Well Dale has a very novel and workable solution. I kind of prefer using some kind of continuity tester. Even just a buzzer or bell wired in a battery circuit will work. The round or u shaped prong is as others have said the safety equipment grounding wire. Of the two straight prongs the wider one is the white wire. When checking on the compressor have one wire unhooked when doing continuity checks or you may be actually reading through the motor. The narrow blade is the hot or black wire. Establishing those on the compressor before entirely removing the cord should allow you to get them all correct without sighted assistance. Ron ----- 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.0/439 - Release Date: 9/6/06 > > 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 visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
