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Paddle flip broke on cement mixer. Should I just buy a replacement part or try and fix it?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I tried just connecting the two metal things with a paper clip, but the extension chord started sparking. Did i fry it?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Weld the contacts together using a car battery. Then use the plug to turn on and off.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Sparking is a not good enough connection

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Unplug it, take the small panel off, remove the broken switch, take it with you when you buy a replacement.... you Black person.

      I can't find a replacement online, doubt they have them at home depot or harbor freight

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >I can't find a replacement online,
        You moron. You can put literally any switch in there and itll work.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >inb4 "I put a 0.1A switch on it and it sparked and didnt work 🙁 "

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          The switch i removed has these little prong things that depress, presumably connecting and disconnecting when the switch is up or down. It's not a typical switch like a light switch or something. I shopped around for a drop-in replacement but didnt really find anything. And when I tried to just jump the terminals using a paper clip, it sparked up so idk if theres something going on that I'm not aware of.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Unplug it, take the small panel off, remove the broken switch, take it with you when you buy a replacement.... you Black person.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    and please don't call me a Black person i am clearly white

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Not repairable, get a new one. Take the switch off and take it to an electrical supply house to match up.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The only replacements I can find look more like pic rel. Maybe I just need to remove more of the switch and it broke off at a weird spot? Mine has depressable round prongs, not rigid flat ones like in all the replacement parts I'm finding.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Forgot pic

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    And why did it spark when I connected the terminals with a paper clip? I thought that would basically be equivelant to the switch being in the 'on' position.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Ask a man to firmly push the paper clip against the terminals.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      They doesn't even make sense for the cord to spark
      Where did the cord spark?
      The paperclip should have melted

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Ask a man to firmly push the paper clip against the terminals.

        Thats what I did and it sparked where the extension cord met the cement mixer. Why would the paper clip melt? Trolling?

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Remove switch completely so you can match it up then either find one that fits or straight wire the thing to it runs when plugged in.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Thanks I'll have to do that, was hoping I could find a replacement for this component of the switch (it popped right out, so i thought maybe it was a replaceable item itself).

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I'm sure it is replaceable (ereplacementparts etc may have it) but when cheapshit breaks I upgrade to something more durable and have never been saddened thereby.

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