Hi gang,
I am trying to replace the cord on a saws-all. To test an extra cord I have laying around, I touched the two wires to the old broken wires at the points where I cut the broken cord. Well to my surprise, I got a loud pop! What would cause this?? There are only two wires (no ground) on this older sawsall. I'm pretty sure the pop occurred at the spot where I touched the second wire. I am thinking a short, but I have half the cover of saws-all off and do not see anything unusual. The cord I used to test has no polarity that I can see. Even if I reversed polarity, it still should run shouldn't it. I heard it would be unsafe if replacement cord was not hooked with correct polarity. Please help!
Woody
I am trying to replace the cord on a saws-all. To test an extra cord I have laying around, I touched the two wires to the old broken wires at the points where I cut the broken cord. Well to my surprise, I got a loud pop! What would cause this?? There are only two wires (no ground) on this older sawsall. I'm pretty sure the pop occurred at the spot where I touched the second wire. I am thinking a short, but I have half the cover of saws-all off and do not see anything unusual. The cord I used to test has no polarity that I can see. Even if I reversed polarity, it still should run shouldn't it. I heard it would be unsafe if replacement cord was not hooked with correct polarity. Please help!
Woody
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