8 Jun
2010
8 Jun
'10
11:14 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Though I usually cut from the end down, and try to insert my blade in
between where the inter cables are, then peel back and cut round with
the wire cutters.
Sure. It';s not hard to do once you've done it a few times (although some
non-screened multicore cables (not used for mains) are painful), bnut
it's something you need to learn how to do, and IMHO should have been
part of the lesson. After all, wiring a mains plug is not exactly
difficult if you've done it a few times.
Reminds
me of when we where learning to wire plugs in Physics when I was
You were actually taught something useful at school? I am amazed...
at school (about 14/15). We where given about a
foot of cable, stripped
at both ends and a standard 3 pin plug and screwdriver. We pretty much
Hmm.. Actualyl stripping the cable tends to be the hardest part ot do
right. It's very easy to 'nick' the insulation on the inner wires when
cutting off the outer sheath.
Andf I wasn't joking when I said he was the class brain, constantly came
top in class tests, he just I guess did this on auto-pilot, or was
distracted and made an ummm error of judgement :)
No, I think it just illustrates that performance in exams and performance
in the real world are not the same thing at all.
-tony