At 03:05 PM 12/12/2005, Jim C and then RLE wrote:
<<Well, a good eyeball examination is usually wise before spending the
money. It may be that you can patch up the existing cord,
somebody could well have yanked hard on it and cut into the insulation on a
sharpish edge of sheet metal. Cutting the cord there and splicing it back
together properly could be all that's required. So long as the end
that plugs
into the engine is OK, the rest is just Hardware Store 101.
That and an ohmmeter to verify that the heating element itself
is not open or shorted>>
Boy oh boy, is this bum advice. The cost of that cord is inconsequential.
>From the description it's clear that the insulation has worn
through after all
those years and patching it together to save pennies is nuts. Suppose you
plugged it in and suddenly you have 120V AC standing on the car's
chassis, just
waiting for someone to touch it. Can you spell electrocution?
Electrocution, BS. Fixing a break in a 120V AC cord is about
as far from rocket science as it gets. And it is easy to test.
Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV
Real robots roam.
