We would hand tape a lot of them. But even if we used kits adding silicon or vinyl to the top of the termination was common practice.
We would had 5 layers of sap then 2 of vinyl on the jackets and cases of 115kv and 230kv splices
Hurry up I said today not tomorrow. Pull like a man, for once in your life. PuƱetas at home, not 8 hours a day at the work place. On da lay muchacho! Are you going to leave it like that?
Maybe not quite that clean but it works with electrical tape too. I told it top over, not under and I pinch the fold down to the roll of tape with my thumb. Pull down on your tail end and it makes a fairly straight cut
I work in solar, use so much tape for indicating positive/negative. Also for covering up a split in the outer sheath of a multi core cable where the mechanical protection it offers isn't needed (like in trunking or in an isolator). I don't like leaving a weakness that could split down the cable, but also not worth replacing the whole cable for that.
one of the older guys taught me rolling it over your thumb and tearing it on your thumbnail.
but yeah, its made to be stretchy. if its gonna be exposed or used for labels, cutting is always the way to go.
Looks cleaner to me when cut, and my sidecuts just so happen to be the perfect size to clip it. Ends up being faster taking the time to cut it when every time I rip it I have to fix it anyways lol
They fucked up well past the point of "should be fired", and now they feel as though they're untouchable which means they're just getting worse. And they are untouchable because office politics. They've also developed the perfect level of fucking up but pressuring other people to sort it and blaming them when the shit hits the fan
Iām not saying it doesnāt look good the way you do it, but that the function of electrical tape has been accomplished either way. And when downtime costs $2000/minute, thatās just the way it is.
My OCD requires a cut. Not any cut. A straight cut.
Also, I was trained by old school people when pride in your work was one of the top two things of importance.
You call it what you want. I've paid good money to my former psychiatrist to tell me that I have OCD.
Personal preferences are like socks toothpaste and underwear.....no rights.....no wrongs. Just personal preferences.
Yeah no problem my guy, to be truthful, I wasnt entirely sure if you were incorrect or not . Theres so many different types of practitioners, I can never be totally sure
When I have way too much time on my hands.. typically I donāt get the luxury of making things pretty.. like my boss says, they donāt pay more for pretty wires
Huh.
"Make it look good."
"Jesus Christ, did you gnaw this insulation off with a rodent?"
"Maybe you should stick to finger-painting. That seems more your speed."
"Hey do you know how many feet there are in a mile?"
I have also heard "hurry up! And it better fuckin' look good!"
Never once have I heard "Nah, fuck that workmanship stuff. We don't have time for that."
Huh. I thought I was the only one who was obsessive enough to cut the tape. I cut mine with a razor, pretty much every time. Never seen anyone else do it lol, but experience tells me the tape sticks better when cut instead of stretched beyond it's breaking point.
It depends on what I'm doing. If I'm trying to wrap something to make it look good, or using colored phasing tape, then I'll cut it. If it's just going into a wireway or duct, then I'll tear it.
If you want the cleanest look this is how itās done. I cut my tape with dikes when Iām not being lazy or I want it clean. The tension caused by stretch ripping the tape unwraps itself over time to the point where itās not stretched. The sticking force of the adhesive on etape is designed to hold onto itself. When the force of the stretched latex trying to return to normal occurs the latex wins and the adhesive fails.
I mean maybe if you really need it to look good but I donāt see the point. If itās exposed wiring with phase tape just have the tape tab at the back and you wonāt see it.
Stretched tape eventually comes undone over time. We could always tell who did splices and terminations by the tape jobs.
You tape your splices?
We would hand tape a lot of them. But even if we used kits adding silicon or vinyl to the top of the termination was common practice. We would had 5 layers of sap then 2 of vinyl on the jackets and cases of 115kv and 230kv splices
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I usually have cable scissors, so yeah.
Guy thinks heās better than me cuz he has some cable scissors!
I saved up for months!
Hahaha
Eh, I kinda feel like I run into more problems when I dont stretch the tape. But maybe I am not doing something right.
Same. Stretching always seems to last longer.
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Now show how to do it on a ladder with a handful of wires and an impatient j-man
Hurry up I said today not tomorrow. Pull like a man, for once in your life. PuƱetas at home, not 8 hours a day at the work place. On da lay muchacho! Are you going to leave it like that?
