Terminating Twin and Earth

Hi Rob. Thanks for the reply, which I now know many will be thinking from their own experience and training, but you expressed it. :-)


I am an old guy who has always sat on his ass and has not exercised for many years. In front of group, someone else, very clever and experienced, no doubt like yourself, told me something similar, but I was suspicious.  So I tried this out in front of the group. I first put ends of copper 1mm then 1.5mm into a vice, a bit less than a yard long. Wrapping the end around a long nose plier and pulling, with no apparent straining by myself or to the observers, I had no difficulty in adding a good 6 inches to the wires. 


Even I was surprised at how easy it was. Now the wire was fresh off the reel so the stretch was nice and uniform, but had there been a kink previously I suspect there might have been significant "necking" in the weakened spot. It is this thought that made me suspect the method and raise the question.

Hi Rob. Thanks for the reply, which I now know many will be thinking from their own experience and training, but you expressed it. :-)


I am an old guy who has always sat on his ass and has not exercised for many years. In front of group, someone else, very clever and experienced, no doubt like yourself, told me something similar, but I was suspicious.  So I tried this out in front of the group. I first put ends of copper 1mm then 1.5mm into a vice, a bit less than a yard long. Wrapping the end around a long nose plier and pulling, with no apparent straining by myself or to the observers, I had no difficulty in adding a good 6 inches to the wires. 


Even I was surprised at how easy it was. Now the wire was fresh off the reel so the stretch was nice and uniform, but had there been a kink previously I suspect there might have been significant "necking" in the weakened spot. It is this thought that made me suspect the method and raise the question.