Best suggestion - the dustbin/garbage bin. Messing with electrical items can be dangerous to your health and that of anyone else in the building. Chances are if you found the right terminal the thing wouldn't work anyway.
Throw it away and be thankful it didn't burn you.
If you don't know what you are doing, you shouldn't be trying to repair electrical equipment. Wrong connections can cost lives!
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