"Tim Zimmer" wrote in message
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...judging by his lack of response.

I haven't found the time to work on the cord. I will now.

Someone please explain why do some modern factory drills, grinders
and saws get away without a ground plug?
In addition to not having a metal case, they are double insulated..

(Here's an ignorant question) Is it true that I can receive a fatal shock
if
I touch my skin from either neutral or hot and then ground? If so, then
why
not replace the ground with a safer model which doesn't allow a shock?
You won't get much of a shock by simultaneously touching neutral and ground.
You can get a nasty shock by simulataneously touching the hot wire and
either the neutral or ground wires.

Lastly, a hot or neutral short to ground shuts down my entire electrical
system. Is this the GFCI?
No
Jim