The problem isn't wirecutters, it's the tool and skill required to put a new connector on the end of the cut cable. If that is coax, the tool is cheap, but there are a whole lot of things that can go wrong in applying the connector, each of which either gives you a dead circuit right away, or a circuit that fails later or only works in dry weather. Unless you have an X-ray machine, most of the defects are only visible by disassembling and destroying the connector. After Air Force training, I could get it right most of the time, IF it was the same type they trained me on. After a year on the job, I could almost always get it right, whether I was working on a familiar type of connector or reading the instructions for a new type.
If you hire minimum-wage types to run the cable, you'd better apply the connectors in the factory. Then they do have to use the full roll of cable for each run.
Looks like the wiring on some of the boats I've worked on. Same color, no labels & wire tied together in a bunch.
ReplyDeleteUgh, boats. Esp under that dashboard. Every one I've had except one, was a rat nest of wires from the factory.
DeleteI thought my own wire management was bad. Then see this.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious which wire is causing the problem. Nothing a good pair of "wirecutters" couldn't take care of. ; )
ReplyDeleteYes, but we get free cable, Sahib!
ReplyDeleteThey seem to use the full roll of cable for every job. Wirecutters must be a rare tool.......
ReplyDeleteThe problem isn't wirecutters, it's the tool and skill required to put a new connector on the end of the cut cable. If that is coax, the tool is cheap, but there are a whole lot of things that can go wrong in applying the connector, each of which either gives you a dead circuit right away, or a circuit that fails later or only works in dry weather. Unless you have an X-ray machine, most of the defects are only visible by disassembling and destroying the connector. After Air Force training, I could get it right most of the time, IF it was the same type they trained me on. After a year on the job, I could almost always get it right, whether I was working on a familiar type of connector or reading the instructions for a new type.
DeleteIf you hire minimum-wage types to run the cable, you'd better apply the connectors in the factory. Then they do have to use the full roll of cable for each run.
Look for the union label . . . . . .
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