How To Easily Replace and Fix A Broken Moulded Plug UK 

Thanks so much for this, you have just helped out an elderly widow and her stressed out niece!❤

Excellent, easy to follow video. Saved me from having to buy a new fridge freezer - or wait years for my other half to swap the plug. Fantastic, thank you!

I found a new looking floor standing fan it was thrown away in a recycling bin because it had a fused plug and one of the pins in the plug was bent making it unusable, I took it home followed your video instructions and after the plug was changed the fan was fully working, what a great find for free, the owner didnt know you could just change the fused plug so the tossed it away wasting money. Great video, thank you. Laura in UK.

Absolute lifesaver. Made a small crisis much more bearable. Big thanks for such a clear, instructive video

Thanks mate good vid. They love making modern stuff more difficult to fix, yet they claim to want 'green'.

Had to replace my vaccuum plug today, followed this video with anxiety lol and it worked! 😊😊

Fantastic clear instructions for a novice like me. Oven plug burnt out, replaced and good as new

I watched a different video on how to change a plug then realised it had no screws. Thankfully I stumbled across your video 🙌🏽

Saved my freezer and my bank balance thanks man

Brought a new single 3 pin plug as my makita battery charger cable lead has torn/split, came across this video & now ive managed to get it all working again 👍

Thank you for this video, very clear instructions. Was able to change my socket for my vacuum cleaner, no problem!

Thankyou! I just broke the whole plug when I tried to pull it out from the switch and it crumbled to pieces. This video helped me a lot to switch it out.

I’ve just now fixed my hoover 😅👍👍👍👍 thank you

Excellent - just what I needed. I thought no have the green and yellow wire would put the kybosh on, so pleased I came across your video. Cheers

Thanks bro you saved me buying a new electric heater

An utterly invaluable video this thank you so much. Just fixed my plastering mixer

Brilliant video. Thank you. Saved me 180 euro

Thanks mate. Really helped me out here and saved me good money. Cheers!

👍🔌 Thank you. Just replaced a plug in my vacuum cleaner. 10 min job. 😀 Saved some £££

Thanks for your help. Successfully changed a hairdryer plug for a friend.

Nice one boss. New hoover not needed

Perfectly clear, thx! I haven't yet done this but maybe exposing too much or too little inner wire for a plug could be a thing, but I'll perhaps do roughly 2cm or 3cm. It can always be corrected anyway, repeating the cutting steps.

Great video! I was able to replace a plug on a tv. Thanks!

Really helpful. Thank you

thanks for your good video 📹

thank you, this was extremely useful

Thank you, just what I needed! 🙏🏼

Great video, thanks 👍🏻

I've done this before but not with this type of plug so I really need this😂

Fair play thanks for taking the time to show us. Great job

Thank you for sharing this tutorial

so is it ok do to this with high energy machines like a tumble drier?

Surely if it comes with a moulded plug then the hoover should have a new cable with moulded plug attached?

The lead of my floor cleaner has become loose where it enters the moulded plug and the plug becomes hot when charging - I actually smelt burning plastic. Would it be ok in the first instance to just fit a new plug to see if that resolves the problem?

Bro thanks 🌹❤

Would this repair pass a PAT test for an industrial tool ?.

Awesome video.

Can I make the wire longer by twisting it onto another piece of wire? My current vacuum cleaner is too short

Thanks mate top job

Spot on thank you

Hi, my tv plug has a little lid there marked BS-01J. Do you know if tv plug like normal plug with fuse there can be changed?

I remember learning this in school, but it doesn't hurt to revise. Any chance you have an email brother? I have a washing machine's plug that's damaged, but I'd like to know the root cause before I attempt any repairs myself, and if you wouldn't mind helping me out I'd massively appreciate it.

Great vid! Quick question though, which wire goes to the live and which one goes to the neutral slot?

Thanks dad

Hi just to say thanks! :) Also how do you cut the plug off in the first place?

Hello, what do you do if the plug has three wires? I replaced plug on a dehumidifier, and on plugging it in a second time, it sparked and tripped the sockets in my kitchen. Any advice? Thank you!

What CAN go wrong even if everything is done correctly? I mean why DO people throw them away? My washing machine cones with this plug and I'll have to do what you did so I can feed thr wire through.

Mine blew the fuse absolutely raging my 10 year old Henry broke and I can’t fix it

Not a bad effort. But never strip a flex like that if you do use a knife the gently ring round the flex in the same way as you did the inner conductors point two strip the ends of the conductors longer than you need the twist and double over . Poin three that wire stripper throw it in the bin and get your self a pair of side cutters , there are two types available get the ones with two small holes in the cutting gores the makes a 1.5 and 2.5 and are for stripping the ends of the conductors. Also the neon screwdriver throw that in the bin as well they are dangerous if you stick that onto a live circuit you run a high risk of killing your self because the only thing between you and the purely gates is a small resistor and if that fails you will die. In the trade we call them widow makers . Sorry just trying to advise you. Yes I am a qualified electrician have been for thirty three years. Those moulded plugs should be banned as they are prone to overheating

Do you not need the Earth wire?

i want those prongs from old

Bit confused I broke my halogen heater plug and noticed there was no earth connected surely this ain’t safe

I am surprise that many people in the west did not know how to replace a 3 pin plug and wire colour coding from the comment...

Came back from my hol to find my deep chest freezer plug has fused :( can it be saved using the same method ? Fused plug - I’ve bought one for electrical appliances from wickes A little worried about blowing something up 🫣