Checking An Extension Cord For Breaks
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2021
- Published 5/10/21
It use to be difficult to find the breaks in an extension cord. Oh they were usually near the ends. Caused by yanking the cord out of the wall or tying a knot in the cord to join two cords. The ones in the middle were a bit harder until I got this Ideal Volt Sensor.
It was purchased to check for voltage in wires before I worked on them. Just a last-minute safety item. Carrying it around got me to thinking of other ways it could be used. This is one of the ways that I first used it for other than verifying a dead circuit before it gave me a poke.
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I survived my whole life without one of those testers but now I gotta have one!
Very handy for ringing out wiring in a house or machine.
Sometimes the two conductor cords are a god send!
Running a lamp or Christmas lights. 😁😎
Good tip. I have one of those voltage detectors. I never thought about using it to test my extension cords. DOH! I have a long 16gauge 3 wire extension cord which broke a conductor somewhere along the length. I will now be able to track down the break and cut off the short end.
Thanks,
Dave.
My co-writer and real talent in the group said I should make videos about things I do with out thinking.
I have been repairing things for most of my life and worked with people who were much better trained than me.
Sharing what I picked up has been the best part of making videos. 😁😎
Good fix. I like that tester handy and simple. Thanks 😊!!
Hi Mike. Thanks for watching!
That's a good tip, thanks. Thumbs up!
Glad it was helpful! 😁😎
Good day eh!!! Those voltage testers are handy for quick checks like this. Thanks for sharing. Take care!!
Yes they are. Also for checking breakers and fuses in your car or tractor.
Repaired cords are fine at home, but on the job site, OSHA inspectors can have issues with them. Just a heads up for anyone that may have to deal with those guys. 😎
My MSHA days are over but they had some good inspectors.
It is good to be careful. OSHA is all about preventing an insurance payout. It matters little as long as there isn't a claim.
@@OldSneelock Right. You know how it is around conveyor belts with guarding and emergency stops and lock out/ tag out, the whole thing. I remember the refresher classes and Fatalgrams. I also remember starting a small return conveyor with a 5 foot bar through the bars in the tail pulley to keep from shoveling. It was a combined effort between me and the guy on the switch. We're both still here so it must've worked but he was the one that cut his finger off with that big grinder.
I have mixed feelings about OSHA.
I broke a finger by having it in the pulley on a sand elevator when the guys shoveling out the bottom of the elevator got the plugged buckets freed up.
The elevator ran in reverse and snapped my index finger.
Locking out the power wouldn't have helped.
I feel asleep but the phone ringing kept waking me up.
It is long past time to get up Marty. 😁😎
Throw it out in the yard. The woyms need a wakening.
@@OldSneelock By 20 minutes!
@@lewiemcneely9143 Guys I had gotten up at tree3 then didn't go back to sleep so I played some Sew Dew Koo and finally feel back two2 sleep but then my son's daughter was crying so she woke me up and then didn't fall back till about 6. Sew when I started watching this I kept dozing off but somebody's dang phone kept ringing and waking me up.
@@mostlymoparih5682 Prednisone will cause you to stay up all night or most of the night or some of the night into early morning or late morning and get right into your nap time, whenever it iz. A youngun crying is even worse. The phone needs to be in the far corner of a parking lot down town. And most of the time I need and ought to be with it.
Those little testers are quite handy. I’d repair an extension cord, but I normally add a new plug or socket at the break, not a splice. Kind of risky, but I guess for indoor use it’s okay. As long as the insulation isn’t deteriorating in other spots. Great tip though.
The tester is a life saver when working in industry.
Massive snags of wire are difficult to trace out.
Being able to sense current potentials without having to pierce the insulation is very helpful.😁😎
You did not say ...you are to plug cable into AC socket or not. Which end of cable do you test from "??
Plug the cord in and check from that end.
Don't be surprised if there is more than one break. 😄😎
Yup that's right I didn't tell you to plug the cord into a recepticle to provide power for the tester to detect.
Test from the plug end because that is where the power starts. If you don't find any then you know right away.
You can actually start at either end. It might take a bit longer.
Is that the sort of thing you use to find the bad Christmas tree light?
It will work quite well at that. Easier than plugging in a light bulb until it lights.
You can just run it along the wire until it stops beeping.That is the bad bulb. Even better it works the same if there is more than one bad bulb. 😁😎
I had a good comment but this wretched thing erased it so it can deal with it. Good fault finding. I just do it bare handed and where the eyeballs cross, there's the fault. All testers like that go dead before I can use them so I don't. Happy Day 2 U and GBWYall and THANKS!
I pull the batteries when they aren't being used. 😁😎
@@OldSneelock I'd loose the batteries and end up pulling the meter off the house. You know how I am and how I get.
@@OldSneelock I then put the batteries in an old pill bottle and store with the tester.
Good idea. I get way too many pill bottles now. 😁😎
The manual crossed eyeballs test is always right.
Did you cut cord? To reconnect
Yes I did.
I marked the bad section. Cut it out and reconnected the cord making it shorter.
what if only the black wire is broken? will the sensor still work?
Yes. Since the sensor only detects current if the black is broken it will tell you where the the first place the black wire is broken. there may be multiple breaks but the first one would have to be bridged or repaired before the second one will show up. Each subsequent break will have to be treated the same way.
If the white wire is broken there will have to be a load on the wire to send current through the white wire. Like plugging in a lamp.
It will show where the black wire is broken.
Just a side note....If the neutral was broken, you would never have found it with the tester....only good for the power conductor....If you were a neighbor of mine, I would give you some extension cords but the shipping is more than the cords are worth....CHEERS
I would have to cheat and, horrors!, apply power to the neutral. Wouldn't be a first for me. 😁
@@OldSneelock Now I see....Just the electrician in me that made me say it.....CHEERS
All the training sinks in and shows up every once in a while..😁😎
No one really does this anymore but it was real handy for series circuits on Christmas lights.
what if one wire has continuity from one end to the other?
Good question.
Check each conductor for continuity.
Apply power to the one that fails the continuity test and trace the wire to find the break. 😁😎
Powering only the broken cable was the solution. Thanks for showing me the tool that I needed! It seems that both of my old splices had failed at the same time. I used solder this time and even remembered to put the shrink wrap on the open cable first :)
If it is the power lead it won't show. Then you have to do a continuity check.
I thought you plugged it in...drop it in a bucket of water and look for bubbles! For you late night youtubers...don't try that at home.
You can do that. I wouldn't recommend it as a life choice. More a death wish.
@@OldSneelock LOL!
Unfortunately , we don't have an instrument like that in Cape town South Africa . I went 4 large shops including Macro and Builders nothing. 🤷♂️
So this footage is useless to me 👎
Come On Man!
Don't be a quitter.
You can order one through the mail. 👍
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That sucks. I wonder what rule it is that makes owning one in South Africa a problem?