


To do the reverse thing, just use one of those 3prong to 2 prong
ground adaptors (made to use a grounded plug on a none grounded
outlet). If one prong is wider on the adaptor, just grind it down.


With most of these, you'll have to also remove the ground prong or cut off
the useless bitof plasticon the plug (that keeps you from putting a plug in
reversed).


Another thing the OP could do is cut the cord in half. One of the
halves will always work. Out a new male or female end on that part an
toss the other half in the recycle bin. You'll have one working 50ft
cord in the end.


Unless the break is exactly in the middle, that'd give you a shorter working
cord than if you find the break and cut there.

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