Do it yourself extension cord repair
We've
had good luck just leaving these low grade extension cords out year
round...that is until this year when one
of the deer deterrents kept
tripping a breaker when it rained.
A visual inspection will
usually show you where the damaged spot is. I think this one may have
been at the wrong end of a shovel or fence post.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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This is my favorite thing about the farm/homestead lifestyle, the interest in repairing things instead of throwing them away and buying new.
It's a bit trickier, but did you consider doing an in-line splice? I've found that splicing cords that way is much neater and allows you to lie the cord flat.