Ahh - Broken Reclining Sofa

niklam

Hello All, I hope someone out there can help me.

We have a 4 year old electric reclining sofa bought from Klaussner (now defunct). Problem is the other night my son was reclining it and it stopped in full recline - then wont go back to normal upright position. Upon further investigation we have discovered that the cable running from the control to the motor has somehow got caught in the mechanism and has been spliced through. Spoke to our electrician and he cant help. Has anyone got any ideas how it can be fixed? or at least put back upright?

Many Thanks

Niki

27col

Can't be much of an electrician if he is unable to repair a sliced cable. He probably just cannot be bothered. I would have thought that this sort of problem would be very easy to fix by any competent handyman or DIYer. If the broken cable can be seen and accessed, then it can certainly be repaired or replaced.

Hitch

Quite right, you could replace the entirecable, or take the easy option and join it.
Chances are its only three or four wires. Most likely colour coded.

Connector block and some insulation tape.

A spark that cant join a cable eh, handy bloke to know

May have blown a fuse in it aswell, if its shorted out on the mechanism, not entirely sure how thes work tbh.

Barneysmom

If you go to B&Q or Homebase (or somewhere like) you can get a proper connector, the ones that are used for garden power tools. It's an easy mend. I wouldn't use one of those little white connector blocks there though, you might get fried one day....

Not teaching you to suck eggs but make sure the power end is unplugged