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How to repair basic cable/wire issue for household appliances

Generally you are better off to remove the problematic section of wire and just solder the unbroken wires to the connector, shortening the cable slightly, rather than try to patch the section which ha …
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Hooking up an Australian motor in USA

The bigger potential problem is that the motor (most likely, for common motor types) will run faster (not slower) than it's designed to run. 3600 rather than 3000 RPM 1800 rather than 1500 RPM etc. …
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Stapling cable inside of a box when there is no room

Try harder. You don't have a lot of room to swing a hammer there, but a staple can be tapped in by getting the head of the hammer into the ceiling and then moving only as far as the hole permits the h …
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