Dude, the end part is SO bad for your cord! You're using a rope coiling technique on a cord, very bad Juju. I coil my extension cords with the same 6' wingspan loops but over and under coils so it doesn't twist, then plug the ends together and use a velcro strap around the cord to keep it all together. When I'm loading/unloading tools I just put the entire coiled cord over my head and under my arm like a sash and I've still got both arms free to carry whatever else I need. The same technique can be used on tool cords as well...smaller over and under coils and the same velcro straps which come on rolls and are very inexpensive.
I was a DJ for years and I to use the over and under coils so it doesn't twist. I do use smaller loops so the cables will fit in the box. You can throw the cable across the room and NO TWIST, it will lay flat. There is also a natural coil in cords, cable, and rope. If you follow the natural coil in what you are using, it will always lay flat,
@@fred133a I learned this technique from a DJ! For years I tried to figure out the best way to store cords, checking out all sorts of gadgets and gizmos but none seemed right. This is the best way hands done and no expensive accessories needed other than the velcro strap which are about 6 cents each. I've got every single cord in my life perfectly wrangled and it's so easy, twist and tangle free.
@@tomj528 yes its true a small length of rope works also - this guys pretty cool and his way does work fine with the lightweight homeowner cords most of the people watching this video likely have and I can tell you from a neighbor who uses that exact technique = it isn't breaking his light duty cords down.
@@MrDeaweber I've seen enough lightweight cords to know that that's not true. It may take longer with smaller gauge wire and with less use that homeowner's typically have but it still isn't good for the cords. Once twisted and kinked, they never get back to normal.
@@tomj528 spot on mate. Got sick of telling idiots who know it all how to roll up their cables so i just gave up. You can't put brains into rocks. Some of those idiots tried to roll up my cable a few times years later and were shocked when they were hit with a lightweight object and told to leave it alone or i would break their fingers. My nephew is an arborist and he loops his ropes a way that does not tangle for storage. He also does not roll cable any way but how you have explained and i have done it that way for the best part of my 65yrs.
Absolutely WRONG! You're still going to wind up with a tangled mess most of the time and wind up breaking the inner wires eventually. You're killing your cord slowly. Also, "Training" a cord is for ropes, not for electrical cables. Extension cords, audio cables, coax cables, ethernet cables, and all such cables MUST be wound straight on to a spool or, if done by hand, with the over/under technique if you want to be using them for a long time. Any twist you impart to the inner conductors with this kind can change the impedance of cables like coax, break the inner conductors of other types, and affect the performance of your gear.
Joseph Lippencott wrong absolutely wrong with an engine you’ll have more than one way to let you know your bearing is shot, knocking, engine overheating, vibration etc... with cord your inner wires are wrapped or covered over with the outer covering.. you can’t see your wires breaking unless it fails. How many broken copper wires in the inside does it take to completely fail??
@@natural-born_pilot You could break all of them and still not have it completely fail, but when the cord bends at certain angles and spots it will affect things. Resistance will go up. Yes you can't see it by looking at it, which was Joseph's point.
Use alternating over and under loops… That is every second loop twist before grabbing with your other hand… This way it will never tangle when unwrapping… You can even hold one end and throw it and it will not tangle.
for your cute Xmas tree/homeowner little cords that hangs on a hook in your garage and not on a job site truck that's fine, don't try that with my 100' 8g or 10g construction cords.. the chain style you started to show (though improperly) was close, run it in quarter (end to end x 2 = 4 strands in hand making it 25' then chain it, that's proper for real equipment - homeowner/handy husbands...do what you want
I wouldn't be happy putting that much stress/weight on the last loop. Too many people forget that you've got to protect the wires inside the insulation from being stretched, pinched, etc.
I got like this wheel thing, you put one end of the ext. Cord on a clip on the inside and then you like turn this handle and it like rolls the cord on it. I got it at target, it's like really nice, pretty cheap to. And then we lay them in these containers that gallon jugs come in. They're real handy.
