On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 3:16:35 PM UTC-5, whit3rd wrote:
On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 10:34:48 PM UTC-8, pyotr filipivich wrote:
As in "Yes" or "not a good idea"?

[want to] replace the power cord on
the 5150. {Skilsaw]
But they don't make those anymore.

So, I'm thinking maybe I could get a "generic"cord and just swap
that. Any ideas?

There's a plug, cord, strain relief, and some terminated wires involved.

You may have missed one part. I'm not sure what you are referring to as the
"strain relief" but my PC circular saw has a plug, cord, *cord protector*,
strain relief and terminated wires.

What I would call the strain relief are the protrusions on the 2-part handle, that when screwed together clamp the cord tightly. The cord protector is a
separate piece that simply slides onto the cord and is also held in place
by the handle, but not nearly as tight as the cord holder/strain relief.
It basically just sits in a channel so it can't move fore or aft.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AEUM0L8

On my saw here's nothing "molded" to the cable other than the plug.

Maybe the Skil 5150 is different, but that's how my PC saw is set up.


Ideally, you'd get a similar-diameter cord, remove the old wires from the
strain relief, and by stretching the vinyl sheathing, extract the old sheath
from that strain relief (which is usually molded on top of the cable). Then
any cord that fits snugly can be threaded through the original strain relief.





Crimping or soldering the right terminations onto the wires is a hassle, but
they DO still make those fittings. Match the colors of the old wire with the new ones.
US normally uses green-white-black, European standard is green/yellow-blue-brown,
so if there's no white wire, use the blue one... green and green/yellow
are grounds, the two-conductor cords won't have those colors.