I am sitting here trying to think of how many things I -didn't-
acquire because of a bad plug, wire or switch. Practically everything I
own came to me because of one of these three.
Its the first thing I look for, always!
Swap meet, yard sale, dump,... the number one attraction for me is to
try to find something wrong with the pigtail, because then you know the
rest of it is probably good.
If the wire to the devise looks good, be highly suspicious!
Plugs of all kinds can be obtained by the sack if you hunt hard
enough. I keep a supply of male and female plugs on hand. Usually its
the female plugs that are harder to find, but I scored a nice sack of
hospital grade female plugs one time and have been working on those for
years now.
Oh in case you aren't familiar, the grade of plugs goes, home use,
hospital, industrial. It is the size of the contacts/lugs and the wire
size you can attach to them that makes the difference. Not that you
couldn't tell from the size of them!
I make up extension cords in all lengths and wire sizes for various
duty. When I get a new/old cord I will try to notice which size I am
missing and cut to length for that.
I like a 10 footer quite a lot and have those in many wire sizes. 15
and 20' too.
No sense wrapping up a 100 foot cord when you don't have to.
I hate batteries! Did I ever mention that? Battery devises of all
kinds are made for yuppies who expect to throw them away in a year and
even if they don't, they die anyway!
I have never bought a used battery operated devise.
The cost of raw batteries is a ripoff wherever you look, and usually
close to the price of a new drill or whatever.
I expect my stuff to last near forever.
I can fetch a cord and use it, my feet aren't painted on. :-) And
then I know it will work and not just another dead battery wasting my time.
yours Scott
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Scott Grandstaff
Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039
scottg@s...
http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
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