Re: Why?

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Julian wrote:
>
> Wow! A whole bunch of 'alarm professionals' here and nobody points you
> to the proper tool?
>
> You could have saved yourself a whole bunch of time with the LSD
> Rebore-Zit drill bit:
>
> http://www.lsdinc.com/cgi-local/search.cgi?user_id=1054519&0_option=2&0=62-338&database=data/Dbase1.txt&template=templateblowup2.html
>
> You may need an extension, but the bit works enough on its own.
>
> If this is a common problem - it is in my area - there is an easier
> solution. When leaving slack, take about 1 foot of the end of the
> wire, fold it back 180 degrees and twist the two wires together as you
> feed it back up the hole. Remember to leave some slack - at least one
> foot - above the header, so you can pull your wire down.
>
> The wire will still be insulated in place, but when the wire is pulled
> down, it leaves a large enough hole to push the wire back up once you
> have the contact installed.
>
> Or use the Rebore-Zit.
>
I bought that tool lots of years ago. Used it a few times. But learned
that is was best to use it when there was no other choice. Sometimes it
works and sometimes it doesn't. I find it works better with twisted
stranded wire than 4 conductor ..... but even then, sometimes it just
twists the crap out of the wire, until it breaks, before you get the
hole drilled.