How to Keep Your Saw Plugged In
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If you’re working in a precarious place with a circular saw, like up on a roof, and you don’t want it to become unplugged from your extension cord, you could tie the cords in a knot and hope they don’t get snagged on the gutter, but there’s a better way.
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Thanks for this video, it is really helpful and will be too for those who are inexperienced or new. Your advice and message through the video and writings are clear and perfect.
Simple yet effective! I'm sure I will be doing that soon this week at work.
This is a nice hint, but who is going to take the time to make this when a knot will suffice. The wire setup will still get hung up on the edge of the roof. It’s much faster and probably cheaper to use a couple of wraps of electrical tape around the connection. Added benefit of this method is that you water proof the connection.
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Could someone explain the tip?
Put it on the cord and leave it there.. it ties the cord when rolled and holds the plug
We changed all our cord ends to Qwik-loks, so we never have bother anything. qwiklok.com these things are great!!
There is a much better way that we have used for many years and that is to join the cords with electrical tape which also helps if the cord gets wet which happens a lot on big concrete jobs
i do the same thing but it stays on the extension cord
and thats my cord wrap
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