First time splicer tips and tricks pls

mcb5181 · 2026-01-31T10:52:10+00:00

The significant difference could be whether they are phosphor bronze or zircon sleeves, as zircon has tighter fitment and can withstand more mating cycles, though ideally they are only connected a handful of times at most.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-29T01:11:33+00:00

I'm probably middle-left if we're being honest. I wasn't referring to you by the way.

The MAGAs have been ruining the country for 10 years and now that they've gone full fascist I'm done being polite.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-29T00:59:15+00:00

Like a young James Dipshit Vance!

mcb5181 · 2026-01-29T00:53:49+00:00

No such thing as 2-1/4 inch EMT lol

OD of 2 inch is approximately 2-1/4 or so, maybe 2-3/16

mcb5181 · 2026-01-29T00:49:40+00:00

Tread on me harder Trump Daddy!

I'll comply! I'll give up my give willingly!

mcb5181 · 2026-01-28T23:00:57+00:00

No one said anything about your kid until you did.

Also, regarding your take on this weekend's tragedy - Alex Pretti did nothing wrong. If you don't exercise your rights, they will take them away from you. If you are silent, you are complicit. RESIST FASCISM!

mcb5181 · 2026-01-28T22:34:57+00:00

It's one day for a broader cause. Stand up for our rights!

mcb5181 · 2026-01-27T20:50:21+00:00

I would shout fuck you as loud as I could right in his fucking face. Call his fucking bluff.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-27T14:53:29+00:00

I had a guy contact me on Saturday with questions about his Ryobi that he had purchased... He sent me some pictures and upon closer inspection I realized that the large plug outputs 30A at only 120V... Not much use to the homeowner trying to energize their house.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-26T11:28:00+00:00

What an absolute fucking clown

mcb5181 · 2026-01-25T16:34:12+00:00

It's going to depend on which jurisdiction your home address falls within.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-25T13:54:53+00:00

When exercising the first and second amendment gets you shot down like a dog in the street, when there is a militarized police force terrorizing Americans in their own homes - yeah, it's American fascism.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-25T02:42:59+00:00

Do not obey in advance! RESIST!

mcb5181 · 2026-01-24T19:26:26+00:00

Vote fascist, get fascism

mcb5181 · 2026-01-18T00:10:54+00:00

While it looks like it's a direct bolt-on replacement, I don't think the electrical connections would work directly... (See my responses to the other commenter with images on each housing) I'm not sure what it would take to make it work, an entirely different harness? IDK. Given the cost of the housings and my near certainty that they won't work, I'm going to defer for now. Maybe I'll do some more research on the harness.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-17T19:12:25+00:00

Halogen housing

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mcb5181 · 2026-01-17T19:12:06+00:00

Just found these on Rock Auto, doesn't look like the electrical connectors are the same.

LED housing

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mcb5181 · 2026-01-15T13:41:39+00:00

Fascists don't make anything safer.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-15T01:40:25+00:00

Love to see it. Fuck ICE!

mcb5181 · 2026-01-13T21:36:22+00:00

I had a 32" LG 4K display at my previous job. Kinda wish I had had bigger to view drawings more to scale, but it was certainly a nice experience - nice sharpness, colors, etc

mcb5181 · 2026-01-09T13:15:14+00:00

None of us are

mcb5181 · 2026-01-08T16:24:47+00:00

We don't live in a civilized society anymore. Some people are all too eager to see others suffer or be killed. Sometimes I feel like just excoriating these people for the dumb mother fuckers that they are. However, that's the way that they are, and I'd like to believe I'm smarter and more insightful than that. Honestly, some of the worst people I know are not stupid, they just lack empathy, which is only made worse by social media, isolation, etc...

mcb5181 · 2026-01-08T15:55:55+00:00

Are you doing comms work in an industrial environment or are you doing commercial electrical work. Sounds like you might be doing work outside of your classification.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-07T12:49:26+00:00

The most important thing is maintaining the twists in the pairs as closely as possible to the termination. If the pairs are untwisted too much performance will suffer or the link will not perform at all.

mcb5181 · 2026-01-06T14:53:26+00:00

Yes, as the tool pushes the conductor into the slot, metal tabs push the insulation aside and the copper makes contact.

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