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<blockquote data-quote="clivemacd" data-source="post: 462965" data-attributes="member: 30114"><p>My 90-year old mother had a stairlift fitted 10 years ago. The unit charges via a thin two-wire cable and integral 3-pin plug. For some time now it has been clear that the connection in the back of the integral plug was breaking up because the stairlift unit beeps when it is not being charged and she has to wiggle the wire at the back of the integral plug to stop it beeping (i.e. to remake the connection and get it charging again). We should really have attended to this but she has been very ill recently and we have had other priorities. The connection now seems to have broken completely as the unit beeps all the time and wiggling the wire no longer fixes the problem. The stairlift company cannot attend until Monday and have a £60 call out charge. I am assuming that I could cut the cable at the back of the plug, separate the two thin wires and reconnect it via a standard household 3-pin plug to get it charging again. But which of the two thin wires is the live wire? One is black and the other is black and light grey.</p><p></p><p>I have a photo but have not been successful in attaching it as the Forum Post page is telling me 'You do not have any existing attachments'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clivemacd, post: 462965, member: 30114"] My 90-year old mother had a stairlift fitted 10 years ago. The unit charges via a thin two-wire cable and integral 3-pin plug. For some time now it has been clear that the connection in the back of the integral plug was breaking up because the stairlift unit beeps when it is not being charged and she has to wiggle the wire at the back of the integral plug to stop it beeping (i.e. to remake the connection and get it charging again). We should really have attended to this but she has been very ill recently and we have had other priorities. The connection now seems to have broken completely as the unit beeps all the time and wiggling the wire no longer fixes the problem. The stairlift company cannot attend until Monday and have a £60 call out charge. I am assuming that I could cut the cable at the back of the plug, separate the two thin wires and reconnect it via a standard household 3-pin plug to get it charging again. But which of the two thin wires is the live wire? One is black and the other is black and light grey. I have a photo but have not been successful in attaching it as the Forum Post page is telling me 'You do not have any existing attachments' [/QUOTE]
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