I have mangled the electrical cord on both my Cimex's as well as having broke off the ground on the plug. How should I repair them? Can the entire cord be replaced with a thicker gauge cord? Will electrical tape sufice were the bare wire is exposed? Any help or suggestions appreciated!

When is the cordless battery charged Cimex comming out????

You might want to consider putting a pigtail on your machine,just for these occassions.

Take your Mex; to a licensed electrician to have the entire cord replaced.

They can also put a length of rubber on the machine to support the new lead so that it is not pulled free.

If the cord is badly twisted, wires inside may be fractured which could lead to a short circuit resulting in fire &/or electrocution.

Taping up a lead may have been acceptable in the past to get you out of trouble, however, with today's Workplace Health & Safety regulations, as well as the inherent risks, I would not do this.

The image that your client's see does not help any either.

(If he's to lousy to fix his machine properly, what sort of a job will he do on our carpets??)

New cable and electrician's fee's are cheap.....your life is not.

Cheers,

Shorty.

When you buy New machines one of the first things we do is install twist locking pig tails and get rid of the regular cord.

always work away from the cord and you should have no problems

Good suggestions above.

It's easy and generally not too expensive to have a local electric motor repair shop install a new cord.

You could also cut off the cord a few inches from the handle and install a pigtail and a new cord, as mentioned above.

But please DON'T use electrical tape!!! It's not safe. And if by chance OSHA were to catch you, they'd bust your chops big time.

Hope this helps.





Rick Gelinas
encapman

Would it make sense to have the cord replaced with a thicker gauge? Also is there any reason not to get a longer cord? I use an extension cord now becouse the book stores I clean are all around 20k sq ft of carpet with very few available electrical outlets.

Thanks for the advise I am less than 2 years into this business and you guys and this board is an intellectual asset.

I would never add more than 100 feet of extension cord to your machine. And make certain that it's a 12 gauge cord.







Rick Gelinas
encapman

P.S.

Here's a handy reference on extension cords.


http://www.ul.com/regulators/educational/ExtensionCords.pdf#search='cord%20gauge'

Rick Gelinas
encapman

Whatever size you decide on, go to Home Depot or Lowe's and buy a 100' roll of 12 gauge w/ground and 3 electrical waterproof boxes and 3 outlets. Install one box at 50' run the wire thru that box into the next box at 75' and thru that box to the last box at the end or 100' That way you can use whichever length the job requires, and it looks very professional. Always use the commercial plugs, not the residential type.

Thanks Rambo - This is a a great idea! It answers my concern about adapting my machines to what may be my largest account but not my only one. Many of the office buildings I do 50' is more than enough and in others locations 75' would be perfect. If I describe what I want to an electrician using your post will he understand what I want?