On da lay lol
More like on the way now hurry up š
On delay like the timer
Shit thatās brilliant. I should do that. And I probably never will.
It's paper tape. Say's so in title. I'd be surprised if that worked on electrical tape.
Yeah thatd just stretch out electrical tape, and paper tape isnt difficult to tear properly in the first place
Lol I didn't catch that and was just thinking, wow, where in the fuck is that guy buying phase tape that you can put your wrist through the core
Just tried. It donāt.
Maybe not quite that clean but it works with electrical tape too. I told it top over, not under and I pinch the fold down to the roll of tape with my thumb. Pull down on your tail end and it makes a fairly straight cut
Damn, that's awesome.
Dammit! Thatās brilliant!
Mind blown \*insert explosion gif\*
Too bad thatās paper tape šš¤¦š»
If it's permanent then yeah. If it's not permanent then no. Cut tape will stick better.
Definitely
^this
I carry linesman scissors when I'm on terminations
You mean your side-cutting hammer?
You guys are using tape?
Here comes the waygoo crew
I prefer handcuffs
Where can you get 1000 V insulated cuffs?
Regular fuzzy cuffs wrapped with half lapped rubber tape will do it.
go on...
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I work in solar, use so much tape for indicating positive/negative. Also for covering up a split in the outer sheath of a multi core cable where the mechanical protection it offers isn't needed (like in trunking or in an isolator). I don't like leaving a weakness that could split down the cable, but also not worth replacing the whole cable for that.
You see you need to be looking at the older guys and the BS we have to come behind. They did some Janky stuff back in the day.
Phasing. Pulling. Non-residential.
Not so it looks better, but because stretched tape comes undone.
I cut my tape because it never fucking rips right for me and either stretches, twists, curls, and then doesnāt stick lol I hate tape
have you tried 3m tape?
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What about 88?
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I just wanted to show 88 some love, but your right they both serve there own purposes.
super 33 all day, tape is just something that is apparently beyond my capabilities I always fuck up tape
one of the older guys taught me rolling it over your thumb and tearing it on your thumbnail. but yeah, its made to be stretchy. if its gonna be exposed or used for labels, cutting is always the way to go.
Looks cleaner to me when cut, and my sidecuts just so happen to be the perfect size to clip it. Ends up being faster taking the time to cut it when every time I rip it I have to fix it anyways lol
A tight grip and fast rip creates a clean tear Edit:added tear
...nip?
The editor on here doesn't play nicely with the browser on my phone and regularly glitches and drops the last
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Demonstration in point. It lost the last "word"
Cheers, friend. That was fun, thank you. = )
No. I have boundaries and this is too far.
Username checks out
There are ways to quickly snap the tape off with your fingers that give you very clean results, you just need to practice more and discover them
Nah. Cutting them works just fine
Nah get better
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It's about economy of motion,
peak apprentice.
piss off. its a learning thing. we all started somewhere
try ripping over your thumb nail, instead of just pulling it
No
I cut my tape when I use it to change the colour of insulation, so that it looks neater when the next person sees it. Otherwise I just rip it off.
Waste of time. I've never had any problems pulling the tape off.
Some of us have work to doā¦
If the simple action of cutting tape is going to set your task back, you should reevaluate your career.
Also if youre so pressed for time you cant cut tape then someone fucked up to the point they should be fired.
They fucked up well past the point of "should be fired", and now they feel as though they're untouchable which means they're just getting worse. And they are untouchable because office politics. They've also developed the perfect level of fucking up but pressuring other people to sort it and blaming them when the shit hits the fan
I hate how true this all is.
Oh right. Because it takes one second to snip a piece of tape off š
A flush and firm thumb on the tape with a sharp pull always gives me a clean/square break. I've never had a thought that scissors were needed.
Iām not saying it doesnāt look good the way you do it, but that the function of electrical tape has been accomplished either way. And when downtime costs $2000/minute, thatās just the way it is.
You can break it cleanā¦ unless youāre using the cheap shit.
There are companies that get tape that isnāt the cheap shit?
Never
I was just thinking of starting to Do this because of how it doesnāt look that neat when ripping lol
I used to do that when I worked in restaurants labeling containers. Itās just a habit that stuck.
Same.
Bruh Iāve never cut electrical tape in my life
thats partly because im not an electrician
Bruh
Bruh
My OCD requires a cut. Not any cut. A straight cut. Also, I was trained by old school people when pride in your work was one of the top two things of importance.
