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Can we talk about my home wiring hack with an avionics tool?
I was tidying up my home office cables and had a bad connector. Grabbed my aircraft crimper from the job, and it held the tiny wires just right. What other pro tools do you bring home for small repairs?
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sethw427mo ago
Honestly, I always thought that stuff was overkill for home use. But my old crimper mangled a network cable, so I tried a precision tool from work. The clean connection was a total game changer for those tiny wires. Now I keep a good pair of diagonal cutters here too.
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emma537mo ago
No way, you used an actual aircraft tool on house wires? That's wild. I mean @sethw42 is right about clean connections mattering, but it's kind of blowing my mind. My home's old wiring is so sketchy, I get nervous using the wrong light bulb. The idea of a pro crimp on a tiny wire in my outlet is just a whole other level. It probably works way better, but my brain just sees two very different worlds colliding.
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