Re: Installalation Tips and Tools

[Rapid <nosp@xxxxx>]

bdolph wrote:
> I can remember my first tech tip way back in junior high school electric
> shop.  It was wrapping a stripped wire properly around a screw
> terminal.  An old time shop teacher that made sure we had good basic
> install skills.  A very nice and basic tip.  While this seems obvious to
> many of us techs, you would be surprised how many wires I see wrapped
> the wrong way.
> BobbyD
>
> J Barnes wrote:
>
>> Heres one
>>
>> When you are hooking a wire to a transformer strip the wire back about
>> an inch so you can wrap the copper around the screw and hold it with
>> your finger while you tighten it.  This keeps the wire from pushing
>> out while you tighten the screw, then cut off the excess.
>>
>> 2. Also wrap the wire clockwise so as you tighten it wont push the
>> wire out.
>>
>>
>> James Barnes
>>
>>
>> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1147924954.156458.99680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>> bdolph wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I am considering an upcoming article on installation tips and
>>>> tools.  If
>>>> anyone in the group here has any good tips you would like to pass on to
>>>> the group I will be glad to reference you if it goes to print.
>>>>
>>>> Did anyone catch the installation fishing contest at the last ISC West?
>>>> It was put on by B.E.S. and the Training Dept.  Some pretty fierce
>>>> competition and the winners beat the others by hundredths of a  second.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>> Bob Dolph
>>>> Product & Training Consultant  http://www.bobdolph.com
>>>>
>>>> "Tech Talk" Security Sales & Integration Magazine
>>>> http://www.securitysales.com/t_ci_articleView.cfm?ttbd=1923
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> Here's a few that I've mentioned here before and maybe they're well
>>> known .... or not. Use them if you find them useful
>>>
>>> When caulking, instead of getting it all over your fingers trying to
>>> smooth out a bead you've just laid down, mix a little bit of soap in a
>>> cup of water. Wet your fingers with the soapy water and the caulk wont
>>> stick to your fingers.
>>>
>>> In the winter time, after the tube of caulk has sat in the van all
>>> night, trying to get the caulk soft enough to work with, can take some
>>> time. If there's a microwave oven on the site, loosen or take the cap
>>> off the tube, put the tube on a paper towel (just in case) and "cook"
>>> it for 15 second intervals until it's soft enough to work with. If
>>> you're going to need it throughout the rest of the day, carry the tube
>>> in your front pocket. Body heat will keep it at just the right
>>> consistancy.
>>>
>>>
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I use spade connectors for that application with stranded wire.  Cheap
and clean.