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10-28-2009, 12:12 AM
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Never in 39 years.
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10-28-2009, 12:23 AM
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That Guy
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Originally Posted by macmikeman
Its never flat. Ever. There are times however when very few brave souls will venture out cause its over 50 foot on the face side.......
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I have a video called Triple C with a ton of footage of the winter of......I think 96'....where the outer reefs of Pipline were lighting up like a Christmas Tree........biggest Pipeline I've ever seen on video. I could not even imagine seeing that in person, it must shake the ground. 
Every swell with over 10ft faces closes out here, except for a few spots which end up getting so crowded on those days you would think it was Pipeline or something......
Ok back to the thread......this thread is full of discrimination, I am lefty and have never done what you label as "Left Hand Splicing", I bet this thread is part of a vast right wing conspiracy.
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Last edited by Mr. Sparkle; 10-28-2009 at 12:26 AM.
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11-02-2009, 07:08 PM
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Rodentia Rattus
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correct me if I am wrong but twisting the wires together before inserting them into a wire nut violates most installation instructions for said wire nuts...I always twist solid but stranded I don't...it can leave loose strands to escape and cause ground faults..
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11-03-2009, 11:38 AM
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Location: Newburgh, NY
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Originally Posted by mikeg_05
I am left handed and I still twist my wires clockwise. what does that make me??
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It doesent make you anything, Making splices left handed took a while for me to getting use to.
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11-07-2009, 05:49 AM
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Member
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Location: Arizona, USA
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Originally Posted by BuzzKill
correct me if I am wrong but twisting the wires together before inserting them into a wire nut violates most installation instructions for said wire nuts...I always twist solid but stranded I don't...it can leave loose strands to escape and cause ground faults..
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Buzz,
Most instructions say you don't have to twist first, but not a violation if
you do.
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11-08-2009, 02:03 AM
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I didn't know I was handicapped! As a left handed person, I will assist in getting you a contract with any state that is goofy enough to give me special consideration. All the time I just thought I had to adapt to a right handed world...silly me!
Righty tighty, lefty loosey.If upside down? Vicey versey.
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11-08-2009, 02:51 AM
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Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Rockyd
I didn't know I was handicapped! As a left handed person, I will assist in getting you a contract with any state that is goofy enough to give me special consideration. All the time I just thought I had to adapt to a right handed world...silly me!
Righty tighty, lefty loosey.If upside down? Vicey versey.
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You only recently became handicapped. We have such wise men who are judges in courtrooms. As a famous man likes to say " The stench from the bench is making me wrench".......
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11-08-2009, 11:06 AM
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Apprentice
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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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I've never had a problem making splices.
$hit, if I have a problem making splices, then opening a bottle of soda woulda had me stumped for years.
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11-15-2009, 11:37 AM
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Space Rat
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Lebec, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leland
When will the madness stop?
People discriminate against me every day!! just because I discriminate! I can't help it. I was born this way!!!!  
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For what? Being a birth defect?
Sorry I couldn't help it, there is so little to discriminate about these days.
OP---Never seen a CCW splice 30 years.
Plenty of untwisted splices.
When people ask me what I do for a living, I tell them I work with the handicapped. 
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11-15-2009, 04:44 PM
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Member
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Location: Danville, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frasbee
I've never had a problem making splices.
$hit, if I have a problem making splices, then opening a bottle of soda woulda had me stumped for years.
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+1 on the soda bottle!
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11-17-2009, 02:30 PM
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Photoshop Guru
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Originally Posted by Mr. Sparkle
Don't worry as soon as you need seasonal help I'll be there. I am available between Nov-April, whenever it's flat or the wind is not cooperating.  |
Truthfully he is available from January 2nd 2010 to January 1st 2011
EDIT: I thought wirenuts where designed to thread on clockwise.....
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11-17-2009, 06:12 PM
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Local 150 Lake County,IL
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I had this probelm when I first started out. When I would use my kleins in my left hand it felt natural to twist CCW but I installed the wire nuts with my right hand and the splice would actually hold. Don't ask me why I did the switch for the wire nuts, I bat/golf right handed. But throw/eat/kick with my left. :dunno:
The JW I was working with caught it early and I made the transition fairly easily.
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11-17-2009, 08:02 PM
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1st year apprentice
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Canada
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I'm left handed. The only thing I've ever had trouble with is cutting romex according to my instructors technique. Lets just say I developed my own pretty quickly
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11-17-2009, 11:03 PM
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Space Rat
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Lebec, California
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Originally Posted by running dummy
I had this probelm when I first started out. When I would use my kleins in my left hand it felt natural to twist CCW but I installed the wire nuts with my right hand and the splice would actually hold. Don't ask me why I did the switch for the wire nuts, I bat/golf right handed. But throw/eat/kick with my left. :dunno:
The JW I was working with caught it early and I made the transition fairly easily.
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Had a friend in high school, he batted left, threw right, and wrote left? 
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11-18-2009, 12:20 AM
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Senior Member
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I hold a pen and fork with left hand. Punch, hammer, screwdriver, pick nose, other biological function, twist wirenuts, all with right hand. Very confused....
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11-18-2009, 12:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kentucky
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Ran into a left-handed twist a couple days ago in a house that was built in the 50's. Wires were twisted left-handed, soldered, and taped.
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11-18-2009, 12:31 AM
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Space Rat
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Lebec, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by macmikeman
I hold a pen and fork with left hand. Punch, hammer, screwdriver, pick nose, other biological function, twist wirenuts, all with right hand. Very confused....
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Yea, I'm right handed and pick with my left.
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