Electrical Safety - Plug for Vacuum Cleaner

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johnflan

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I've a vacuum cleaner with a plug that is moulded on to the end of the lead. One of the pins is bent so the vacuum cleaner won't work. I'm wondering is it safe for me just to cut off the moulded plug and put a new plug on and wire it myself. It probably invalidates the warranty but its already expired so I'm not too worried about that.
 
I would imagine so as long as the new plug is wired correctly and securely (in particular the collar/clamp for the flex is secured tightly so that any strain on the power cord doesn't pull the wires out of the plug and short things) and has a fuse the same rating as the original plug. I would certainly do it anyway but, then again, I'm not an electrician.
 

yep , just make sure the fuse is the correct size... check what the old one was...

and make sure its on fully... won't slip off...
 
many thanks for the quick response - i look forward to telling my wife she back online with the hoovering
 

Well thats the way most plugs were years ago anyway. I think the moulded plugs came about as a result of safety regulations so they should be safer, but if you are careful like other posters have suggested it will be no worse than what you would have got in the past.
 
dont throw away the old plug without taking out the fuse, in case someone finds it and sticks it into a socket. It will electricute them. better still make sure the pins are bent or destroyed.
 
Are you serious? If somebody (other than a child) inserts an unattached plug into a socket and electrocutes themselves then they deserve everything they get! Besides, the chances of somebody retrieving an abandoned plug off a tiphead and bring it home to do this must be pretty slim. To worry about taking precautions to prevent somebody from abusing such a plug seems like paranoia to me.
 
The book of instructions that come with all appliances with a moulded plug warn against this very thing occuring, crazy as it might seem. Then again not everyone is responsible when it comes to the disposal of such things.
 
When you are putting on the new plug. the BRown wire goes into the Bottom Right and the BLue wire goes into the Bottom Left.

The other one goes in the top.


Murt
 
Carpenter said:
The book of instructions that come with all appliances with a moulded plug warn against this very thing occuring, crazy as it might seem. Then again not everyone is responsible when it comes to the disposal of such things.
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Fair enough. I didn't know that.
 
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