I would add, make it a bloody great thick cord. One way to tell is with a battery if you aren't too squeamish to do the tongue test. You know which is the ground by the shape of the prong. touch that against one pole of a 9 volt battery, it need not be a fully charged new one but must be strong enough to be unambiguously tasted. then touch your tongue to the other terminal of the battery and in turn each of the wires from the other end of the cord to your tongue or some mouth part near by. When you taste the electricity through the cord you have the ground.Identify it with a piece of tape or tie a knot in it or what ever. Now remove one of the connections of the original cord and mark or identify it. Reverse the preceding process only this time you touch the end of the wire to the battery and taste each of the blades of the original cord until you identify which one and on which side of the ground prong. You now know which blade must connect to that terminal, all you have to do is find which wire that is on the replacement cord by following the same taste procedure this time touching the appropriate blade of the new cord to the battery and identifying which wire that represents on the other end and connecting that where you removed the original one.
With the ground and which ever of the other terminals now identified and connected there is only one left and you can now spare your poor tongue! Of course if you have some sort of continuity tester or a little buzzer this can replace your tongue in the process. A little cleaner perhaps but any port in a storm <GRIN> Oh yes, do be certain all electricity is disconnected from the mains and it is probably wise not to be observed particularly by young impressionable children. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a power cord > Yes, the wires definitely matter. The screws are likely marked with color > dots or maybe text. The cord you get will have black, white, and green, > wires in it. The green is safety ground, the white is neutral and the > black > is hot. Your only choice is to get sighted help. You can likely buy a > three wire cord with the plug molded onto it. If you can't find one then > buy a short extension cord and cut off its head. 6 or 10 footers aren't > all > that expensive. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert J. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:35 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] installing a power cord > > >> Hello gang >> I baught a very old air compresser. It works well but the cord is in very >> sorry shape. Instead of replacing it, the previous owner taped it with >> electrical tape from stem to stern. >> My questions are these. >> first can I just buy a 6 foot three strand grounded cord with a male plug >> on >> one end and bare wires on the other end or do I have to buy the cord and >> the >> end sepret and put them together? >> second and more importantly, do I need sighted assistance to wire it to >> the >> machine or is there a way to tell which wire is the ground when I install >> it? >> I found the two screws for the -plus and minus and the ground clip so I >> know where they are to be hooked up. >> also >> with this kind of cord do I need to make sure that the 2 wires that are >> not >> the ground are correct or does it not matter. >> >> >> >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >> http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >> >> Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >> Various List Members At The Following Address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! 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