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The way these wires are put together
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Sep 5, 2019 2:15 AM
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Stolen from the internet.
toxiclulz
notkvothethebloodless
Forgive my peasants ignorance, but is this wire splicing?
VanDerGroot
Yes. It's a lineman splice.
GlobalConstitution4all
Bet you forgot heatshrink.
volcanoduck
BURN THE WITCH
TsubakiTragic
I have watched the first 5 seconds an embarrassing amount of times and can come to no other conclusion than you are correct.
WeirdReferences
PURGE THE HERETIC!
Figaronincheez
troll4lyfe
axiomatic
TootersMcgooters
Tsurani499
MY BRAAAAAIN
scr59
Eye.exe has stopped working
IraqiWalker
Foe a second, I thought I was going cross eyed
Katmomma
How I wish this was in a perfect loop.
MurphyPandorasLawBox
Longbowgun
Not until after soldering.
GreyM62
Holy shit, I need to remember this, lol
lookitupyourself
No don't. Inconsistent diameter of the wire causes issues. That's why fires start. Not cool.
NOINOON
Don't. Learn the nasa/western union/linesman splice instead. The problem here is that the lines are connected only in the middle. >>
NOINOON
>> The wire end wraps around itself and doesn't conduct electricity. In NASA splice the end wraps around the opposing wire.
SlightlyDodgy
It looks good but that wire will never carry the current it was originally rated for because of the stretching. It's a little bit thinner. /
SlightlyDodgy
/2 when wire is pulled that *tight it does reduce the amount of current it can carry it's ok for low loads, but not the original rated load.
RustedCogs
If you're pulling enough current through the wire that the tiny drop in capacity will make a difference you were drawing too much anyway.
fullcrimson6
Colours ffs!
Odb718
getouttahere european!
fullcrimson6
Nein kurwa!
TurkeySlapa
I notice you had to strip to make ends meet...
marklayden9
Western union splice.
screwdriverone
What a twist! Never expected a comment like this
Hammarbleman
Well played
chipppppppppppppppp7
Beautiful
victell
I strip to make ends meat
OVERRATEDX
RekCahllaw
How long have you had that one in your go bag, just waiting for the FP post?
TurkeySlapa
I’d rather not say...
Luficer
Daymaster1
God damn you're smarter than me
HighlandViking
CaptainMustache
NordMan
Ohm. My. God.
IIxNullxII
/a/UN2GF8q
themojoe2
Wire you like that?
SnowpersonHitInTheFaceWithALackOfCreativity
flipskibbens
Watt a great comment
Branchler
Uh title suggested sound
geevade
Thief knot. Reef knot has the ends on the same side
majorserenity
As an electrician, if someone working for me did this I would fire them on the spot.
StronkTonk
Its even illegal here in Norway
tryall
Skulle akkurat til å spørre om dette var ment som en permanent løsning. Bra for å trekke om i trange rør!
RandomCookieInvasion
Why is that?
majorserenity
It's just not an appropriate way to join 2 cables. Fire hazard and against codes and regulation. In the uk at least.
majorserenity
Also joining a live wire to a neutral. I would imagine this is used to fish new cables through cavities etc rather than an electrical join
tryall
My thought exactly. Great for fishing, bad for electrical installation
slinky104
That is a sheet bond knot in case anyone is curious. Great for joining two pieces of rope. Not great for joining wire...
slinky104
This should have more upvotes, wtf
Suuurge
lookitupyourself
Do not do this. If you don't know why, then that's the reason why you shouldn't
wheresmybanana
Is that kind of like a square-knot?
Kazpur81S
Soooo, does one black tape it or use something else to cover the exposed copper?
lookitupyourself
You straight up don't do this for safety reasons
FeChefImgur
yeah, electrical tape. If you want to be fancy you could use a shrinkwrap cover for it, for more permanent.
Ignak
maybe solder a tiny bit of tin on the knot too
FeChefImgur
stronomer
That is not up to code.
Shpadoinkleman
This is illegal, actually, as well as dangerous. Buy some fucking wire nuts, they're five cents each.
TheCorpseJester
It bothers me that it's live to negative.
SubtleOrc
Mrdaihatsu
Two words, Butt crimps.
DriftJAK
I wonder if Sasha grey searches on pornhub increase a noticeable amount when someone posts this reaction gif
SubtleOrc
idontwannagomrstark
She contributed a lot to my teenage hormones
OrdinarilyBob
TheseAreNotTheVotesYouAreLookingFor
Asciiman
Jesus christ dude!! Now I am hard and excited to see more wiring!
MrPunGent
Hard wired
SubtleOrc
So is Sasha
Commissar9
Tied a square knot
MoogleNinja
Square knot.
PhysicsPhren
Last thing you need is solder. NASA-quality wire splice right there, literally.
HigherX
Class 3 acceptable almost target
InevitableBadger
What, live to neutral?
Hawkeye66
Heat shrink tubing
Strostkovy
I guess NASA doesn't have to worry about corrosion. Cause this shit will not handle moisture.
NickAmazing
Could just do it the right way
stronomer
No, that is not in the NASA documents. NASA-STD-8739.4 sets out a "soldered Western Union/Lineman splice", but that looks very differently.
stronomer
https://standards.nasa.gov/standard/nasa/nasa-std-87394 page 71.
flidasaurusrex
Love a good source +1
bigsoos
Eh just put electrical tape on it and call it good
SherMattLockSmith
NASA uses only a soldered western union lineman splice, which this is not.
somnif
Actually NASA has several different solder techniques depending on function https://nepp.nasa.gov/files/27631/NSTD87394A.pdf pg 67
SherMattLockSmith
No way in hell you are going to pass NASA specs just touching two solid core wires together and soldering them like on pg 68.
SherMattLockSmith
All the others are for multi core wires, the soldered western union lineman splice is the only one used for solid core wires.
SherMattLockSmith
The above still is not a western union lineman's splice, and not soldered, so fails on all NASA standards.
IHaveAGuyForEverything
As was evident in the Challenger.
jo136942
Ooooooooo ringy dingy
matthart11
That was an o-ring failure, not wiring.
Dougiefreshwater
Sad thing was, the engineers told them not to launch
boyneutron3
O for real?
thingymcthingface
wiring was apollo one i do believe
TheseAreNotTheVotesYouAreLookingFor
And Apollo 13
Mydogismybestman
heavens2mergatroid
No ultrasonic welding?
AntTrapHouse
Shoot I forgot the heatshrink!
allofyoursmiles
Every time.
BeinrichBimmler
I'd just use the "liquid electrical tape" from the can in that case
cptnjackharkness
Wait. The what?
BeinrichBimmler
https://www.permatex.com/products/adhesives-sealants/specialty-adhesives/permatex-liquid-electrical-tape/
JustRegisteredToLeaveThisComment
That doesn't seem like a good current connection to me
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JustRegisteredToLeaveThisComment
Regardless. I think it's gonna have a small touching surface and hence more ohms.
Lionskull
a drop of solder would fix that.
JustRegisteredToLeaveThisComment
It's bad knot for soldering either. The solder will deteriorate and slowly crumble due to micro motions. Best knot for soldering is no knot.
NOINOON
So the only thing this adds is the initial knot that holds the wires together while you perform the useless ritual of twisting the end.