On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:34:51 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

Nothing stopping you replacing it with something else though like a
decent rubber flex that will be nicer[1] to use on a saw.

[1] More flexible, better low temperature handling, less memory of how
it was coiled etc. Something like H05RN-F perhaps.

+1 Some PVC flexs are damn awaful on a tool. I bought 10m of 3-core
"Pond Flex" from B&Q which is H05RN-F to replace the nasty PVC on a
couple of power tools. Far better behaved. ISTR that B&Q also sell
another "rubber" cable but with a lower spec, chemical/water
resistance?

The biggest gotcha is likely to be a moulded on strain relief
grommet.

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Cheers
Dave.