Bob Smalser
One of the Regulars
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- Hood Canal, Washington
jonbuilder said:Does anyone have knowledge of the electrical connection on the hat stretcher? I imagine at 110 volts wire nuts and electrical tape would be safe enough.
Sure. Just insure the new cord is adequately anchored on the plug side of the wire nuts.
I've never worked on a hat stretcher per se, but I strongly suspect the heating element is a resistance coil just like on your home clothes drier. That means current can flow through it in either direction, so matching polarity between coil and plug isn't critical.
But do check the coil for shorts first using an ohm meter, as a cracked or broken coil could short out through the dome to your fingers. Test it with an ohm meter to insure it has some resistance. Zero resistance means the coil is broken.