How to tie 2 Extension Cords Together
THE BEST WAY TO KEEP EXTENSION CORDS CONNECTED | No Disconnecting | Weather Resistant | Cord Protect
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we've all been on the jobsite where
we're trying to make the perfect cut
only to find that our tool doesn't turn
on when we expect it or we're mid cut
and the power goes out
so we're caught frantically looking
around looking for the problem only to
find our cables became unplugged and
we're not even to talk about the
language that just came out of our
mouths when we found this problem I'm
Margaret from just needs paint and today
I want to share with you how you can
avoid this problem as well as make your
jobsite safer so let's get started with
a knot that I like to use in a pinch
which is fast and easy so you create you
use an overhand knot give yourself some
space there so that when you plug in the
cable when you have tension on the line
it goes through the knot and there's no
pressure on either end of the connection
now let's compare that to a different
which is also an overhand knot you can
see here that when there's tension on
the cable here it's all going to the
connection you've got a little bit of
primping going on here as well and it's
putting pressure where the prongs meet
so let's compare that even to when you
have a smaller cable something you want
to consider is what kind of knot you
have going on there so when I use this
overhand knot and plug this in there's a
lot more pressure going on with the
smaller one and even on that I've seen
it where it's gone around it somehow
worked itself over the big one so that
it ends up just nodding on the small one
which there's no point in even making
this knot if
that's what you're doing and again you
can see how much pressure is going on
right there let's compare and contrast
these two knots obviously I am
advocating for this kind of a knot
because there's less pressure on the
line but both not suffer from some of
the same problems the first one being
that the whole point of an extension
cord is you're trying to work farther
away from the power source closer to the
jobsite so when you're using this you're
using precious extension cord space
especially with regard to this one we're
using about three feet of cord here also
notice the amount of curve going on here
these are designed to be laid flat not
in a really tight curve and because of
the braided cord inside you're
decreasing the lifespan of your
extension cords power cables and third
you can you'll see that there's a lot of
of cord all bunched together and we're
using power tools which is drawing a lot
of power so you have the potential of
your cords overheating creating a fire
hazard
on your job site
definitely unplug your tools and your
extension cords as soon as you're done
using them and also do not store your
cables like this because again you'll be
decreasing the lifespan of your cords
so that's why I wanted and introduced a
cord connection device because while
these definitely solve your problem of
your cables disconnecting they also
bring about a new set of problems which
a cord connection device not only solves
but then you also have added benefits
such as weather proofing there are a few
cord connection devices out on the
market this year is a cord protect I've
also used a cord safe in the past and
you can see on the inside here that
there's a gasket that firmly holds your
electrical cord in place so you close it
up and not only does this keep your
extension horns from disconnecting it
also solves the other problems those
knots create but it also is weatherproof
it's either gasket will keep the water
out now this is not waterproof you don't
want to dunk it in water that's not what
this is for but if you're working in the
rain or you've got splashing from a pool
this is definitely a device you want to
consider well I'm not the strongest
person I'm trying to put a whole lot of
pressure on this line and you can see
for yourself that the cords didn't budge
inside because they're being held in
place by the gasket so now you have a
few new ideas on how to make your
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