How Pros Wrap Extension Cords, Cables & Hoses
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Now this is the type of knowledge i needed now. Thank youtube god for recommending this to me . And i thank you for the tips))
You can do it the same way while you are rolling it on your elbow…. just go over and under same way. Right?
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Chain technique is the best . Its less traumatic for the cord and last much longer. New guys tend to struggle unwrapping tho.
Way too much trouble.
Your first demonstration I agree is a bad way to wind an extension cord but its pretty simple just by pulling the cotd slack out to one arms length then placing in the other hand (repeat, repeat, repeat) till all of the cord slack is gone. When you want to unwind then just throw the wound cord out while holding other end. I never get tangles.
It’s sinilare for gareden hises but lay them flat on the ground while winding them up.
Wrapping it around elbow eventually starts twisting the 3 cords inside it and will eventually short out. Won’t last very long if you use it everyday.
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I am still doing it that way, nobody die so far!
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A year ago and 9.3 million views ???????
I use cord reels.
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Not gone lie… i dont use extension chords in a super fast paced environment… production, but a minute to wind wire is not gonna kill me
We just pull our hoses down the drift that we use for water or air underground or on surface, depends where we are drilling, disconnect from the header if underground then pull down drift till straight and coil then use rope, hay wire, or even lead wire to tie the bundle together. Hell even electrical tape what gets you to your next drill move, it’s all going in the rod sloop anyway. On surface in the winter, we have Chicago clamps and burry them for insulation. Then use a coil stove to heat up which is powered by diesel to pump water to the drill and keep it from freezing, and we put orange flags in where the joints are made in the snow, incase we spring a leak in a length hose. In the case of frozen hose line, we use a pipe wrench to get both ends off from the coil stove, then from our mud tank in our drill shack and maybe take it apart halfway depending on the length and the terrain. Then take our Skidder, hook up the frozen hose line to the back and drag it through the forest, and up the mountain or wherever your drilling. Then slowly, one by one keep pipe wrenching each one of those frozen Chico clamps apart, then get a tarp with your Herman Nelsen heater and one of the vent blowing under the tarp with your frozen hoses. Yeah it is not fun. Keep an eye on the water line.
Yeah that’s called "cable coiling" its what almost all cables, lines and wires are coiled.
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As a boy scout we called the chain the "lifeguard knot". Very helpful video!
Give me back my 8 minutes
Wow! InformaciΓ³n que cura el stress. Gracias por compartir.
Great Video! The Ed Bassmaster drops were perfect. Only thing you need to do is replace that existing little velcro strap with a Cord-Tie! Use it on both your cords and hoses.
Nice Work.
Do the loop system
As an underground miner, we do a figure 8 when hanging hoses on the rib. That way when you need to use it, you hook it up to your machine, throw the rest on the ground and drive away. No kinks or twists.
Exterior trim carpenter for years Daisy chain baby
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Amazing!!
Thanks a lot for sharing this!
I realize I was all this years wrapping wrong.
I learned this from you, but I thought of a way to wrap a bit faster. https://youtube.com/shorts/1x7bxb35SFw?si=1KxWrCi3DWttJi9m
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Edbassmaster cameo hahahaha
Hoop and tail is called "crochet"
YouTube is made for this stuff.
Cat5 / Fiber here – over/under is what we’ve always used. Don’t think that’ll change anytime soon either π€£π
I do this at work for cords we rent out and it’s proven far too complicated for my teammates. They despise me for doing it this way, I try to show them but it never takes. In the process of unwrapping they get confused and end up somehow tangling it up.
That "chain" method is generally called a Chain Sinnet, and it can be done either with or without doubling it up first. Doubling and securing the ends obviously shortens the overall length, so it reduces the amount of loops required, but yeah you might want to do it without doubling for some cables/etc
Where’s the comparison to doing it normally and not this slower version over/under? If "pros" do it it must be must faster right and apparently when thrown just over/over entangles itself, would also love to see that.
Velcrow twistie ties πππ sheeeiitt
Great instructions!
Youtube stop dubbing in other languages, these dubbings are horrible and many words are translated incorrectly.
You can now say male and female. Two. Genders only.πππ
Everybody today uses battery operated tools extension cords will be extinct shortly.
With extension cords you don’t need to do over/ under, just arm length loops like when you draw in a lasso and it with toss out just fine.
My nightmare is over.
This is a very useful video! I am the person that did it the old way and had twisted cords. Thanks for doing this video!
would you just look at that
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If when unrolling the cord you rolled up around your elbow, you put it back onto your elbow and unroll it in the same fashion you rolled it up while walking towards where the cord will be used, you’ll find it doesn’t tangle up like it would if you just drop it and start pulling one end.
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The bottom line when manipulating wire, never fight its internal twist you will always lose. The wire must be laid so that any twist in the wire is removed that applies whether rolling up cable or simply laying from point to point.
okay but whats that torpedo thing in the background against the house?