I stick a large empty tin over the nail on the wall and hang the coil over that.The curve won't stress the lead and there is no kinking.Stole the idea from someone.(I think it was a rocket scientist.)
ManInTheBigHat - Is absolutely correct! Many tradesmen used to do any variation of the methods demonstrated here. The smart ones have stopped doing any of these methods! If you do not like longevity in the life of your extension cords - by all means take your pick...! Using any method... winding cord tightly around the forearm or any other constricting or tight bending method puts undue stress in the conductors and work hardens them, shortening their servicable life dramatically! Any time you flex a metal, hard plastic or any other rigid/semi-rigid material, it work hardens and becomes brittle. It cracks and breaks! After many repetitions the copper strands begin to get micro-fissures (reducing ampacity) and break inside. You cannot tell that this is happening until they overload due to fractured or broken strands of copper and burn out. True, it may be months or more before that happens but why not protect you investment? Heavy copper cords are expensive. Large loose coils that alternate the "in-front" and "behind" coiling method places NO Stress on the conductors and yet still allows the cord to store flat and pay out with no kinks. Do it this way and your cords will last decades! I have some over 40 years old... The coverings are very worn, but the conductors can still fully carry 15/20/30 Amps as applicable!
Each cord depending on length and quality is weight appropriate meaning the vinyl cover on an extension cord should handle the weight of the hanging cord with no problems
you're the crazy one dude. He just explained the difference between the different methods. Cant you read? One way stresses the wire inside..ie all the stuff in this video. Other ways are designed not to stress, and eventually damage, the cable inside.
great tip, but what do u mean by "Large loose coils that alternate the "in-front" and "behind" coiling method places NO Stress on the conductors and yet still allows the cord to store flat and pay out with no kinks."?
If you're not doing over/under loops, then you're causing the wires to twist inside the outer jacket. In your final "this is the right way" example, you put 16 twists in the cord. When you unroll the cord, you have to undo all those twists to make the cord lay flat. And eventually you're going to end up with the same kinky cord that the elbow wrap causes. Making the large loops causes the inner wires to become twisted less quickly than doing the elbow wrap - but with time, you're still going to end up with a kinky cord that won't lay flat.
@@klauswigsmith Can't argue there Klaus. However, his over / over method I feel the same as Jeffe .... it introduces twisting into the line in general. I find that when someone has used my stuff 1) most are too stupid to even put a thought into how to wrap up a cord 2) I generally need to take them out lay them in the sun and get them nice and warm to help relieve tension from the over / over wrapper or God forbid the elbow wrapper 3) wrap them over / under Even though I like the over/under method I still can't simply toss a cord out and expect that it's going to simply unwind neatly I've gotton over my impatientness in this aspect and lay out the cord by walking it out. I've tried the weaving and it's more hassle IMO when it's laying inside a truck bed with crap ton of other stuff it's easy to to snag. I Do like his final wrap tho. will have to incorporate this into my regimine
I worked construction with a guy who was part of a road crew for a band and he showed me the over under method for cords. I later joined a band and was using the over under method and the sound man was impressed I new how to properly wind up his cords.
The longer it is, the more this guy gets twisted. Over/under is called the "roady wrap". You'll get some mean looks if you wind an expensive loooooong microphone cable like in this video. Also, before the invention of Velcro you very simply cut a 3 foot chunk of clothesline, tie it in the center around the AC drop or mic cord at the plug end (so it's out of your way while in use). Then roady wrap the cable, wind the clothesline chunk a couple of turns on each side of the knot, and tie it like a shoe, simple.
Stupid roadies popularized the over/under BS. It doesn't prevent twist, it still adds twist it's just slightly easier to manage at the expense of more difficulty in unwinding. Also roadies just LOOOOOVE to blame the wrapping and storage method for cables that have worn out and are faulty at the connections but the cables are still good to go. Stop listening to roadies on how to wrap cables.
