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Dec 15, 2009 | 10:01 PM

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tecgod13

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last night the cord got riped off my stock block heater and i was wondering how to rewire it
as in what one is the ground the positive and the negitive

//// the wire looks like that

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Originally Posted by 9473

If you strip the outside back a bit you'll see the insulation of the three. Ground will be a different color, mine was green. The other two were the same.

I'm assuming by your try at a picture that the cord is flat with 3 parts. Ground should be the middle, the other two don't matter, one is hot, the other neutral, but like a light bulb, block heaters don't care which is which. If you have a multi-meter test for continuity across the outer two wires, which would prove those are hot and neutral. The middle should NOT have continuity to either of the outside wires.

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Dec 15, 2009 | 10:23 PM

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Dave Sponaugle

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Or go down to NAPA and get a new cord.

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Dec 15, 2009 | 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tecgod13

I'm assuming by your try at a picture that the cord is flat with 3 parts. Ground should be the middle, the other two don't matter, one is hot, the other neutral, but like a light bulb, block heaters don't care which is which. If you have a multi-meter test for continuity across the outer two wires, which would prove those are hot and neutral. The middle should NOT have continuity to either of the outside wires.

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thanks its done and it works

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