Is This The Best Way To Wrap An Extension Cord??

There are a lot of mixed opinions on wrapping extension cords, which one do you use?
#DIY #ShopTip #extensioncord

[@brookesedgedesigns9441]

You forgot to drain out the unused electric first.

[@kevinogara2138]

Hysterical

[@joelgregory387]

Fuck I did too

[@user-dk3io4uk8o]

Shut up

[@terilachonce280]

Lmao

[@brianbailey462]

I ALWAYS lay mine down on a slope for at least 15 mins first

[@user-rg9ej8do3b]

I caught my friend chewing electrical cords, So his parents had to ground him for 1 month. He's doing better currently, and now he's conducting himself properly.

[@zendell37]

You must be a great grandfather with that level of punditry.

[@tyson9419]

Oof

[@jon_player47]

I cannot believe I’m at an age I genuinely laugh at this joke now

[@oz_jones]

*groan*

[@CesarA365]

Glad your friend found a better outlet to release all his energy.

[@GrimReefer420x]

And that my friend is how you wrap up a parachute cord in the army

[@cottawalla]

That answers my question I think, that the cord unwraps without twists.

[@reign5563]

Was about to say the same thing, and that's also why I don't wrap my cords that way. Ptsd of being in the army, lol.

[@andrew1898]

Great for parachute cords. Bad for electric cords. You need to do big loops, and make sure it doesn't twist. Or else you end up with cords that are twisty on the inside. Cords are not rope. And rope isn't an electrical cord.

[@BlackwaterDSM]

@@andrew1898 Not to mention, I don’t always wanna use all 150’ of cord. Sometimes I plug it into the source, and only need 10 or 20 feet, so the rest can stay wrapped up saving me the hassle of wrapping up the rest of it.

[@Ryan_Carder]

​@@BlackwaterDSMso... What wrapping method do you use instead? Care to fill the rest of us in?

[@canadianhunter21]

Seems to work pretty well. It's still going to trigger some framers though.

[@terilachonce280]

Lmao.

[@jtome12]

Over/under loops are better for the cable but requires some practice.

[@Lobotomizezircon]

Bro I ain’t tryna get stuck in those mf cords again

[@jaexotics]

It’s a nice way for a shop cord but it your framing out on a muddy site you gunna be a big ol’ muddy mess after that 😂 my wife probably won’t let me in the house

[@tim7257]

Yeah what you said. Not to mention all those lil curve memories he's installing will drag on you all day over framing. I make long perfect loops that when set in my shoulder drops about to my knees same thing with 100ft mini airline.

[@markgallagher1376]

That looks neat and easy to pull back out, but I think hand coiling is the best way for the cord’s sake. It doesn’t get twisted and no tight bends. You can also clean the cord with a rag as you coil it.

[@happygocrafty]

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for helping me out here in Asheville NC. 🎉

[@jayhari1713]

I saw this clip probably like 6-7 months ago, and today i needed to wrap up a 50 footer ext cord, so i remembered the thumbnail of this video annnnnnd now i have a perfectly neat extension cord in the garage 😁

[@patrickhouchins9074]

I would do that but I don't want to look stupid, I also get paid by the hour, takes a while to untangle cords lol

[@brycestoll]

You should try it. Comes apart easily. My dad always thought me to do it this way. Actually saves time when it comes time to bring the cord out. And doesn't take long to wind up when you know what you are doing

[@terilachonce280]

Lmfao

[@zmianaiipspjaworzno5120]

w ten sposób w ósemkę na rękach zwija się na szybko węże pożarnicze celem ich ponownego szybkiego użycia w innym miejscu, po przeniesieniu podczas położenia na ziemię wyciąga się koniec od którego zaczynałeś i rozwija węża bez splątania...

[@brandonhemphill5638]

@@brycestollhe said he doesn’t want to do it because he is paid hourly and untangling the cords takes up time. He wants to burn the clock doing that is what he is saying lol

[@maryduchock7752]

I give you no grief...I just say...THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@brendancross2767]

I learned briefly how to do this in a crane shop, forgot almost immediately

[@backslash1233]

EXCELLENT!!! Got it first try!!!

