I am cleaning up an old 20 quart mixer to sell. The power cord was frazzled. No apparent ground wire connection. Insulation was off one of the wires coming out of the capacitor holder, and sparks once about four inches away near a spade connector (noticed the spark before the bared wire). Two questions, one, can I just drill a hole into the case to attach the grounding wire? And two, does it seem likely the spark will go away if I either use some heat shrink insulation on the bared wire, or should I make an effor to replace the whole wire?
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18 years ago