Hedge Trimmer Cable Photos

CAWORK · 26 Jun 2020

Good Evening All

Yes, another thread regarding Power Tool cables already within two weeks of a similar thread.

I have just been given to try/borrow a Hedge Trimmer from someone else (who I am quite sure did not perform the repairs illustrated shortly).

I would say the machine is no more than a few years old.

There are two sections of damaged cable within about a metre of each other, the cable cut been towards the machine end.

Anyway, enjoy the photos!

(Again though, it is something a lot of you would have seen 'many times over').

Regards

mattylad · 26 Jun 2020

Jeez.
Looks like the whole cable is up for renewal then.

ericmark · 26 Jun 2020

My father-in-law was clerk of works (electrical) Liverpool hospital board and had been an electrician of some sort all his live, and seemed to have no fear of low voltage and I found after his death many cables in the same state. He knew the danger, and was just careful not to touch live bits. he would look after the safety of others, but not himself.

Sureitsoff? · 27 Jun 2020

a neighbour of mine had a cable similiar to that so i simply cut if off and told him to get it fixed! (guess who got the job!) t did make him realise how dangerous the cable was, so was worth it.

securespark · 27 Jun 2020

You can't really do that! Not without their permission. You should write them a letter explaining why it is dangerous and that they should not use it until made safe.

I would fit a Duraplug 2 pin plug and socket connector, the male side on the appliance a few cm away from the machine and the female side on a new length of flex with a moulded plug.

Nige F · 27 Jun 2020

My late Mother in Law had a mower with a connection like picture 2 ( unknown to me ) it nearly killed her .....but for my wife hearing her yell and ran out passing the socket and switching the power off ( no RCD or whatever in the house! ) A nurse's / daughter's intuition ?

SUNRAY · 28 Jun 2020

My daughter was trying to use their hedge cutter when I went to see her. I reckon there were a couple of dozen joints of choc bloc [as poor as OPs pic], crimps or knotted and taped in the remaining 4 metres.

I couldn't get my head around was the way the closest cut to the machine was not in range of the blades.

I had a roll of 0.75mm² flex in the car and soon did a full replacement.

conny · 28 Jun 2020

securespark said:
You can't really do that! Not without their permission. You should write them a letter explaining why it is dangerous and that they should not use it until made safe.

I would fit a Duraplug 2 pin plug and socket connector, the male side on the appliance a few cm away from the machine and the female side on a new length of flex with a moulded plug.

I have one fitted to my hedge trimmers. If I'm climbing a ladder and it snags on the way up it will, hopefully, simply pull apart without unbalancing me on the ladder. As my wife once said, it I injure myself whilst using it she can yank it apart without endangering herself. Mind you, it has an RCD plug at the other end so if I slice it then the danger would be isolated immediately.

ericmark · 28 Jun 2020

I think at some time we have all done things which were safe enough for us, but not really OK for general public, I look back, and remember soldering 15 24 volt side light bulbs in series with a fluorescent starter and dipping them in paint to make Christmas lights when working in Algeria in 1980, it worked, and no one got hurt, but looking back no way was it safe, but I got away with it.

ericmark · 28 Jun 2020

conny said:
I have one fitted to my hedge trimmers. If I'm climbing a ladder and it snags on the way up it will, hopefully, simply pull apart without unbalancing me on the ladder. As my wife once said, it I injure myself whilst using it she can yank it apart without endangering herself. Mind you, it has an RCD plug at the other end so if I slice it then the danger would be isolated immediately.

That is what I thought, but experience has proved otherwise, often a hedge cutter can cut through its own lead without tripping the RCD, not sure how quick the lead is cut, but seems too fast for a 40 mS RCD to trip.

john4703 · 28 Jun 2020

I read a while ago that very few people die each year as a result of cutting a cable with a powered garden tool. Apparently many more die when they pick up the severed cable and touch it to see if it is live. You can't stop stupidity.

EFLImpudence · 28 Jun 2020

Very few die each year as a result of electricity at all, so...

john4703 · 28 Jun 2020

EFLImpudence said:
Very few die each year as a result of electricity at all, so...

Very true and most who do make some stupid error.

CAWORK · 28 Jun 2020

securespark said:
You can't really do that! Not without their permission. You should write them a letter explaining why it is dangerous and that they should not use it until made safe.

I would fit a Duraplug 2 pin plug and socket connector, the male side on the appliance a few cm away from the machine and the female side on a new length of flex with a moulded plug.

That is my intention, since the cable cut is fairly near the machine. However, cut the section of cable out between the cut bit and the repair and join with a two part connector, but re-using the long undamaged end with the moulded plug already attached (of course, I will check the cable thoroughly first to see if it really is undamaged and in a satisfactory condition . About 1 metre of cable will be lost, however the lead itself is not hellish long and would probably require an extension lead to be used most times in any case.

Regards

winston1 · 28 Jun 2020

ericmark said:
That is what I thought, but experience has proved otherwise, often a hedge cutter can cut through its own lead without tripping the RCD, not sure how quick the lead is cut, but seems too fast for a 40 mS RCD to trip.

Head cutters are usually double insulated with two core cable. Cutting the cable won't trip the RCD as there no path to earth.

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