[@yanito8508]

Damn! You have no idea how much I love you right now

[@thecrippledstud]

I was a leg my entire career in the Army, so I never learned this until recently. I have a coworker who was airborne and this is how they do their chutes. He showed this to me recently, I still wrap it arm length at a time lol

[@jeffreywolf5235]

I prefer the chain method because you can throw your cord across whatever plywood scraps you have in the back of your pickup truck that usually takes flight a few streets from your job site and you can cover it with that extension cord and not have that problem ever again. It keeps the things you want to stay in your pickup truck in the back of your pickup truck when you're going down the highway.

[@lovingatlanta]

👍🤩💝 thanks but the comment section experts are gonna get you for doing it that way. 😂

[@lovingatlanta]

👍🤩💝 Thanks but the comment section experts are gonna get you for doing it that way. 😂

[@patrickomann3580]

I just wrap it around my elbow and hand. 36 years and never felt bad about it

[@jonathanlee7355]

Same here...tried n true.. I take an extra length, wrap around the coil, and plug into other end.. keeps it nice n neat.

[@germangonzalezjr.527]

@@jonathanlee7355 Exactly what I do.

[@pattaylor6309]

Tangled mess

[@brimermike74]

@@pattaylor6309sounds like you need practice

[@come_on_now]

It's another way, sure. I'll keep my way. Thanks.

[@boxingtherapy87]

Took me 4 tries 😂. Thank you sir

[@aojorel]

Thaks bro

[@RelixAz]

Thank you

[@dougg1075]

Thanks

[@jasonmcmaster4968]

You can wrap it around your wrists the exact same way and don’t look goofy while doing so. The best part about this method is when you wrap an extension cord in front of a group and they try to figure out what the heck you’re doing. Surprisingly entertaining party trick

[@charleshayman4083]

That technique is crap. You can hold one end of a cord wrapped over/under style and throw it and it won’t kink or bind in a mess. I’d like to see what happens if you try that with this method. It won’t be pretty.

[@lancerudy6584]

Great video

[@user-bd8hr9pi5e]

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[@Socapexxx]

Over-Under is the only way. Change my mind

[@Normal1855]

It's over complicated. Also, it's not my job, to prove you wrong. It's your job to prove yourself right. This isn't a prove me wrong, meme. The burden of proof is on you.

[@jaamman]

How bout for 100 ft cord ?

[@Socapexxx]

@@jaamman Do it all the time. From short 5m extension cables to 100m ethernet/fibre cables, and even 50m 6mm2 3 phase cables. less of a work out than this way...

[@Socapexxx]

@@Normal1855 No worries Bob. Over-under is a simple method that once learned, can be employed surprisingly fast. I can have a 30m cable done in less than 30 seconds, neatly. It also doesn't put much strain on the cable itself, and far, far, far less than wrapping it any most other common ways. Over-under is also a fantastic way to "undo" a cable, as it either allows you to take one end and throw the length of the cable out, without it tangling, or, lets you simply drop each coil as you're walking along with it, as the twists are inverted every second wind, it means over the length of the cable, or just two wraps, there are no twists in the cable.

[@cheefussmith9380]

@@Normal1855yeah it’s over complicated. But then it’s under complicated. Cancels each other out, ergo best way to do it. Science.

[@vicinvesta8349]

I tried that ended up tied up and had someone call 911 to free me up.

[@edwardreedy]

I need to try this. The single crochet is only good for shorter cords.

[@jonputnam5745]

I regularly do it with 100ft cord. Just instead of folding in half and pulling 2 cords through like normal on shorter cords, I fold in half a second time and pull 4 cords through. Just a heavier version of doing a daisy chain on a 25ft cord.

[@mikep3813]

In the beginning, when you say gather up your extension cord, it felt like the beginning of a Chris Farley skit.

[@nathanialtrujillo5605]

I just loop it in my hand it's pretty fast and I can make sure it doesn't get kinked

[@THX11380]

I almost came on tide watching this video. I did KNOT know this was possible.

[@jared1838]

Any suggestions for frozen cords? Chain works but it’s a pain to wrap and undo

[@khuxiong4589]

if you wrap it this way how do you get the cords to untangle easily the moment you open it up?

[@frogmanpipes9561]

No that's absolutely the worst way to wrap a cord. It causes twisting of the internal wires.

