Help! Puppy chewed the cord.?

Question

Okay, so. My puppy chewed the cord of my hair straightener. My really, nice, super expensive hair straightener that I begged my mom for. Limited edition. So replacing it would be tough.

She bit through the copper wire, but the base wires are still together.

Does anyone know if I can get it fixed?

Or if it's just a lost cause?

Answer 1

yes it can be fixed with electrical tape. then put it up where the dog cant get to it also put up other things that have wires, while you are away. or keep her in a puppy carrier while you are gone.

Answer 2

Yes, it can be repaired.  When I was very young I had a rabbit in my apartment.  Daisy chewed through nearly every cord in the house, stereo, lamps, even the telephone (this was back before fiberoptics).  I got very good at repairing cords.  At each end of the wire that is chewed through, (even the ones that are still connected) cut off all the parts that have puppy bite marks.  Even if the wire is connected, the wire under the bitten areas might be damaged.  Next you're going to have to strip all the insulation off about an inch down the cord on both of the cut ends.  The insulation is the rubber part on the outside of the cord and wires.  This is the really tricky part, because it's easy to cut the wires while you're doing this, but it can be done with a very sharp knife, steady hands and slow going.  (I know you already know to unplug the thing before you try any of this, right?)  Next each wire gets twisted with it's partner of the other piece (green to green, white to white, black to black, whatever is there).  Wrap these connections individually with electric tape, enough to keep any bare wire from touching the next group, then wrap the whole group together with the electric tape.  Voila!  Of course the safest thing to do is take it in and just have a new cord put on.  Cause if ya mess up, you could start a fire when you plug it in. Good luck!

Answer 3

OMG, the same thing happened to me! But with my curler (my hair's naturally straight lol) so me and my mom called a repairman, and he hooked it back up to an entirely different cord!

Worked fine :-)

Just look in the yellow pages for a repairman or someone who works with wires, it should be fine.

:-)