Power cord replacement w/pics
Things are looking a bit better after my original post about mice chewing my power cord - this is only a part of the damage: I was having nightmares about the entire 110v system looking like ...
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OK - world's slowest repair job....LOL! Today, I located a spot for, and created the hole for the Marineco fitting. I wasn't planning on mounting it this high; but my stud finder kept telling me there was something "solid" immediately below this point and it ran all the way to the floor. This spot is fine - it's still inside the little compartment disguised as an end table at the rear corner of the 5er. The new plug location is at the top of the pic.
This is a darn fine hole! I cut it using my Skill saw. I'm too cheap to buy a hole saw/arbor for one use.
And that's it for today. I wasn't anticipating my walls being almost 2" thick (pleasant surprise!), so now I need to go to a hardware store for some long skinny bolts. Since my wall is basically 1/8" plywood sandwiched over foamboard - and I just KNOW Ed is going to walk up and try to pull the plug out without unscrewing it.... I want bolts with washers, or else it's going to get yanked out of the side of the 5er at some point or another...
This is a darn fine hole! I cut it using my Skill saw. I'm too cheap to buy a hole saw/arbor for one use.
And that's it for today. I wasn't anticipating my walls being almost 2" thick (pleasant surprise!), so now I need to go to a hardware store for some long skinny bolts. Since my wall is basically 1/8" plywood sandwiched over foamboard - and I just KNOW Ed is going to walk up and try to pull the plug out without unscrewing it.... I want bolts with washers, or else it's going to get yanked out of the side of the 5er at some point or another...
