I want to know if this is possible, and WON'T burn my house down.

I got an old Air condition. Bulky. 3 pronged, and thick white cord. The type that looks like 2 small cords hooked into one, with a line down the middle. Now, the pronged end went bad. I want to know if it could push power to it, if I used the 3 pronged power cord computers use. The black ones. Without it burning up. Because it's not as heavy duty. Possible, or should I find a heavy duty, 3 pronged cord?

Couldn't you just buy a plug at Lowes/homedepot to replace the burnt up end?

If it's just a standard plug w/ground, it's about $3 for one.
All you need is a screw driver and wire strippers.

>>2
Gas- 3 to 4 Dollars.
Nearest hardware store - 15 miles away.
Nearest Gas Station - 10 miles away.

You should be able to. The electricity is of a low voltage from the wall through the cord and into the machine. There's probably a transformer inside the machine.

Just splice the cords and locate the positive, negative, and ground. You don't entirely need the ground, but if you care about safety just connect it to the ground in the other cord.

>>3 Well sorry for suggesting the safe and easy way :/

>>6 Not easy if you can't go out and get gas. Safe, yes. Easy. Not as much.

It's not andoru's fault you're apparently the laziest ass ever. You're more willing to try convoluted, possibly dangerous methods than to pick up a damned wire next time you're out of the house?

But in theory it should work. In theory. I have no idea what the point of having specific wires for things is, but I would imagine there's a good reason they don't have general wires for these things. It's best if you look it up or ask someone on a site about electrical stuff - this doesn't sound like a normal solution.

How is it lazy if it's so far out, and gas is high as fuck? Do you expect EVERY person to be able to always have money when they want to do stuff?

No, but do you never leave your house?

For anything?

>>10 Just because he doesn't want to drive 15 miles for a $3 cord, that doesn't mean he never leaves his house.

I leave for when I have to work. I leave to get food. I leave, obviously, to get gas, pay bills and whatot. But unless I need other stuff, I'm not going 15 miles, and waste gas, just to get the cord. More money is used up getting there and going back.

Whatnot*