I acquired this older Black & Decker Hedge trimmer and it seems to have a special kind of cord. Any idea where I could find this cord or what its called? I have not been able to even figure out what the cord looks like yet.
UPDATE: I cut off the extra plastic to get access to plug it in and the tool doesn’t even work anyways. Time for the garbage.
Isn’t that just a normal North America plug? Most lawn equipment was set up to use standard extension cords so that cables didn’t have to be unique.
A regular extension cord doesn’t fit so far but I’ll check out the store and see the other options. Thanks.
Does it look like the prongs have dropped into the case further than they’re supposed to be? My old trimmer was very similar but the prongs stuck out quite a bit more so that you could use any regular old extension cord on it. I’d try gently pulling on the prongs to see if you can get them out of that recess in the plastic. People are suggesting using an ungrounded cord but I don’t think they’re very common or easy to find.
I tried to pull them out but they don’t seem to move. I’ll try harder if I can’t find a cord. Thanks!
Looking at it I’ll tell ya right now that’s a proprietary slot right over that plug
Dremel it out and any normal cord will work, that’s anti-consumer bullshit
Thanks this is what I did and it’s a good thing too since the tool doesn’t even work. Cut off the extra plastic plugged it in and nothing. 😀
I wouldn’t pull too hard as it might just be a proprietary slot like the other user said. The plastic around the plug looks like it could be easily ground off with a dremel tool and allow you to use a normal extension cord.
No, it is just different enough that a regular socket won’tly fit. It is close enough that the special cord can be used for other things.