Very clever Dale. 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: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a power cord >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! 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