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- Massachusetts
I used to work at a place that used a lot of cord and we often had to make custom extension cords. After watching me struggle for a bit one of the other guys shared this tip with me that really helped me out.
Its just one of those small hints that really works well.
Lets say you want to put these parts together.
Now my first instinct is to just grab either the male or the female and put it on without regard for which end of the cord I use.
Don't do that. :happyno:
Compare the blunt end of the cord with the cord cap connections.
At one end of the cord they will not match and you will have to cross the conductors inside the cord cap which is a pain as there really is no room for that.
Now take that same cord cap to the other end of the cord and you will find the layout of the conductors matches the layout of the terminals.
Once you do that, and follow the stripping measurements in the instructions you will end up with nice tight cord ends like this.
It really bothers me when people make up cords and the individual conductors are showing outside the strain relief just because the person could not follow instructions.
Its just one of those small hints that really works well.
Lets say you want to put these parts together.
Now my first instinct is to just grab either the male or the female and put it on without regard for which end of the cord I use.
Don't do that. :happyno:
Compare the blunt end of the cord with the cord cap connections.
At one end of the cord they will not match and you will have to cross the conductors inside the cord cap which is a pain as there really is no room for that.
Now take that same cord cap to the other end of the cord and you will find the layout of the conductors matches the layout of the terminals.
Once you do that, and follow the stripping measurements in the instructions you will end up with nice tight cord ends like this.
It really bothers me when people make up cords and the individual conductors are showing outside the strain relief just because the person could not follow instructions.