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Dog Chewed Through Power Couch Cord
Posted on 11/10/23 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 11/10/23 at 2:09 pm
Title says it all. Dog chewed through the wire so now recliner doesn’t work. Are most power supply cables the same for all couches or will I have to buy a specific one?
Posted on 11/10/23 at 2:14 pm to Tiger328
It should have 3 wires. Pretty easy.
Posted on 11/10/23 at 2:22 pm to Tiger328
Been there. My dogs chewed through a refrigerator cord and the wires going into the garage door sensors. Assholes.
I'm no electrician, but for the fridge, I just cut out the damaged part of the cord, peeled back the casing and reconnected the wires with some wire nuts and then went over it a few times with electrical tape. Has worked fine for years like that.
I'm no electrician, but for the fridge, I just cut out the damaged part of the cord, peeled back the casing and reconnected the wires with some wire nuts and then went over it a few times with electrical tape. Has worked fine for years like that.
Posted on 11/11/23 at 6:54 pm to Tiger328
Can you install a battery? We just bought some power reclining stuff, and I bought batteries for recliners on Amazon for about $70 each. They work really well.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 12:38 am to Tiger328
I would just splice the wire.
To do it "correctly" I would use Western Union or even better NASA splices (YT had videos) solder and heat shrink the splices. I like to do each conductor offset so there is no chance of shorts and then put larger heat-shrink over the whole area. The WU or NASA splices are very good at preventing the wires from being pulled apart. Maybe overkill in a cable that sits in one place but it makes for a permanent solution where something like wirenuts are easy to fail in this type of use. I have don't it on outdoor extension cables cut by string trimmers and saw and they have lasted for years being pulled around like you often do.
It might seem a little much to learn a new skill and buy a soldering iron but the kits are cheap and being able to solder and do proper splicing is a really useful skill that comes in handy a lot once you have it in your pocket.
To do it "correctly" I would use Western Union or even better NASA splices (YT had videos) solder and heat shrink the splices. I like to do each conductor offset so there is no chance of shorts and then put larger heat-shrink over the whole area. The WU or NASA splices are very good at preventing the wires from being pulled apart. Maybe overkill in a cable that sits in one place but it makes for a permanent solution where something like wirenuts are easy to fail in this type of use. I have don't it on outdoor extension cables cut by string trimmers and saw and they have lasted for years being pulled around like you often do.
It might seem a little much to learn a new skill and buy a soldering iron but the kits are cheap and being able to solder and do proper splicing is a really useful skill that comes in handy a lot once you have it in your pocket.
Posted on 11/12/23 at 10:30 pm to Tiger328
How’s the dog? Did one time cure it?
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