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Soldering/splicing wires sucks
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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