The junction box makes it hard to wrap an extension cord and put in the tool box. However, maybe extension chords wrap easier?
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wire splice
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Sure makes it hard to roll up the extension cord.
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Since they are cut up, and they are his. Would that be Dis-Chord?
"I cut dis chord again... it don't sound too good"
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How about extension chord?
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You make us proud.
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On a chord reel, to boot!
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I have a couple extension cords sitting outside (or are they chords? I'll have to try to play them). Someday I'll catch a super discount price on outlet strips at Harbor Freight. Cut them in the middle. Splice plug on one end, and four or five sockets on the other end of the ext cord. Make a very versatile gadget. I have also used an outlet box, and a duplex outlet on the end of an extension cord (chord).
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Are you a surgeon, or an engineer?
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Not much. Yes. I know. Please trim useless, excess text.
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yes I do, because I do a lot of work on older cars. Heat shrink is your friend.
nate
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And if you *did* cut it in half, put a male connector on one cut end, and a female connector on the other -- presto! *Two* extension cords.
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Engineer (by degree if not practicing) why?
nate
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eh, I won't even splice an extension cord unless I need it right away. Reason being that the new ones being sold (at least the good, contractor grade ones) are nice and "limp" so they don't tangle so easily, are easy to wind up and store, etc. That said I *have* spliced extension cords in a pinch simply because it was quicker to solder it back together rather than run to the store and buy a new one, and I was in the middle of doing something that required aforementioned extension cord.
nate
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Usually engineers have highly technical and complicated answers to simple problems.
Tradesmen (that's me!) use wire nuts and lots of electrical tape.
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You've reinvented frugal. Good job.
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Heatshrink, electrical tape, and a few other things. Essential for repar guys.
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On 9/13/2008 8:35 PM Stormin Mormon spake thus:
Actually, you might want to do something about your mail/news settings that put all the quoted text into your sig, effectively disappearing it.
Or maybe not.
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It's not complicated, it's the right way to do it... of course the "right" answer is "buy a new cord" or "make two shorter cords out of it" as others have posted, but if you're in a pinch and you HAVE to splice... using wire nuts in an extension cord will make a big knot of ugliness in the middle of it, increasing the chances that it'll get caught on something etc.
nate
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re: I have also used an outlet box, and a duplex outlet on the end of an extension cord (chord).
Not only do I have one of those, but I also have a 2' extension cord with a GFCI on the end. I made that *long* before GFCI extension cords were readily available. I went to too many job sites that didn't have GFCI receptacles available.