Coleman Replacement Power Cord
March 28, 2018 - Comment
Replacement power cord for model 5640B807 Coleman electric cooler.
Product Features
- Replacement power cord for the Coleman 40-Quart ThermoElectric Cooler, Model 5640B807
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Cord was great – RIP cooler. Exactly as described; the cord worked perfectly but the cooler was shot :(. I misplaced the original cord for my cooler (I think my truck had a black hole – that’s not the only thing that was lost in that truck) after the plug melted. The cooler still powers up, but makes horrible noises, so I gave up and bought a fridge.
It Works! I found a discarded cooler with a bad cord at work. I ordered the replacement cord, figuring I’d only be out about $15 if it didn’t work, but I’d have a $140 cooler for my semi if it worked. The ends of the cord were soldered and didn’t have the blade tips. I cut the blades off the old cord, cut off the solder from the new cord, stripped 1/2″ off the outside of both, spliced them together with a heat-shrink sleeve, plugged it in and it didn’t work. I flipped over the heat-cold plug feature…
This can work as a splice-in strategy on conked-out coolers well, my Coleman 40qt truck cooler is only for cooling, not heating; this replacement power cord was built to service both of the high-end coolers. OK, my 40qt. power-chill went out about 2 years ago; I decided to try reviving it with a cord replacement. Fortunately, this lame idea actually worked. I snipped off the end of the existing cord, exposed the copper bits, and twist-tied the two end points with suitable electrical twisty-caps. Wasn’t sure if there were ‘white and black’ lines or…