I was working on an oven, and went to plug it in. The plug wouldn't fit. I went to examine the plug more closely and saw the conductors ALL BARE inside. The insulation was totally degraded. I pulled the shell off the plug and found this:
Both live legs were bare, loose, and touching. Note that someone had already been in here, seen the ground wire coming apart and taped it up again. They should have replaced the cord but oh well.
I figured, ok, I'll strip this back a little and see if I can still use the cord. . . no such luck.
The other end was in similar condition.
Surprisingly, the oven to which this was connected works great.
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