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I was mowing the lawn when I didn't notice the cord must have been entangled on the back wheel, a really long extension cord I used with the mower. A part of the cord must have moved under the mower somehow and it got a sort of nick. The cut is a small one and it damaged the outer rubber coating...nothing inside I can see through the small crack looks damaged at all. I finished the mowing without incident. Should I consider this a safety hazard and replace the thing or can I fix it some other way?
These kinds of extension cords are just quite expensive where I am and I recently bought this one for R500 (South Africa) so I would rather find another solution than replacing the whole thing. Like I said the wiring inside is fine. Only the outer coating has a cut. But I know very little about electricity so I am just asking to be on the safe side.
Thanks for all the replies and all very helpful ideas. The cut is only on the outer surface and quite small. It is a double insulated cord, so nothing inside is damaged. I do have electrical cord to use as at least a temporary solution. Fortunately cutting the lawn is not an everyday thing.
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If the cut is near one end of the cord, you can just put a new fitting on. Cut the wire off where you have damage. Buy a new fitting, make sure you get the right one, two female ends or two male ends won't work. They are not expensive compared to buying a whole new cord, they are actually very cheap. All you have to do is open the plug, strip the wires and attach them in the same orientation. If the cut is near the middle of your cord you could always cut it and put a new end on both sides, leaving you with two cords. That way you won't have any exposed wiring and won't have to rely on electrical tape.
If the cut is near one end of the cord, you can just put a new fitting on. Cut the wire off where you have damage. Buy a new fitting, make sure you get the right one, two female ends or two male ends won't work. They are not expensive compared to buying a whole new cord, they are actually very cheap. All you have to do is open the plug, strip the wires and attach them in the same orientation. If the cut is near the middle of your cord you could always cut it and put a new end on both sides, leaving you with two cords. That way you won't have any exposed wiring and won't have to rely on electrical tape.
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My topic is Technology and how it has improved our lives?
What should i put on my powerpoint?
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This is a very wide topic, so there's plenty you could discuss...here are a few ideas:
1. Communication: telephones (especially cell phones) and the internet (email, social networking sites) have vastly improved this area of our lives, both from a social aspect and from an economic one. Technology has made our world a lot smaller than it must have seemed say a hundred years ago. The ability to be in the USA and yet be able to send an email or text instantaneously to somewhere like the UK, Australia or South Africa is amazing and means that theoretically the entire world is open to businesses. Socially, we can keep in contact with so many more people much more easily, whereas in the past it would have been far more difficulty to keep on touch with family or friends who moved even to the other side of the country, let alone overseas. You can talk to someone who lives thousands of miles away instantly.
3. News and Politics: The internet and 24 hour TV and news channels mean that we can keep up to date on current events as their happening no matter where in the world they're happening. We don't have to listen to the radio or even worse, wait for the newspaper to be published the next day to learn about these things anymore. Imagine 150 years ago, how slow news must have reached places, say if a war was being fought thousands of miles away - the Ancient Greek myth about Marathon illustrates this. These days we know as soon as something is happening and can watch in real time, such as with the 9/11 attacks. Further to this, we're far more aware of events in other countries such as the events in Syria at the moment, and in the past few years Egypt, Libya, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami...it means we're not nearly as insular as we once were.
24 hour television and social networking sites have also changed the way politics work and the way in which campaigns are fought these days. These are all mediums that can be used by politicians to connect with the everyday citizen, which can work in their favor, but can also mean that news of their every little faults and mistakes travels much faster and far wider than it might have once done. People can also share opinions far more easily than they once could.
3. Health: In comparison to even fifty years ago it's obvious that technology has radically transformed this area of our lives. New technology means new research into diseases and cures. Just looking at the survival rate for premature babies these days demonstrates how far we've come. Things like CAT scans, ultrasounds and life-support machines have changed everything. We now have better survival rates for illlnesses and diseases that once would have meant a death sentence, and therefore our life expectancies are much longer.