@@justforever96 - Basically mountain coiling.. used for ropes during mountaineering missions... rappeling, search and rescue ... I am sure can find with a google search.
Yes, it's the same way that cowboys wrap up a lariat so that when they throw it, there are no coils in the rope. Works great for electronic mic or instrument cables to keep from getting kinks or knots in the cable when its unwound. Check on lariat coiling or microphone cable or instrument cable coiling or wrapping.
No they don't do that, not with power cables that is. This is a fairly common misconception. Cables that are coiled Over-Under are signal wires. They carry sound and video. Power carrying cable is ALWAYS coiled clockwise Over-Over and tied. This is industry standard.
I agree alternating each loop overhand and underhand. This way it doesn't unbind when tossing it. As for the end loop, I would double it up to reduce the tension on the line your hanging all that weight on.
Figure 8 is the ONLY proper way. Professional cable handlers know this. It totally prevents the cord from becoming twisted. Any technique where a cable is constantly wound in one direction will result is a twisted cable.
@@kdanagger6894 Exactly. This video was an OK way to roll cable. But the Over Under is the proper way to keep my 10 year old cables acting like the day I purchased them.
Hello Johnny, I learned this exact method nearly 30 years ago from a guy named Karl back when I lived in southern New Hampshire. Been doing it this way ever since. It's similar to the way you wrap a climbing rope. Or a lifeline when your on a roof. A tip to tell people when you finish the last loop would be to tell people "put tail to tail, that gives you the wrapping loop". Also you should tell people to start with the female end of the cord, that way when they roll out the next day, they have the plug end to start with. Another thing to tell people would be that if they do it right you should be able to throw it and it will come out straight every time if you train your cord this way. God Bless bro. Jesus loves you man!
Totally agree, in fact I was taught this method by my dad 50 years ago. I have been in residential construction for over 40 years now and my cords have never shown signs of twisting (unless someone else wrapped them poorly) and yes you can throw them out to a straight line. And yeah, ALWAYS wrap from the female end, for many reasons. lol, I still run cords (on the job site) that my father used. They must be more than 30 years old by now.
That's a legitimate method and I'm not saying it's wrong, but I don't like putting my larger 12 Guage (expensive) cords into any kind of small loops if I can help it. I roll em up into clean loops like you did with the loop size depending upon the cord length and then to combat the hanging troubles you mentioned I either use a small length of rope or a bungy rather than the cord itself to secure the loops and hang them up on a hook. Not much difference but my 12 - and 14 gauge cords just don't like the smaller tight turns your method requires. For the lighter duty cords everyone seems to have I like what you showed = thanks for sharing man.
@@moondawg3693 He meant the single wire of the cord. It's a good way to damage your cord. Especially if it's going to be stored in cold temperatures for long periods of time.
Yes it will, but not nearly as much as wrapping it around your arm. That damages the cord in multiple places along it's length. A better choice is to wrap a short bungee around the top of the hank.
Totally backward dude. The first thing you do is unplug your cord and start with the male end. That way you don't electrocute yourself when you hit a bare spot in the cord. ALWAYS start with the male end. That will train your cord to roll the same way every time and again, you won't electrocute yourself.
You put a twist in with each 6 ft. loop. If you alternate each of those loops with a rotation or your hand as you place that section onto the top of your coil. The balance of your routine , I like. Coiled thousands of long halyards and lines on sailboats.