[@troykinnison4575]

Well you may or may not be correct ?? But in my 40+ yrs of rolling up cords , I have not found 1 foul proof way to wind them up! IDK if 1 exist right now that is easy to wrap /unwrap, stays bundled together for storage /transport, does not tangle / twist while wrapping, does not self inflict knots in itself, for some reason like 1/5.7 times I use a cord it will grow a knot into itself, I know was not there when I put it out an a saw was plugged into it the whole time , so where do the knots come from?? 😢😢🤔👍

[@frogmanpipes9561]

@@troykinnison4575 well there are better, ok and bad ways. To wrap a cord this is the worst. The better way is the loop method. Kinda like how a cow boy loops his rope. I've had the same cord for 30 years. With no twists at all. I've only had to replace the ends. Cause they wear out

[@jfpiv]

@@troykinnison4575 over under. We use it a lot in the audio industry to prevent damaging cables

[@7628739]

​@@troykinnison4575 if you never been in stage lighting, there is a right way, we have coiled miles of cable and no issues ,no tangles. This is the best way to destroy a man made jacketed cable.

[@frankmc5112]

Cables/cords have a natural coil. When you wrap it the way this video shows it goes it against that natural coil. I don't ever coil a hose or cable against how it wants to coil. My cables have lasted for years and don't look like fucking spaghetti like this dude's will after 2 months.

[@zacktriplett8347]

So is that the right arm you go over first or left

[@andyperkins85]

This is what you tell the new guy you don't like, and at the same time, your buddy is telling the shop lead he is geeking out on something 😂

[@joelgregory387]

Finally I spent 2 minutes learning how to not take 20 minutes wrapping a cord.

[@mattrinne]

I've tried this before. But unwinding is not so quick. Or at least I haven't seen a way to do so.

[@zmianaiipspjaworzno5120]

the beginning you are holding must be taken out of the figure eight at the end, you just keep holding on to the beginning when you put it on the ground and extend your hand further holding the cable / hose / rope ... and do not secure it at the end like in the video ...

[@Jamie-om2iz]

Great for rope. Bad for extention cords.

[@noconz0727]

I prefer over under

[@sabkdb]

Airborne!

[@jonsoncw]

Seems like a pain in the ass when you need to use it again.

[@columbo9336]

If you let go of the tail he is holding it by at the end, it all unravels on its own.

[@mulisaurus]

It will always roll out with no loops/knots

[@l31007]

But then you pretty much unravel the whole thing and have to coil the whole thing again when you are done.

[@charliedickerson90]

Can you teach me that one where it makes a chain of sorts? I never could grasp that one for some reason

[@brendononeal3663]

KZbin “daisy chain extension coord”

[@dubbinninja9348]

It's faster to just wad it up and throw it off to the side of the shop 😅 or throw it away so you don't have to worry about storage, then buy another nicely wrap up one when you need it. 😉

[@kevngu7256]

Do that 1hour a day for a year you got yourself a six pack

[@jerrymaushard3835]

That’ll take some practice. Thanks

[@michaelshields3196]

I prefer the chain.

[@robertpennington1019]

Yeah, that’s more work than just wrapping it around your forearm… I will say that it’ll be fun to make the new guys do that silly dance in the shop haha.

[@404-UsernameNotFound]

Nice. How does it unwrap?

[@kenbrown2808]

take the final loop out, lay it down with the ends up and pull. I used to do lines like that when I worked with ropes a lot. it's also the way wildland firefighters bundle their hoses if they have to move in a hurry.

[@bugzeek]

That's the wrong way. Has to be over and under. That's how cable was made on the spool. It's a standard way.

[@DYItips]

Looping the cord or putting it on a reel is the only two good ways in my opinion that I have found. I can’t stand the memory in cords after someone wraps it up with tension

[@michaelblank6277]

PS this is a bit strenuous if your cords are all 100 ft plus and heavy gauge.

[@woodworks3585]

Mine just gets wound back up on it's reel simple...

[@7628739]

Worst way to wrap a electron hose

[@NAcholibre12100]

Lit 😀

[@dannyortiz5520]

Wow !?

[@teejaydoyle2810]

Special Olympics method?

