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For tying up mains leads on equipment, tight to the back of the chassis - is
the knotting process described anywhere on the www ?
the knotting process described anywhere on the www ?
For tying up mains leads on equipment, tight to the back of the chassis
- is the knotting process described anywhere on the www ?
For tying up mains leads on equipment, tight to the back of the chassis
- is the knotting process described anywhere on the www ?
N said:For tying up mains leads on equipment, tight to the back of the chassis - is
the knotting process described anywhere on the www ?
Ron(UK) said:Presuming you mean to get rid of excess length of cable when the gear is
installed. Don,t coil the cable, zigzag it.
If the OP meant to tie up the mains cable when transporting an item ofGeoffrey said:I think what he means is something I was taught in electric shop in junior
high school (1967?) called an electrician's knot.
Here's a drawing of it:
http://www.mtechnologies.com/building/3-fig3.jpg
and a description:
http://www.mtechnologies.com/building/atoz3.htm
I've often cheated in places where the cable was already run and did not
want to cut it to tie the knot by taking a large nylon cable tie (aka
Tie-Wrap) and placing it around the wire inside the unit. Be sure
to leave some slack so that if the wire is pulled it stresses the
cable tie, not the wire.
You are right about coiling the wire, it will create a magnetic field.
The one exception to that rule is coax, it can be coiled.
Ron(UK) said:If the OP meant to tie up the mains cable when transporting an item of
equipment, say a vcr or tv, then the usual way is to coil a good portion
of the cable closest to the appliance, then squeeze the coils together
and wind the rest of the cable around that so that it resembles a
hangmans noose. Then the outer loop of one coil is passed over the plug
top to secure it.
Geoffrey S. Mendelson said:I think what he means is something I was taught in electric shop in junior
high school (1967?) called an electrician's knot.
Here's a drawing of it:
http://www.mtechnologies.com/building/3-fig3.jpg
and a description:
http://www.mtechnologies.com/building/atoz3.htm
I've often cheated in places where the cable was already run and did not
want to cut it to tie the knot by taking a large nylon cable tie (aka
Tie-Wrap) and placing it around the wire inside the unit. Be sure
to leave some slack so that if the wire is pulled it stresses the
cable tie, not the wire.
Geoff.
You are right about coiling the wire, it will create a magnetic field.
The one exception to that rule is coax, it can be coiled.
Not that one. For storing or just shelving unused equipment , so the
mains cable was not trailling about and no need for ties of any sort.
All the cable is taken up into the hank/knot leaving just the mains plug
exposed and all tight up against the back of the chassis.
Dave Plowman (News) said:Ah - know what you mean now. Those old enough to remember rope washing
lines will remember they came like that too.
But plastic cable ties weren't around then. ;-)
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Dave Plowman [email protected] London SW
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The person who showed me was ex-services WW2 or 1950s sparky.
Yes really tight just like how plastic covered , corded washing lines arrive
packed, but with the plug and "noose" spiralling taken right up to the cable
entry point and not even any obvious starting point to undo it, let alone
being so tight. I remember the final move was really forcing a final loop
over or something.
Here's the one I was taught. Assuming that you are right handed. Zig-zag theN Cook said:Not that one.
For storing or just shelving unused equipment , so the mains cable was not
trailling about and no need for ties of any sort. All the cable is taken
up
into the hank/knot leaving just the mains plug exposed and all tight up
against the back of the chassis.
The person who showed me years ago how to do it , went overboard.
It used to annoy me that the bunching was so close to the chassis and
bunched so tight you needed a screwdriver to open up the knot and there
was
always a tight spiral of cable for 6 or so turns when undone that stayed
like that. I've long since forgotten how to do it.
I invented my own that did not deform the cable so much and easily undone
by myself or customers, but you cannot form it right up close to the
chassis.
I've sent you some pictures of a wrap in progress. I have sent them to theN Cook said:The person who showed me was ex-services WW2 or 1950s sparky.
Yes really tight just like how plastic covered , corded washing lines
arrive
packed, but with the plug and "noose" spiralling taken right up to the
cable
entry point and not even any obvious starting point to undo it, let alone
being so tight. I remember the final move was really forcing a final loop
over or something.
Arfa Daily said:I've sent you some pictures of a wrap in progress. I have sent them to the
same mail address that you post to this group from. If you don't get them,
mail me with a different address.
Arfa
Sofie said:and why do you park on driveways and drive on parkways?
That's a pity as the pictures showed exactly what you were asking. Just as aN Cook said:A first time for everything. Worked out how to access the email bit of
gazeta.pl, pointless looking at spam otherwise.
If it was you who uploaded 9M byte of file/s there it/they will be staying
there, no broadband here.
For tying up mains leads on equipment, tight to the back of the chassis -
is
the knotting process described anywhere on the www ?
If I'm reading him correctly Homey, that's not the knot (!) that he'sHomer J Simpson said:Search for the UL knot.
If I'm reading him correctly Homey, that's not the knot (!) that he's
looking for. I sent him some pictures of the one he wants, but
apparently, no BB, so would take him about a week to d/l 9 meg of
photos... I'll perhaps put the pics up on a website somewhere so that
he can see them, poor boy ... d;~}