Your example of making a chain is incorrect. You fold the cord in half and start making your chain links at the farthest end from the sockets. Where the cord folds in half. That way when you pull the sockets out from the links you don't need the whole cord. You only un-chain as much as you need. I'll admit it's not pretty when you store it, but it's more functional than any other way of storing a long extension cord
I agree with you generally but I use velcro instead of looping the cable around itself. I find that those small tight loops will have a memory and tend to cause the cord to no lay flat, especially after being stored a long time. The other thing is that when you are coiling it up I like to have the cord laid out the full length and straight so that the twists will simply cause the cord to roll over and not cause the twists to become incorporated in the cord. If you coil it up with a birdsnest on the ground the twists cannot unwind. Good video!
bad idea , tying knots in plastic that was never designed to bend that sharply … get some para-cord (2-3 ft) tie it to one end using a clove hitch in the middle so you will have it …. coil your extension with the large loops as usual ,,,, plug the ends together to protect the plug …. rap the ends of the para-cord in opposite directions and tie a bow ,,,,, if you want to hang it on a hook tie a loop near the clove hitch ,,,,, do this when you first get your extension and it will extend the life of the PVC jacket of your extension cord ………… to prevent tangles half way through a long cord , start in the middle
They teach that in lineman school. But we do that with rope not wire. Copper, the more you bend it the more brittle it becomes so don't expect your cords to last as long.
@@JohnnysTipsandTricks Years means little - it's the number of times the cable has been wound, flexed, etc. I guarantee you that if you treated most any electrical cable this way every single day, it would fail LONG before 8 years had past. It's what you are doing to it that is killing it, not how long it has been sitting unused on the shelf.
I wouldn't call his method terrible, but it is far from the best. My preferred method is to wind from the middle. This leaves the ends readily available. That way, if I do not need the whole cord I can unwind only as much as I need.
Hanging the cord by the cord….bad idea. I use the old hand to elbow and back coil , plug both ends together, and use the Velcro hanging straps you get at ACE or Menards. And 100 ft cord ?? Most of these are made from cheap 14 gauge wire which is too light to be used at 100 feet due to the large voltage drop .
This is definitely not the correct way! The best way is to Butterfly the cord like mountain climbers! - never never never do the circle thing. BAD BAD BAD.
That end part is great for rope, but it's a great way to fuck up your extension cords. Watching him yank that twisted area at the end made me cringe, that's exactly what will ultimately unravel the inner conductors over time making the uncoiling and straighten out virtually impossible once the inner windings twist against their proper orientation.
One suggestion for your extension cord video-- move the camera much closer to yourself, and fill the frame. Your explanation about wrapping the last loop around the bunch of cord loops will be easier to follow visually.
I been doing construction for 40 years and this also been my pet peeve some dumb ass rolling my cords up real tight that wires inside twist then it's a bitch to unroll & ruins them, I just lose roll up my cords and get some wires from the electrician and twist tie my cords up.
Rolling up is fine. However, never plug in and walk away as you unroll an electric cord. Unless you want to find out where the cord is uninsulated/cut.
So true. I always make the extra trip back to the garage to plug it in *after* I've unrolled it. Then I make a trip plug unplug it before I roll it up.
He didn't say to plug it in first. He just tossed the end down and unrolled the rest of it. Although it's just as easy to wear a pair of gloves and inspect the cord as you unwrap it before you touch each part. The danger is very minor. Although I am not at all opposed to making a trip back just to plug it in. You'd have to be lazy to badly want to avoid that. How long can you cord be, anyway? If you can't walk an extra couple hundred feet, I'm sorry for you.
Great to wrap a rope this way, not good practice with electrical cords, be it extension cords or sound cables. You must use the "over and under" technique to avoid metal fatigue in the wires.
Seems to me that all of your complaints center around his use of the wrap and loop and the end, not the way he actually rolled the cord up. It would be easy to modify it, if you actually cared about that sort of thing (I've never had any problem). That doesn't mean that you must totally discard the whole idea and go back to wrapping it around your arm and making it all twisted and full of loops. How is that better for the cord? Getting all twisted into knots and kinked every time you try to undo it? Too many "experts" always ready to ruin everything. I wouldn't be afraid to do what he shows here at all, unless it was a cord that I ran a lot of power through.
William Walker You just joined the list of “ experts” complaining, seems to me you are “ afraid “ to do quite a few things except of course taking the time to bitch about things, please STFU.
