| gfretwell@aol.com 2006-04-15, 10:21 pm |
| On 15 Apr 2006 10:05:59 -0700, electrician@electrician2.com wrote:
>The razor knife technique can be a dangerous practice because many
>times tie wraps are used in panels. The possibility of unintentionally
>cutting through the insulation of a wire is too great. Sometimes
>working in control panels can be a very precarious task. I recall
>working in a control panel at a Gathering Center on Alaska's North
>Slope where the accidental removal of one wire shut down one half of
>the Alaska's North Slope Oil production. As I recall there were two
>wires under one terminal and the task required removing one wire while
>the other remained in contact. I was new to the crew (and rather
>green) and the foreman sort of set me up and I fell for it. In
>situations similar to this I would avoid the use of razor knives, and
>rely on using the Kleins to twist the ends of the tie wraps off.
Rolm guys are not working in industrial switchgear
If you are really working on that stuff you should buy ther right
tool. They make a real tywrap tensioner and cutter. That insures you
set them to the optimum tightness.
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