Instructions for assembling a good extension

So, to begin to understand from which it can make a good extension cord at home:

1. Collapsible electric plug.You can cut it with a damaged appliance, but you can buy a new one.The requirement to plug - it must necessarily be to the ground.
2. three-wire cable to length.Here it is necessary to pay attention to the future destiny homemade.If you will be connecting large appliances (eg welding machine), conductor diameter must be appropriate.It is better to carry out pre-calculation of the cable cross-section of current and power, that in the future not to face problems such as melting of the socket and short-circuiting.Most often when building extension to house the electrical wire 3 using PVA and PVA * 1.5 3 * 2.5.
   
3. socket strip (or the only one).There is also imposed several main requirements: the rear wall outlet should be closed, the product must have a grounding contacts, to do the construction dust and waterproof.If all these requirements are met, the safe use of such an electric carrying will not disturb you in the future.
   
   

As for tools, you may need the following:

• multimeter (extender allows you to check after the assembly);
• curly and straight screwdriver;
• pliers or a special tool for removing insulation from wires;
• a sharp knife;
• electrical tape.

For example, look at how to make an extension cord of a three-core cable with sockets to 4 sockets.Thus, the assembly instructions as follows:

1. Rotate an plug and socket strip to prepare a place for recording live.
2. Remove the top 4-6 cm of the cable sheath on both sides.
3. We clean each wire by 10 mm, as shown in the photo below.
4. Insert the wires into the appropriate terminals and carefully tighten the screws with a screwdriver.
   
   
5. curl rosette unit and plug in the reverse order.If the cable is hanging in the passageway, podmotayte little insulation to make the seat more dense.
6. Using a multimeter prozvanivatsya homemade extension cord.If everything is correct, turn the plug on the line in the grid and use.

That's the instruction to create.We hope that you now know how to make an extension cord with your hands at home.If suddenly you have any questions, ask our experts in the "FAQ categories"!

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