35 yr construction veteran, carpenter......1 rule and the new laborers were only told once.....DO NOT ROLL UP MY CORDS OR TOUCH MY TOOLS until after they've been put in their boxes.....used Yellow Jacket lit end cords, 100% osha compliant and had a cpl that were years old, still original and at over $1 a foot, expensive
That's usually the way I do it, but it depends on who your working for. My one boss wanted the done with the loop pulled thru the loop method and then we just thru them in the back of the truck on top of a tarp covering the tools so it would not blow off. I know that you can take chords rolled up in that method and they will kinda coil up and store in a five gallon bucket easily also.
I was shown this method 30 years ago, and I am still using it. I see a lot of different methods at work with a lot of guys struggling to untangle the cord when stringing it out. Me, I plug it in and go for a walk to where I need the cord taking the 6 foot loop off as I walk. No tangles, no problems, plug in whatever I need.
Vast majority of professionals who work with electrically conductive cord or cables: "Straining repeatedly in a small area will definitely, eventually cause breaks in the conductors". Several apologists:" Nah, that never happens". Sometimes heard with people using power tools: "I been doing this for twenny yea-OOPS!"
Yeah and plugging it in the power outlet and walking the hot cord to your tool is an electrical shock waiting to happen, you know the kind you’ll never have to remember!
@@natural-born_pilot Lol seriously? I've been a mechanical contractor for over 30 years. Always plug it in and hot walk it to the work. Not once have I ever been shocked and not once have I ever seen anyone get shocked in this manner. Idk what you all do to your cords or if you don't inspect them regularly or what, but I've had the same 3 cords for 8 years and there is not a nick or bare wire on them. Unless you are standing in a puddle of water or have a bad heart, getting hit by a simple 120v cord shock is rarely a death sentence too.
that's an industrial grade wire, meaning it's built so you can run it over with a semi-truck and it won't do a lick of damage. It can withstand much higher grades of temperature and can handle a higher load. You can mow over them, weed whack them, AND fold the cord directly in half in foot long segments and still not damage the cord. I've seen construction workers using them like a stepping rig across roof tops (before OSHA of course). Of course, keeping it tied tightly like that will warp the cord, but so will wrapping it around your arm. My advice would be instead of hanging them on the wall to put them in a plastic tub or even a large cardboard box when storing them. If you have a less durable wire, they have rollers that act like a hose reel which you can get for them.
+tom holm The wire will be fine. Even fine electrical wire is tougher than you think. I always thought it was fragile, but then I married an electrical engineer. My husband taught me how to store cords and cables, including computer and headphone cords, by winding them in loops, then gathering the wound loops in my hand and tying them into a knot in the middle (a loose knot, don’t need to yank it tight) so that the finished cord look like a bow. Difficult to explain without a visual, but my point is that he taught me to tie the cord in a KNOT. I said, “Won’t that destroy the wire?,” and he said nope, the wire’s flexible and the outer coating protects it from damage. You can bend a cord completely back on itself and it’ll be fine. In fact, that’s how most cords come packaged with products, folded with tight bends. I love that I can carry my iPhone headphones in my purse without them getting tangled. It works with extension cords, too, to tie them with a knot in the middle. That’s how we always stored ours, but we stored them in large bins, not on hooks. For storage on hooks, the method in this video is awesome. :)
All cable or rope should be coiled over/under. As you coil it will relieve the internal natural twist of the wire and uncoil in a way you wont have to fight with it! Otherwise you need to do that little uncurl action @2:16.... O/U that won't happen!
Having spent 50 years in the broadcasting business, working with major networks, and local television and radio stations, this is NOT the correct way to roll up a cord. The correct, and recommended, manner is the 'over and under' method. And please do not wrap the cord at the end of your video. Repeated use will damage the internal wires.
I hate to be negative. But I have to disagree on this video. The author does not understand what he is talking about. And its a pet peeve of his. Well maybe what he does works for him. But there are other techniques that work better for larger businesses.
Wrong wrong wrong. Its one of my pet peeves also.. God i can't stand improperly rolled cord especially welding cable. But ill stick with extension cords for now. Never roll up counter clockwise like you just did! Why? Because doing so is actually untwisting under the insulation. Extension cords are made up of 3 cords, and each cord is made up of copper strands that are twisted clockwise, and then again these 3 cords are once again twisted together clockwise. If you strip the outer insulation off these 3 cords that are twisted together clockwise you can still roll these 3 cord successfully and they will stay together as long as you roll it up in your hands or on the ground CLOCKWISE. Do it counterclockwise you will be unrolling these three chords from each other, and don't forget that each of the 3 cord have copper stands that are trying to unroll inside there own installation. Stretch out a 50 foot extension cord all the way, hold the cord with your left hand leaving a longer tail than the rolls going to be, with your right hand start rolling CLOCKWISE!!, with every role you make you should notice that the very end of the cord will make one twist. When you get to the end leave another tail longer then the roll. People that roll counterclockwise are destroying their expensive chords. And this is evident when the cord tries to form a figure 8. Also stay away from 100 ft cord. Use 50 and 25 ft. Now welding cables, a bunch load of copper stands that's always manufactured just like extension cords, with a clockwise twist and can only be rolled up clockwise whether you're rolling it up on the ground or in your hands. My welding cables cost about 6 bucks a foot. And if I catch somebody rolling them up counterclockwise after I explain the proper way and as of why, they are gone. At first, on new cords you won't immediately see the untwisting that taking place under the insulation. But it wont take long. .
I will turn the rolled up cord clockwise, in my hand as it's dangling down, as I'm rolling it up to prevent the end of the cord from twisting around. You can actually see if the cord is twisting if it crosses the center "hole" as you wind it up. I've had the same 50 foot electrical cord since 1976 and its still nice and straight and untwisted inside.
Almost perfect. If you'll use the over/under right hand method that people (we) do in the music industry for xlr cables you can literally throw 100 feet of cord and it (almost) never tangles.
You know what annoys me? Those that think they are so perfect, they feel the need to make RU-vid videos, that only end up showing the world how arrogant they are instead of perfect.
Your 'correct way' is to gather the cord in a/cws loops (as seen by the camera) but to avoid loops as you unravel it you should alternate a/cws, cws loops. That is the right way imo. And flex is to carry current, not make into a hanging loop...your welcome.
His way will still leave a cable that wont lay flat and wants to sit with loop creating knots. Collecting you loops with a alternate side facing out will allow quick, smooth deployment and no damage to wire. I've roadied for traveling bands and that's how we do it for mic cables ,speaker cables, you name it.
@@poodlelord it may be a useless little practice but I roll a lot of cord daily, and I roll cord way faster than I can inspect it. Also, I'm into minimizing pain (even the safe kind). Perhaps someone will appreciate the tip.
I'm cringing at the tight wrapping he's doing. Twisting and bending the cable that will damage the wires inside the cable over time. What happened to Over Under?
I don't see any overly tight wrapping, twisting or bending that would damage the inside wires. All the bends have a gradual radius on them--it is not like he is kinking the cable.
@@KStewart-th4sk, the wrap and hang on a single loop at the end is what people are talking about, most especially the weight of the whole coil straining the single loop over presumably a nail. And, did you not notice his method of dealing with pesky coil kinks as they came up? Just a coupla good stiff yanks and right as rain.
SOOooo many ways to roll/wind up a long cord. But the Hanging Loop is really good finish. 1st - Stretch the cord out straight. 2nd - Remove all the twists from your cord. 3rd - Go to the cords middle and start winding it up anyway you wish, tight, loose, don't matter. What's going on? You're putting left AND right twists in your cord at the same time THUS canceling each other out out. Unload only as much as needed & you'll have 2 ends of equal lengths. TAH-DAH! ALL problems solved.... well except you still need to pay the elec bill. Then there's... HOWDY NEIGHBOR, CAN I BORROW...
