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Talked to my classmate and told him about some outside resources to study for the national certs last week. If he and I are the only ones who pass the exams out of our EMT stand alone class and the fire academy, maybe thatā€™ll add some weight to the complaint as well haha

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Iā€™ve seen that from universities to flight schoolsā€¦

My experience with that in Latin America has been hit or miss. Ultimately, I lost trust in educational institutions.

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Iā€™m not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anybody lift here? How long did yā€™all wait to get back into the gym? Iā€™m thinking of an xSIID in p0 and an xg3 v2 in my knifes edge, both on the right hand.

I donā€™t think the p0 one would be an issue after a couple days, but Iā€™m reading 2 weeks is best for xg3ā€™s. Given that the bars are steel and Iā€™m benching some 80kg, and deadlifting about 130ā€¦ Iā€™m thinking itā€™d be wise to wait the two weeks, but Iā€™m hoping someone tells me itā€™s not necessary.

This just in
French brewery releases beer in memory of the the xG3 V1

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Iā€™m assuming you are not competitive, just find some alternative movements, itā€™ll probably work out better for mixing it up, working some different and smaller muscle groups.
Shick your muscles with something new.

calisthenic alternatives are a good option

Press ups, pull ups etc.

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Iā€™ve always waited for 2 weeks before lifting after getting an implant. Good time to do some cardio. Or do leg exercices that do not need the arms. Leg press for instance.

And usually for 2 more weeks, I take it very easy on the hands. Nothing that could put too much stress on the implantation site.

Maybe Iā€™m too cautious.

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Thanks yā€™all! I only really have free weights at home, so Iā€™ll probably head over to the gym for a bit to do some of the exercises.

Those sound like theyā€™d still put quite a bit of stress on the knifeā€™s edge, wouldnā€™t it?

Mind if I pick the more electrical peeps?

Just want a sanity check before I start messing with big crackle

I have these 3 work lights over my bench

Itā€™s hard to tell in the picture, but each lamp has a switch on the 6ā€™ cord, that is attached to the black beam next to itā€¦ each bulb is a 9w LED, each cord is a standard ungrounded 2 prong
so not a lot of juice but so you have all the info

The lamp cords werenā€™t long enough for me to route like I wanted, so I settled for running them behind the pegboard to the power strip on the bottom at a 45

I know Iā€™m being picky, but I donā€™t like this setup and I wanna do it right, (I plan to back light the pegboard and the cords will draw unwanted attention)

Iā€™d like to extend the cords so I can run them down the left side in a nice clean line

Hereā€™s the sanity checks because I normally avoid ac if I can

  1. Is changing the cords from a 6ā€™ cord to something like a 10-12ā€™ cord egregiously wrong for any reason Iā€™m overlookingā€¦ assuming proper connections and whatnotā€¦ shouldnā€™t be all that different than an extension cord in theory but right? (Iā€™ll need to find a wire calculator at some point to make sure the gauge is fine for loadā€¦ but I think itā€™s probably close to fine maybe)
  2. I was planning to open up the switch unit on the cord and simply reconnect the new wire there, instead of doing a full cut and solder mid wireā€¦ making sure that sounds fine
  3. Depending on wire gauges, I was thinking it would be even cleaner, to have each lamp only have a enough wire to all meet at a single point, and then wire them together in parallel to the single wire that would run down the wall

Thinking, right and left most lamp would have a 3ā€™ length and meet in the middle,
Or
Right most lamp has 6ā€™ length
Middle lamp has 3ā€™ length
Left lamp has couple inches, and then the single wire down the wall

Sorry to bug, lemme know what you think

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Internet calculator results

I calculated it out with a 60watt incandescent bulb worst caseā€¦ just in case?

I have an 8ft power strip that only has 14awg, now Iā€™m second guessing either itā€™s cord or this math lol

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Iā€™m pretty sure @Devilclarke was previously an electrician.

His experience will be with 230-240V but he will have the certified knowledge you are after

The best proper way would be to replace the existing cords with longer ones that are the same type. The insulation should tell you but most of the time its SPT1 or SPT2. Both are capable of handling 10 amps at up to 50 ft so thatā€™ll be plenty for what you need. And it is best practice to keep it to separate plugs instead of joining them all together into one.

Any particular reason?

Not being argumentative, I just would prefer the cleaner single cord, only downsides I see are thicker wire gauge needed, and ā€œharderā€ to reuse the lamps in a different setting
(I would plan to save the original cords in case I ever needed to revert)

A mosquito but me right on my xSIIDā€¦

I just felt like you guys would understand the inconvenience

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From what Iā€™m reading it looks like it is possible to combine them into one chord. I suggest you read section 410 of the 2017 NEC on requirements for luminaries.

I really do recommend just lengthening the chords then using small zip ties to run them together.

But why? Thatā€™s what Iā€™m askingā€¦ Iā€™m trusting you have your reason for saying this Iā€™m curious to learn

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I say it because as far as my understanding of the code goes(which is admittedly limited) extensing the wires is the easiest way to go about it. Joining the 3 can be a little messy and seems to me that it is tricky to do it right.

This is not advice however, if I was in your position with the same intentions I would route a channel into the back of the wooden board the lamps are mounted to. Add a panel mount switch and a cable gland on an L braket at the end of the board then splice the three lamps together inside the channel with either crimps or weigo connectors.

Genuine question

Iā€™m trying to keep it all sleek and minimized right?

Is a proper solder joint with heat shrink unacceptable in this situation? The various crimps and connectors are much larger and look out of placeā€¦
A butt connector I could probably slip heat shrink back over top of

If I have to use something like the lever nuts or something else bulky, in that situation, I would take your approach of just extend all 3 cords and run them down in one of those black cable wrapsā€¦ just trying to clean up the setup within reason

I know very little about code, I know right?ā€¦shocking

If weā€™re being honest me just staring at the wire too long is probably against code

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You can do it with solder. A T-splice is probably the best for the use case. Whats most important is that the join is mechanically secure that way even if the solder melts if the wire gets too hot it doesnā€™t disconnect itself.

edit: What Iā€™m referring to here is pretty much word for word from the 2017 NEC Specifically 110.14(B)

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Jesusā€¦ that is somehow worse than faa or atf nonsensešŸ˜µā€šŸ’«

If you can screenshot it Iā€™d appreciate it, I canā€™t navigate that to save my lifeā€¦ and search doesnā€™t work :roll_eyes:

So in a nutshell solder insā€™t considered a mechanical connection? ā€¦ but you are also not supposed to put soldered wires into mechanical connections :face_with_spiral_eyes:

Jesus I just want to splice a couple wires lol

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Okā€¦ can I use a reducing butt crimp to connect 3 wires on one side to a single on the other?

Iā€™m going to assume no, because that would actually solve my issue :upside_down_face:

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Splicing wires with solder gets complicated thatā€™s why most splices in your house are typically wirenutted. I linked you section 110. all you need to do is scroll down to 14(B). Hereā€™s a screenshot anyways.

Screenshot from 2023-09-08 23-07-14

Okā€¦ so can I use a butt crimp reducing connector to join 3 wires on one side, to a single on the other side?

Iā€™m going to guess no, because that would somehow be too easy

Wire nut or anything where the wires arenā€™t connected in a linear direction is going to look equal or more trash than my current issue

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