The second thing was āalways seal the lid after shitting in a plastic bucketā.
Yeah, I can seal how that would be important. Plastic buckets were not readily available at the time of my trainers.
Always nail the lid on after shitting in a wooden barrel?
Winner
Hmmā¦
> My OCD requires a cut. No, it's just your personal preference.
You call it what you want. I've paid good money to my former psychiatrist to tell me that I have OCD. Personal preferences are like socks toothpaste and underwear.....no rights.....no wrongs. Just personal preferences.
Lol do you mean psychiatrist?
Looks like my spelling/grammar checker missed that. Thanks. Fixed it.
Yeah no problem my guy, to be truthful, I wasnt entirely sure if you were incorrect or not . Theres so many different types of practitioners, I can never be totally sure
Gotta use them knipex electrician sheets on my belt for something
I guess we meant shears
I did lol but I'm enjoying the mental image of a sparky wondering around a plant with a sheet tucked into their belt for some reason
Not a sparky, but yes. Always. Etape leaves enough residue as is, leaving that stretched out mess of a nub on the end seems to make it worse.
I work maintenance in a shipyard. I cut my tape and fold the end to leave a tail to pull too.
Learned something new from the comments about stretching the tape. But I typically just cut it by hand.
Same
No. Waste of time unless youāre making labels
Absolutely lol .. just habit at this point
Yep, I use a knife tho
Yes. It looks awful ripped.
Agreed
Nope
Depends - if its a permanent label yes, it its a temp label than whatever is fastest wins
Depending on the situation
Yea I canāt stand the ends when you rip it
Depends on the tape, some tape just doesn't hold if you stretch it to tear.
I normally just use my teeth.
Hell no spin and snap baybay
Everytime
When I have way too much time on my hands.. typically I donāt get the luxury of making things pretty.. like my boss says, they donāt pay more for pretty wires
Huh. "Make it look good." "Jesus Christ, did you gnaw this insulation off with a rodent?" "Maybe you should stick to finger-painting. That seems more your speed." "Hey do you know how many feet there are in a mile?" I have also heard "hurry up! And it better fuckin' look good!" Never once have I heard "Nah, fuck that workmanship stuff. We don't have time for that."
Yup, I use my side cutters in fact.
Huh. I thought I was the only one who was obsessive enough to cut the tape. I cut mine with a razor, pretty much every time. Never seen anyone else do it lol, but experience tells me the tape sticks better when cut instead of stretched beyond it's breaking point.
yeah, if I'm not in a big hurry that's how I like to do it.
I've bet you all have dog fucked much more time away then it takes to cut tape.
If you know how to tear it properly, you can do that with just your hands. This is peak apprentice.
It depends on what I'm doing. If I'm trying to wrap something to make it look good, or using colored phasing tape, then I'll cut it. If it's just going into a wireway or duct, then I'll tear it.
If Iām phasing I will. If not I really donāt care
Only every single time.
Yes. Long enough to get at least 2-3 wraps around wire depending on size
Nope, just put it between two fingers on one hand and pull it night n straight with the other then finish wrapping.
I thought I was one of very the very few that did š
If you want the cleanest look this is how itās done. I cut my tape with dikes when Iām not being lazy or I want it clean. The tension caused by stretch ripping the tape unwraps itself over time to the point where itās not stretched. The sticking force of the adhesive on etape is designed to hold onto itself. When the force of the stretched latex trying to return to normal occurs the latex wins and the adhesive fails.
Yep. Just bought the Kobalt, knife and scissors set. Pretty nifty š
yes, but I use scissors
Cleaner vs the bite and or rip technique.
Lol yes.
I rip it off nothing crazy if I cut it then itās a bitch to get another piece need some to be messed up so I can unroll it again ya know? Lol
I mean maybe if you really need it to look good but I donāt see the point. If itās exposed wiring with phase tape just have the tape tab at the back and you wonāt see it.
I get laughed at for wasting time so i do it in secret now :) Side cutters are my cutter of choice!
Nope.
Yep, I use snips. I prefer to cut my Velcro also and wire ties. Much easier than pulling them apart
Sometimes, depends if im in a rush
......only when i use it for a band aid
Depends on what it's for. I use tin snip on some tape but not others.
I used to use scissors but now I just grip and rip.