Proper my butt. It comes to training. Daisy chain is great. It comes to proper training. Just like anything else. When you have a mile of extension cords. Daisy chain makes sense. Personal irritation aside. It makes sense. And it works for larger industries.
We called it a construction braid but it's the same concept. He didn't do it the way we always did. We doubled it over and started with the plug ends. You can throw that thing off a tall building and it's still not tangled.
40 years in the electrical construction industry, any cord you can hand coil you do similar to what he does in his video but you finish with a quick wrap of tape you carry in your pocket. Like he says, you start coiling with the female end so when you flake the cord out you have the female end and the remaining cord at the work area. anything over #8-4, you roll up on a reel. especially the 4/0-4 baloney cord. Any person that can coil up even 50 feet of that is not a person to mess with...
Get yourself those big hooks for holding bikes and a pool noodle that have a hole through it and cut a piece the same length as the hoik and slip it over the hook so it gives cushion for your extension cord, they will last a lot longer and it doesn't hurt to clean your cords either don't use a strong cleanser just soapy water
Thank you. Someone who noticed that. I wind in large loops but the way he’s hanging on a single loop isn’t good for the cord. He does know there’s copper in there and not steel? To much weight in one spot.
It alot easier to grab the male and female ends,,,, do it the same as you did as far as roleing it up,, takes half the time cause the cord is half as long,, at the end just wrap it around what you roled up,, the feed it up threw the top side of the role and BOOM thiers a loop you can hang it from,, when its time to use it, grap the male and female ends take the loop that it hangs from and toss it,, it will never tangle cause its doubled and you have both male and female ends in your hands and the exess of the cord is tossed to the outside edges of your work invirement,, same thing with rope,, good vidio though, keep trying on the cords,, youll get it one day buddy,, youll get it,,,
This is great. I don't usually hang cords, just put them on shelves or into bags, but I do use the spread arms method, this tying up at the end part is really cool.
I used to do tree work before I became a carpenter. That's how we wrapped our ropes. I've wrapped my electric chords like that ever since. It's faster and it keeps your ropes or chords relaxed 🇺🇸
As a +35yr contractor who uses ext cords every day I can appreciate the need to correctly put away your cords. All my guys learn this technique. I have a 40+yr old cord that works and looks fine because I always wrapped it up like this. Great to see I'm not alone, well done
My Method = Grab the middle of the cord and wind it up twice as fast. Also the twists cancel out because one side is opposite. I mark the center of each cord with some colored tape. Just start there and any twists come out on the ends.
To daisy chain you first fold it in half. Start at the non-plug end. When you want to use it you can just unchain as much as you need. That being said, neat idea. I’m just never going to use it.
Watching this guy make that I guess you would call it a daisy chain that was the worst most pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life. My grandfather showed me that 50 years ago, 57 now, is by FAR the best way. Every single person who has seen me do it that way, that did not know how to , now know how! Real easy, ZERO stress on single wire when hung. This cat here doesn't have a clue.
observation: That cord is K-Mart quality. And I didn't need my 26" monitor to see that. My new cords are all Rigid from Home Depot and all 10 gage. I like the ratcheting hand cuff style and . . since /I own a sign shop my handcuffs all read Sign Shop both sides. I just got a 2nd 100' 10ga at $135. They flex in cold weather and you forget the price the 1st use. That aside I "coil" like the sailor guys do. And I don't care how skilled you coil one up only Jesus himself can toss it out like you'd hope. I just walk fast and sorta toss. Another tip: Try 25" cords and use 2 or 3. Coil INDIVIDUALLY It's faster. Also the new Stack-N-Tote containers are great for just cords. At least a contractor can look sharp if he isn't.
My Dad was a builder and always coiled his extension cords around his arm, then got frustrated because it never uncoiled easily. I coiled it so the cord twisted naturally with no knots. With the male end left over, I doubled it over and wrapped it around to a loop as Johnny just did in the video. Now he could grab the plug and toss the rest of the cord. I was a teenager then ( about 50 years ago ), and still remember my Dad's guffaw of surprise and then showing it to all his buddies. It seemed to me a better way. I still coil them that way.
