General > General Technical Chat
Tricks of the Trade - knowledge for every day life
<< < (26/31) > >>
exe:

--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on December 11, 2022, 09:59:09 am ---1mm pitch ribbon cable crimps nicely into RJ45 and RJ11 connectors - handy if you need some short, very flexible ethernet cables.

--- End quote ---

I wonder about impedance matching. I didn't try this with ethernet, but I tried to replace a broken usb mouse wire with a few separate wires. It worked very badly. I guess it depends on the length and speed.
Psi:
When cutting the insulation off multi-core cable using many cuts with side-cutters you will sometimes accidently cut or nick one of the inner wires.
To avoid this, use the side cutters to pinch some of the insulation, then rotate the cutters outwards before actually cutting it.
By doing this rotation you will ensure the inner wires are not between your sider cutter blades.
SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: Psi on December 11, 2022, 11:27:43 am ---When cutting the insulation off multi-core cable using many cuts with side-cutters you will sometimes accidently cut or nick one of the inner wires.
To avoid this, use the side cutters to pinch some of the insulation, then rotate the cutters outwards before actually cutting it.
By doing this rotation you will ensure the inner wires are not between your sider cutter blades.

--- End quote ---

This one could do with a video, lol  :D
eti:

--- Quote from: Psi on December 11, 2022, 11:27:43 am ---When cutting the insulation off multi-core cable using many cuts with side-cutters you will sometimes accidently cut or nick one of the inner wires.
To avoid this, use the side cutters to pinch some of the insulation, then rotate the cutters outwards before actually cutting it.
By doing this rotation you will ensure the inner wires are not between your sider cutter blades.

--- End quote ---

This is very common yeah. I learnt this early on, else one finds one’s cable shrinking inch by inch with every failed attempt ^_^
Psi:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on December 11, 2022, 02:57:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Psi on December 11, 2022, 11:27:43 am ---When cutting the insulation off multi-core cable using many cuts with side-cutters you will sometimes accidently cut or nick one of the inner wires.
To avoid this, use the side cutters to pinch some of the insulation, then rotate the cutters outwards before actually cutting it.
By doing this rotation you will ensure the inner wires are not between your sider cutter blades.

--- End quote ---

This one could do with a video, lol  :D

--- End quote ---

Sadly I can't hold my phone, the cutters and the wire with only two hands.
Too much effort to get out a tripod.
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...

Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod