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Dog Chewed Through Power Couch Cord

Posted on 11/10/23 at 2:09 pm
Posted by Tiger328
Member since Mar 2017
773 posts
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 by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
26920 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 2:14 pm to
It should have 3 wires. Pretty easy.
Posted by Neauxla_Tiger
Member since Feb 2015
1981 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 2:22 pm to
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.
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
10199 posts
Posted on 11/10/23 at 3:15 pm to
Posted by Fat Batman
Gotham City, NJ
Member since Oct 2019
1555 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 10:24 am to
Should be able to splice it fairly easily, or does the chair just use one of these
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
20038 posts
Posted on 11/11/23 at 6:54 pm to
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 by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
28365 posts
Posted on 11/12/23 at 12:38 am to
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.
Posted by MDB
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2019
3480 posts
Posted on 11/12/23 at 10:30 pm to
How’s the dog? Did one time cure it?
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