Pc7424xp

[hawaiianstyle]

Just ordered my PC7424XP and it should be here in the islands by next week. I can't wait. Hopefully by then there will be a video on changing out the cord to a 25'.

[hondarider]

:pc:

[Chris@Adams]

Its not hard, just take your time. You will need to buy a couple connectors also. You might want to consider a 50 ft. I put a 14 ga. 50ft on mine. 25ft might not be long enough.Here are the cord ga. requirements for the PC.

 

[hawaiianstyle]

Thanks for the info, do you have the size of connects and what type they are?

[Chris@Adams]

Thanks for the info, do you have the size of connects and what type they are?

If I remember correctly they are the narrow ones like used on car speakers.

[Nordgrey]

The electronic tech in me needs to speak up! LOL

 

If you are going to replace the cord from the internal connection back, I would suggest replacing the strain relief as well. That's the rubber grommet that extends out of the PC for the first few inches. It helps to prevent the cable from bending too much at the PC, thus protecting the connections themselves.

 

The trick is that finding a proper strain relief is neigh on impossible, so you need to build one yourself. When I do this at work, I use two to three layers of increasingly larger heat shrink. You start just inside the housing of the tool, in this case the PC, and go out the same distance as the factory version. Doing it in a couple of layers helps to stiffen it up.

 

Not sure how Porter Cable attaches theirs, so it may even be possible to save the factory grommet.

[Chris@Adams]

The electronic tech in me needs to speak up! LOL

 

If you are going to replace the cord from the internal connection back, I would suggest replacing the strain relief as well. That's the rubber grommet that extends out of the PC for the first few inches. It helps to prevent the cable from bending too much at the PC, thus protecting the connections themselves.

 

The trick is that finding a proper strain relief is neigh on impossible, so you need to build one yourself. When I do this at work, I use two to three layers of increasingly larger heat shrink. You start just inside the housing of the tool, in this case the PC, and go out the same distance as the factory version. Doing it in a couple of layers helps to stiffen it up.

 

Not sure how Porter Cable attaches theirs, so it may even be possible to save the factory grommet.

 

Jim,

I was able to use the factory grommet.

[Nordgrey]

Good to know. A lot of the time the grommet is glued onto the cable the same way heat shrink is attached and won't come off at all.

[hawaiianstyle]

thanks for all this great info, soon to be a PC

[Chris@Adams]

thanks for all this great info, soon to be a PC

You are

[hawaiianstyle]

:pc:Got my PC, now just waiting on my shipment of the machine polish!!! I can't wait!!