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Ed_McCarron:


--- Quote from: patrickl on September 05, 2008, 01:04:30 pm ---So you still haven't gotten this done?

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No, you heard him.  He cut the wires too close.

shmokes:


--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on September 05, 2008, 02:26:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on September 05, 2008, 01:04:30 pm ---So you still haven't gotten this done?

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No, you heard him.  He cut the wires too close.

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I don't actually know what you mean.

I could take an easy way out.  I just don't.  I could just use wire nuts and the job would take all of five minutes.  If I know that there is a better way of doing something, and I know that I can do it, I'll usually give it a shot.  A good example can be found a few posts up where I told Chad that I considered a female/female coupler, but since there was a nicer/cooler way of doing that I wanted to do it the nicer/cooler way if possible, even if it was harder.

And while I am complaining about how much trouble I'm having, as I said in that same post, I'm pretty sure I got it done last night.  I haven't toned all the wires yet to make sure, but I'm 95% confident that I got it.  A year from now, my frustration with the process will be immaterial, but I'll be more proud of the work I did than I would be if I did it the easy way, especially when I knew there was a better way.

I'm partially tooting my horn right now, I suppose, but at the same time, I'm also doing the opposite.  I'm sure many people here can relate to this kind of personality, where you spend WAY WAY WAY longer on a project than you should because you want it to be perfect.  So you spend countless hours on a detail that nobody will ever even notice anyway, when you could just cut an almost negligible corner and spend those hours doing something more productive.

ChadTower:


You were tooting until you talked about using wire nuts on 5e strands.  Good luck with that.   :laugh2:



shmokes:

I actually picked picked up the smallest wire nut I could find at Ace just to test it out in case I gave up on my original plan.  It seemed to hold fine.  If it didn't, though, I could just strip off a bunch more insulation, twist them together, throw on some hot glue or liquid electrical tape (more or less what Patrick said) -- same result minus the wire nut.  My point remains the same.

Plus, I didn't mention that the next time I end up splicing wires down the road it will no longer be my first time.  That's a pretty big benefit, and one I wouldn't have if I took the easy route.

ChadTower:


Oh, the nut may hold, but the 5e strand alone is about as strong as a piece of hair.  Not designed to bear any force whatsoever. 

If you want practice splicing wires in a normal way work on some pins.  You'll get more practice than you need.

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