[@normanberg6502]

Fine way to store your cord, just dont plug it in and use it whilr wrapped like this.

[@ThePieman1972]

Guaranteed to be spaghetti by the time you open up!!

[@cheefussmith9380]

Guys, don’t try this with razor wire.

[@baylonaj]

Now, do a video unwrapping it.

[@iandawson7373]

If I try this I will put my back out😂

[@revdrquinn]

That's like a more complicated method of the correct way.

[@guly]

2 for 1 f up shoulders and f up cord

[@ramcgmecom]

Roadie Wrap is the only way. The way he's showing is for parachutes!

[@brycestoll]

My dad always told me to do it this way

[@ecbst6]

Yup, there you go, that's also how we wrapped paper tape back in a day.

[@summergivens242]

If I try to do this as fast as you did it I would strangle myself.

[@DJEpisteme]

Rad!

[@hnaser3]

Didn't work on my 10 ft extension

[@gforceforever]

I'm not doing it this way because I don't want all the filth on that cord to transfer to me.

[@destructivecriticism5842]

I started wrestling with mine, it ensnared and got the bast of me… now I’m hoping the fire department will arrive soon to untie and free me 😢

[@joshuacrayford7462]

Or you do it the way I do it and my dad does it I just go over one arm

[@jamestheferret]

Why do Americans never seem to have extension cords on reels? In the UK the video would go.. Take the handle and wind

[@John_Malecki]

They sell them loose, maybe thats why ?

[@MrImpossible86]

Freedom from reels! Honestly though, heavy duty cords are rarely on reels. The cable isn't flexible enough for small reels

[@jamestheferret]

@@MrImpossible86 you use 110 I think and uk uses 240v (I may be totally wrong) I've got a 50m extension cord on a reel and it'll run every tool I own happily even an arc welder! And winds up on reel

[@MrImpossible86]

@@jamestheferret ah that makes sense. 110v means the amperage is higher so heavier/thicker wire is required. An extension cord for a welder here is usually around 20mm in diameter

[@brendononeal3663]

@@jamestheferret we use both. Extension cords are more convienent off a reel in my opinion and they don’t get all twisted

[@bigwig2096]

And everyone thought they were moving spheres around at raves….

[@michaelgarrow3239]

Um,,, the best way to start an argument at lunch on a construction sight. 🙄

[@OptixVR]

LinusTechTips: 👁️👄👁️

[@RobinEJones-kk2kb]

Gets ur arms dirty.!! Pigtail the cord. Clean arms. Less stress

[@TheBakedBiker]

Cuz we didn't see the guy who was in airborne do it...

[@Rickinsf]

I'd be laughed off the jobsite.

[@jefftickleschitz1265]

Don't do this. Let the cord naturally coil so you don't break the strands of wire.

[@MattMcConaha]

So do I get one of those snake charming flutes or what?

[@ExHavic]

My dad approves

[@Lantzsensei]

Some mountain climbers use the same method.

[@jaycee3507]

If your cord has been laying around on the floor with dust and all I wouldn't recommend that your sleeves will be a mess

[@MattMcConaha]

Also stay away from every tool in the workshop, they all tend to make dust.

[@mk8530]

That's what she said

[@loganmorris339]

i’ve watched this 20 times and still can’t get it right. pisses me tf off

[@zacharyshectman1517]

I.A.T.S.E stage hands look away 🫣

[@stevelefkowitz1]

What’s the rush? 😢

[@srooster4410]

over-under.. this is the way.

[@-11BRAVO-]

Shits getting weird since Sam and Jordan left.

[@cathhughes8883]

Wish it was slower

[@steelbluesleepR]

Ew, no. Over-under with about a foot and a half diameter coil.

[@HaecEsneLegas]

I'm not the most skilled at extension cord wrapping techniques... but I'm not seeing any difference between the first 3 and the last two.

[@lfelssordnry]

Wire has memory, eventually you’ll have a knotted mess, .

[@WhiteMaleKansan]

A portable cord reel is better than this this looks useful if the c I rf is clean.

[@baddogcreative]

I feel dumb

[@443556kill]

or you just learn to coil them free hand into a circle

[@derrick_v]

Problem is, my cords lay in sh't.