Or how to ruin a stinger in 3 easy steps. How bout trying the over/under technique. The way you’re rolling the line puts twist in it. If the cord is hot from being in the sun or from having a heavy load, the strands inside will twist & give you that dreaded phone cord effect.
By chance I saw the over under method last week and couldn't believe how you can cast out a whole 50' extension chord without it getting tangled. Method in this video is not even a close second, though I am sure he is well meaning.
Probably a construction lead/foreman. Helpers screw it up daily and it does become annoying. Also your advice to relax is golden, I will listen to that.
Beautiful Johnny! EERY rock climber/mountaineer and sailor does it this way. There is a concept called the "lay" of the line which they know about, the odd twists occurring when one doesn't restore the line to its natural lay (especially in stiff, cold, days with electrical wire (the internal wires have a long twist, which creates the lay in extension cords, while the weave of ropes does the same), cause tangling force. By spreading the arms with loose hand, and by quick almost automatic choosing of the natural nontwisted loop to the coil, preserves and restores that natural lay. Sometimes, when rope or xt cords have been used in a fashion that requires a repeat or two of the spread in order to untwist toward the uncoiled end, it is worth repeat to remove the incipient twist. Soon, even cold old lines return to natural ease of manipulation.. So everyone just learned a skill useful for at least three trades, only one of which makes you seasick. Thanks Johnny!
I had an electrician friend who taught me how to wrap it up this exact way. He passed away a few months ago and watching this reminded me so much of him. Ty for the upload my man. 👍
there is no CORRECT way... you are just pissed off that other people have a free will and coil up however they want... ps you shouldn't care.. they're the ones wasting there time,, I coil them in a figure 8.. no tangling..
Even though this is a nice way to wrap cords, You should really say why you shouldn’t wrap them around around your arm, and that is to prevent the twisting. I tell my family all the time especially with the blow dryer, not to wrap the cord around, it gets all twisted,
Let's say a 100' cord gets all knotted up. It's too hard to untangle, so I leave it and go buy another one. Eventually it takes sixteen 100' cords to equal 100 feet long. When anyone criticizes, I just play Sinatra singing "I did it MY way"...
GREAT video!. I've bee doing this with twisted line and extension cords for decades. One thing you forgot to mention is that lines and cords have a certain way they want to coil. The easiest way to figure it out is to loosely hold the cord with your hands at least 3 feet apart. Bring your hands together and the cord will tell you which way it wants to go. In this single case, the extension cord is smarter than you are.
I totally agree with your comment. I only watched this video to figure out how to overcome the memory in the cord. The method shown only works if the cord let's it. You have to compensate by altering the length and some cords show no respect regardless of what you do.
You speak like several low level formen I've had to work for. Over 90% wanted it wound around the arm. Then, when I was working for a very small company, the owner told me to roll it more like you did. But to lay all the loops even in a nice coil and bind it with two or three layers of electrical tape. NEVER tying a knot of any kind. Because the cords will lay flat and last forever, actually saving the time it takes to untangle a stiff 100 feet of kinked up, round eletric cord. Those tying it in a knot of any kind cause a tripping hazard that catches on sharps when you move to work with it. So ALL of them were "right" because of the chain of command. After that, I have served in the apprenticeship program and been a Journeyman Wireman electrician for over 36 years. I have handled thousands of miles of various cables and I will usually still choose to wind mine the same way that owner did unless working with or for others who only wind around the arm. They ridicule the figure eight method because it takes longer, doesn't store as well and often confuses them even when taped in three or more places to show the observant just what it is. So in conclusion... Who's cord is it anyway?
Not impressed. I still find my "over/under" method better and does not leave a "memory" on the cord. This method also leaves you with a huge size of loops to hang.
