Anvilx
Active Member
I was cabling some pars yesterday, Ran my jumpers and headed back to the booth to test it out. I push up the fader -Nothing. Weird. Back on the ladder I inspect my connections. On one of my connectors the outer jacket had come off a little. looks like it was just stripped a little too far initially. But the real problem was that the exposed internal insulation had peeled off in places and the wires were touching each other. Finally I cut the ends off of the cable to prevent use.
But that's not the only thing that is awry with our cables. We have NW jumpers-solid core. They are stiff and don't coil nicely. I have even taken to calling it Hell Wire- their is only one place wire this evil could only be made in. They are the wrong product, and I have maybe 300 ft of the stuff and that's after throwing a bunch away. But who ever decided (who ever fulfilled the bid) to use NM used Rosco stage pin plugs, aren't those the most expensive stage pin plugs?
Thankfully not all of our wire is romex, but not a single cable with either a Bates, ProPin, or Rosco connectors use a single strain relief. How stupid can you be! 1/2 the reason you use said connectors is the strain relief!
"Hmm I wonder what these funny lookin' plastic squares are, I better just throw them away."
I really don't have time rewire all of my cables and It really isn't my job, I'm just a student. Hopefully they will be able to raise the money to build a new theater before I decommission every cable in the place.
But seriously have you ever seen NM jumpers?
But that's not the only thing that is awry with our cables. We have NW jumpers-solid core. They are stiff and don't coil nicely. I have even taken to calling it Hell Wire- their is only one place wire this evil could only be made in. They are the wrong product, and I have maybe 300 ft of the stuff and that's after throwing a bunch away. But who ever decided (who ever fulfilled the bid) to use NM used Rosco stage pin plugs, aren't those the most expensive stage pin plugs?
Thankfully not all of our wire is romex, but not a single cable with either a Bates, ProPin, or Rosco connectors use a single strain relief. How stupid can you be! 1/2 the reason you use said connectors is the strain relief!
"Hmm I wonder what these funny lookin' plastic squares are, I better just throw them away."
I really don't have time rewire all of my cables and It really isn't my job, I'm just a student. Hopefully they will be able to raise the money to build a new theater before I decommission every cable in the place.
But seriously have you ever seen NM jumpers?