Thread 2941736

How to fix? This is the plug for a vacuum cleaner.

As long as there's no exposed wire, just wrap it with some electrical tape.

>>2941736 (OP)
jesus christ what's with the retards today? this is something you should have known how to do when you were 8.

>>2941743
There are other things I have learned by now. This isn’t one of them. Hence why I asked.

>>2941744
>There are other things I have learned by now.
obviously nothing useful.

>>2941745
Bruh, calm down

This is a chill board

you get a newnplug head and watch a video on cutting and crimping

1. Cut it off completely with sharp pliers or utility shears
2. Buy new plug
3. Fit new plug

>>2941736 (OP)
your wires aren't exposed, so just wrap it with electric tape. this isn't the time to be replacing that plug.

>>2941771
What the fabric cord looking thing inside the plug?

>>2941832
It's there to rip the jacket if need be and to fill out the cord to make it round

>>2941756
This. It's not hard. Just make sure you know which is the ground and which is the hot wire. Watching a YouTube vid on this in advance will help you out. Pay attention to the colors of the wires inside the cord and any screws inside the plug head. Match them up accordingly. It will take you about 10 minutes due to having to peel back the wires and screw them into the appropriate screw in the replacement plug head unit.

Make sure you DON'T buy a 3 prong cord head replacement for your cord though (positive, negative and ground). FYI, should you ever need to change out a 3 prong plug head, as mentioned the colors of the screws inside the replacement plug head matter. Black Wire = Brass Screw and the White Wire = Silver Screw Green Wire = Green Screw.

Watch videos on YouTube, they'll teach you everything you need to know.

>>2941832
To protect the wires from getting knocked and it's probably shorter tan the wires so if you pull really hard on the cord that goes taught before the wires have a chance to. Same thing you'll see on some hanging powerlines but those have a braided steel cable.

>>2941736 (OP)
Chop it off and connect a new plug. What's so difficult?

>>2941741
OP, use electrical tape wrapped very tightly. Then get a zip tie and wrap the end of the electrical tape so it doesn't undo itself

>>2942160
>zip tie
Terrible suggestion. Use self vulcanizing rubber tape instead.

>>2942160
>>2942207
At this point its probably quicker to just replace the fucking plug, safer too.

>>2942207
I don't know what that is or where I'd get that. I do have zip ties and have used them just fine in this way.

>>2941750
go smoke weed somewhere else.

>>2941948
stop spoon feeding people who are just going to hurt themselves.

>>2942160
>electrical tape
not silicone self sealing tape?

>>2942216
the same place you'd get a replacement plug. you really are stupid.

>>2942253
have you been to /diy/?

>>2941875
There is no ground on this cord, I assume you're referring to the neutral which is a current carrying conductor as opposed to a ground which should not carry current in normal operation.

OP, the white goes to the bigger prong on your replacement plug but it's AC so it most likely doesn't matter.

>>2941736 (OP)
if you have another vacuum cleaner you can cut the plug off of it leaving approx 6" of wire then cut the damaged plug off the other vacuum and connect the wires together