Arrrggghhhh dog chewed thru cable!!!!

Lupa Monkey · 30 Aug 2007

Flippin dog (who we are looking after for a mate!) has chewed through the cable of my Hair straighteners and I need them for the morning...grrrrrr

Out of desperation I've attempted to repair the damage. I chopped the cable in half and stripped back the wires and re-joined them together by twisting the wires and wrapping them in electric tape (seperately!).

Will it be safe to use them in this condition just the once in the morning until I can get something more permanent? Or will they go KABOOOOM!!!???

What would be the safest way to join the two ends permanently? Or are they destined for the dump and me to bad hair days

breezer · 30 Aug 2007

crimps, but you wont get them now. bin them and give your mate the bill

Steve · 30 Aug 2007

one of my female friends looks stunning when she doesn't straighten her hair. it goes all curly and shiny.

AHEM . . . anyway you should throw the straighteners away.

reggie perrin · 30 Aug 2007

Plug the straighteners back in and let the dog have a second go.

I hate dogs.

Spark123 · 30 Aug 2007

lol, not a fan of dogs either.

The bottom line is you should not attempt to put a temporary repair in any flexiable cable. Can you cut back beyond the damage, fit a plug and use an extension cable? Failing that, throw them away and buy a new set, taping the cables up is not even in my opinion a temporary fix and is dangerous.

Lupa Monkey · 30 Aug 2007

I think the consensus is that what I have done is not safe

I won't plug it in I promise!

The darn dog chewed it about 3ft from the appliance so fixing a plug is feasible with an extension.

What do you use if you want to extend a cable without using an extension cable then?

davy_owen_88 · 31 Aug 2007

Crimps and a new length of flex.

Spark123 · 31 Aug 2007

Use a proper manufactured cable connector or replace the whole length of cable.
Don't use crimps in a flexible cable, they do not provide strain relief.

Lupa Monkey · 31 Aug 2007

Thanks for all the advice.

I've popped the plug onto the shortened cable - thanks for that Lucy

(that's the name of the dog!)

I actually used them today, they might've already been damaged then but I didn't notice

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Arrrggghhhh dog chewed thru cable!!!!

breezer

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