4. Travel: Fifty years ago not many people would have been able to travel outside of their state, let alone outside of the country, but these days you can be anywhere in the world within 24 hours using a plane. We're far more culturally aware because of it, and the free movement of people around the world means we're also much more socially diverse than we once were; just think of all the foods you enjoy, like Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Italian. The internet and television mean we can also learn a great deal about other cultures and places without even having to leave our homes. It all makes for a much richer life.
5. Everyday lives: vacuums, stoves, fridge-freezers, dishwashers, washing machines, food processors, microwaves, lawn mowers, cars, hair-dryers, online shopping...these days we have to do far less work in terms of our everyday lives than we once had to. You can get home late from work and cook a meal in a microwave in a few minutes, whereas once preparing a meal would have taken hours. Cleaning a house is far easier too. It's no longer a full time job. Instead of washing clothes and dishes by hand, you can put them into machines and go off to do something else while the machine does all of the hard work.
I hope these ideas help, and good luck!
This is a very wide topic, so there's plenty you could discuss...here are a few ideas:
1. Communication: telephones (especially cell phones) and the internet (email, social networking sites) have vastly improved this area of our lives, both from a social aspect and from an economic one. Technology has made our world a lot smaller than it must have seemed say a hundred years ago. The ability to be in the USA and yet be able to send an email or text instantaneously to somewhere like the UK, Australia or South Africa is amazing and means that theoretically the entire world is open to businesses. Socially, we can keep in contact with so many more people much more easily, whereas in the past it would have been far more difficulty to keep on touch with family or friends who moved even to the other side of the country, let alone overseas. You can talk to someone who lives thousands of miles away instantly.
3. News and Politics: The internet and 24 hour TV and news channels mean that we can keep up to date on current events as their happening no matter where in the world they're happening. We don't have to listen to the radio or even worse, wait for the newspaper to be published the next day to learn about these things anymore. Imagine 150 years ago, how slow news must have reached places, say if a war was being fought thousands of miles away - the Ancient Greek myth about Marathon illustrates this. These days we know as soon as something is happening and can watch in real time, such as with the 9/11 attacks. Further to this, we're far more aware of events in other countries such as the events in Syria at the moment, and in the past few years Egypt, Libya, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami...it means we're not nearly as insular as we once were.
24 hour television and social networking sites have also changed the way politics work and the way in which campaigns are fought these days. These are all mediums that can be used by politicians to connect with the everyday citizen, which can work in their favor, but can also mean that news of their every little faults and mistakes travels much faster and far wider than it might have once done. People can also share opinions far more easily than they once could.
3. Health: In comparison to even fifty years ago it's obvious that technology has radically transformed this area of our lives. New technology means new research into diseases and cures. Just looking at the survival rate for premature babies these days demonstrates how far we've come. Things like CAT scans, ultrasounds and life-support machines have changed everything. We now have better survival rates for illlnesses and diseases that once would have meant a death sentence, and therefore our life expectancies are much longer.
4. Travel: Fifty years ago not many people would have been able to travel outside of their state, let alone outside of the country, but these days you can be anywhere in the world within 24 hours using a plane. We're far more culturally aware because of it, and the free movement of people around the world means we're also much more socially diverse than we once were; just think of all the foods you enjoy, like Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Italian. The internet and television mean we can also learn a great deal about other cultures and places without even having to leave our homes. It all makes for a much richer life.
5. Everyday lives: vacuums, stoves, fridge-freezers, dishwashers, washing machines, food processors, microwaves, lawn mowers, cars, hair-dryers, online shopping...these days we have to do far less work in terms of our everyday lives than we once had to. You can get home late from work and cook a meal in a microwave in a few minutes, whereas once preparing a meal would have taken hours. Cleaning a house is far easier too. It's no longer a full time job. Instead of washing clothes and dishes by hand, you can put them into machines and go off to do something else while the machine does all of the hard work.
I hope these ideas help, and good luck!
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