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Hello -
I bought a corded hedge trimmer today and started using it. In about 5 minutes I had managed to chop through the cable! Rookie error. Here are the cut cable ends (I am in the UK btw)
So I need to repair the cable. Having googled around, I could solder the wires together, but I don't much fancy my soldering skills - so I was thinking that it would be a lot easier instead if I could buy a 1 gang extension cable, remove both the plug and the socket end and then wire the plug to one end of my cut cable, and the socket to the other end and just plug them together.
Any reason this won't work or any reason I shouldn't do this? What is the best way to do this?
Cheers.
I bought a corded hedge trimmer today and started using it. In about 5 minutes I had managed to chop through the cable! Rookie error. Here are the cut cable ends (I am in the UK btw)
So I need to repair the cable. Having googled around, I could solder the wires together, but I don't much fancy my soldering skills - so I was thinking that it would be a lot easier instead if I could buy a 1 gang extension cable, remove both the plug and the socket end and then wire the plug to one end of my cut cable, and the socket to the other end and just plug them together.
Any reason this won't work or any reason I shouldn't do this? What is the best way to do this?
Cheers.