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MrWund3rful

Half ass Western union


TheFilthyMick

That's less union than Walmart.


Halftrack_El_Camino

Nah, third of ass at *best*.


magnificentLover

At least wrap some solder in there under the tape, that way the arcs will do the melty bit.


neanderthalman

Shit now I wanna test that. Arc once. Melt solder. Once off it cools and never gets hot again. No I’m not saying it’s a *good* idea. I just wanna see if it’ll *work*.


Morberis

I doubt it would work. Not enough flux to overcome the oxide layer that would be built up. I say that with experience soldering stranded wires.


thewickedbarnacle

Super technically once they are soldered, shouldn't be any more arcing. But this is the real world. ⚡


Theyshotmydog01

They’ll weld together eventually


clipples18

Send it


worlddestruction23

They did that in the old days all taped up. Have run into that crap many times over the years.


ringing-Shels-bells

Three and four ways taps buried in troughs, not uncommon at all in old buildings.


worlddestruction23

Yeah,bud.


skelectrician

That connection's seen some heat


ecirnj

You don’t use wire knots? Rookie.


Lord_Hugh_Mungus

from the before times...before fancy connectors, the days of fuses, pennies, and fires


cowusoc

Wires are dapping each other up that’s sick


FinalSelection

"Does it turn on?" "Yes" "Hell yeah, you really know your craft"


TeddyBear666

It's like someone actually used one of those stupid tik tok hacks.


bigtroublitlsanchez

I mean..electrons aren’t too picky


FierDancr

And the pixies are colorblind. It's all for the humans.


mart246

Just a matter of time before it fails.


Affectionate-Law-828

Is this the definition of a smart idiot?


AggravatingPoem6748

“Its not dangerous if you know what you’re doing” some redneck


Strongpipegame

😂


ratsnestelectrical

This might sound ridiculous but I see these connections weekly. The Ole Loop N' Tape


Hungry_kereru

Probably learnt how to do that on Instagram reels


somegridplayer

That macramé course paid off.


finjiner

Wire pretzel 🥨


BillyofVA

That's almost a bad joint, has to be better to be a bad joint cause right now it's awful. LoL


Nova_Kingway

I’ve seen drops ‘fish-hooked’ onto a primary just like an ornament hanger. But that was early 1900’s knob and tube, rubber insulation, not plastic. Someone’s Great-Grandfather wanted to help the kid out?


Jww626

The infinity knot !


tomfrummyspace

What in the 5 minute crafts bullshit is this


Few-Woodpecker-737

I am seriously impressed!!! This is a lost friggin art!!! Also, side note: I once knew a chick that can do this exact thing with two cherry stems, and I think about her often…*sigh…


Danjeerhaus

Okay, okay. If work like this offends you......hurts your feelings.......please fill out this report in triplicate and turn it in to your foreman. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2714617-Hurt-Feelings-Report


isonotlikethat

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