| You have two options:
Cut a notch in the frame from the edge to the wire so you can slide the wire out.
Or
Cut the black and white wires of the cord before the ballast, leaving enough wire on each side to reconnect them with wirenuts and electrical tape.
The ground wire should have a screw into the frame. Guess how you get that wire loose?
Or, you could get a new plug at the hardware store and cut the plug off and slide the whole cord through the frame, then put the new plug on, but if you don't know which wire goes where in a plug I wouldn't recommend this method. Fires can be neat, but not in your house.
I know which option I'd take. |