Your body cord consists of three wires connected to five pins and one alligator clip.

               

That's six connections that take a lot of stress. When you check your body cord, you will be looking for loose or broken connections. You can check it on the weapons tester and any problems will show up pretty quick.

A broken or loose wire in the plugs can be easily fixed with a knife and a small screwdriver. Simply loosen the set screw, cut back a little insulation on the wire if necessary, slip the wire back in the hole, tighten the screw and replace the plastic cover.

If the aligator clip is broken, just toss the whole thing back in your equipment bag and grab your spare body cord.

I'll fix it later.

 

This is one of the weapons testers.  With it, you can easily check the operation of your weapon and/or body cord. 

 

 

Ok, not much further to go.

We need to talk a little about your protective equipment.