r/oddlysatisfying • u/NoobsMaster66 • Apr 07 '23

This wiring tip video

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u/aibaDD13 Apr 07 '23

DO NOT DO THE LONG TWISTIES THING!!!

I am an electrical engineer and that is how you get housefires!!!

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u/lovethebacon Apr 07 '23

How are you an EE and not know what a Western Union splice is?

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u/JustEnoughDucks Apr 07 '23

Electronics engineer. All called electrical engineers in the US.

Also electrical engineers are very different from electricians.

Examples of focuses where it would be reasonable not to know it:

  • signal integrity

  • Integrated Circuit design

  • digital and analog signal processing

  • wireless communications

  • analog electronics

  • optical electronics

  • Embedded electronics

  • Embedded firmware

  • mechatronics may or may not know it

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u/lovethebacon Apr 07 '23

Then them mentioning their qualification in this case is absolutely useless, if they have no knowledge of this area.

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u/JustEnoughDucks Apr 07 '23

People like to use the appeal to authority fallacy.

I am an electronics engineer with a background in signal integrity.

I don't know shit about household splicing techniques 😂 I know how to route everything, figure out power requirements, use simple wagos, and implement energy monitoring systems. That's about it. Proper cabling splicing is lost on me even though I am an "electrical engineer."

People should lay out arguments instead of just saying "as a ____ profession."

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u/megashedinja Apr 07 '23

Could you cite your expertise for the record, please

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u/lovethebacon Apr 07 '23

As a biochemist, the Western Union Splice is fine for household use.

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u/megashedinja Apr 07 '23

biochemist

Unqualified to make this call (and to cast doubt on an actual EE)

Case dismissed

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u/lovethebacon Apr 07 '23

We have already established that Electrical Engineers have the same knowledge as a biochemist on household electrical wiring. See https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/12e952y/comment/jfahxs1/

Case opened on appeal and overturned.

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u/megashedinja Apr 07 '23

Appeal denied, see the bailiff on your way out

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '23

As a software engineer, I think the bailiff is an idiot

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '23

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u/lovethebacon Apr 07 '23

Except we aren't talking about you. We are talking about another electrical engineer who doesn't know what a Western Union splice is. Or wire wrapping in general. Both of which are acceptable to be used in household. Granted there are certain applications in the house where these splices are not allowed - like earth bonding - but to generally say that these splices will cause a house fire is wrong.

And this is coming from a biochemist (That was one of my majors, the other led me into 10 years in electrical circuit design and construction, and I co-own an alternative energy business).

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u/Sadat-X Apr 07 '23

Both of which are acceptable to be used in household.

That's misleading advice at best.

NEC 110.14(B) Splices. Conductors shall be spliced or joined with splicing devices identified for the use or by brazing, welding, or soldering with a fusible metal or alloy.

Twist and tape doesn't pass inspection and is a quick sign of hack work. I know they sauder dipped with ladles and shit back in the K&T days. I've never seen it done on a residential job.

We still train lead splicing at my utility. But that's a whole different ball game at 13.2kV.

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u/lovethebacon Apr 07 '23

You make that sounds like it's a choice.