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Originally Posted by liammc00
Molded plug disease is where the vinyl reacts with the copper wire making a green goo that seeps out of the plug. if you cut the cord off you can see green goo around the copper wire. I have seen it on stuff from 70s an older but never anything from the 80s. The goo was on both of the JCPenney VCRs (OEM Panasonic) so I would keep an eye on Panasonic stuff from mid 80s as there power cords maybe starting to fail do to age.
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I've never heard of that before. Does it happen in certain parts of the country / world and not others? Maybe like near an ocean?