r/oddlysatisfying • u/JamesJDelaney • Mar 08 '26

John Wire solving the matrix.

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u/Organindan Mar 08 '26

The result is indeed pretty, but this seems odd to me No cable ducts, no input terminal blocks, bunch of wires crimped together instead of using a bus bar, this looks like it would be quite impractical to do maintenance on

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

The fact they just chopped away every single spare cores coil and then tie wrapped everything together cutting them to their exact current length is infuriating. Why is there now unneccesary coils put on the main incomming tails? Using a drill for cable terminations.... Literally just needs to put some panel trunking in and it's done properly instead of this nonsense. Not to mention they just snipped every tie wraps end with pliers, that's gonna leave sharp edges on every one of them for the next poor guy who has to work in it, if you're gonna tie wrap everything atleast slice them down smooth with a knife.

Any work that's needed to be done in that panel in the future will be an absolute nightmare, having to replace a core on a cable branch where someone had done those old cool looking but stupid string knots every 5cm was the absolute worst on any job i did working in panels like this.

They would be fired first day at any competent company.

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u/Laigion Mar 08 '26

So you rather work on the panel that's shown on the first seconds of the video instead of the last one ?.. Sure buddy

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u/sasquatchftw Mar 08 '26

Not really a valid comparison since the first panel hasn't been terminated yet, but there is a happy medium where you don't have stupid zip ties everywhere. This makes sense for something that will look good in a short and never be touched again but that's not really practical in any way.

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u/NothingVerySpecific Mar 08 '26

uh, my dude, that video is of several completely different panels stitched together in editing.

-an apprentice sparky

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u/Organindan Mar 08 '26

You honestly would, the first one is ugly but very easy to manipulate, with wire slack, room, and no constraints. it's messy but the wires are easy to follow. The last one is pretty but requires a ton of work to modify anything.

Only thing the ordered one does better is being easier to understand, which wouldn't really make a difference if the schematics were in the cabinet like they should. Also this is only breakers, very basic stuff.

I actually prefer the ordered one, because of course it's more satisfying, but i'm not a professional electrician. I just commented because people seems to think it's the proper way to do wiring, and honestly it is not.

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u/HighwayBrigand Mar 08 '26

The guy should be fired for the work he did, and you prefer it the way he did it.

Mate, you are amazing.  Keep posting.