Thanks man! I'm 40 and have been doing odd jobs and this is something I should have learned half a lifetime ago. I have several 100' cords and they are hung up and ready to go. Without all the untangling and mess. 😊👍 👍
hey have you tried the Navy way... lookinto it... it is actually easier than the way you showed... and honestly it was the way I did for years... until an old navy officer showed me...................... just an idea..to look into..
That's how I wrap a climbing rope, except I start by finding the middle, then after all the coiling and wrapping, you can pull the 2 ends through, then over your shoulder, cross behind your back, then bring the ends back to your waist and tie the ends together like a belt.
Please google over/under wrapping. Learn it. Use it, and have longer rope and cable life and far less tangle. Do not do it as it is shown here. Very common practice, but not the best one.
Oh no, folks. I tried the under/over method and found it really difficult from the get go. Now I’m off to the shed to do the simple method shown here. And there won’t be any stress if you hang it from the whole loop, not the single cable.
This is better, by far. Typically wrapping the cord around your forearm puts a big twist in it which creates a big tangled mess when you unwrap it. The reason it doesn't in this method is that you double it up before you start wrapping. When you want to use the cord it is still doubled up when you cast it out. That's the key.
@@ItsVideosit's still getting twisted you can see his cord is wavy. Its far from the worst cord I have seen though. There was one that looked like it had been braided with other cables and had a corkscrew shape down the whole length of the cable and was extremely annoying to wrap up no matter the method because it was no longer straight anywhere. There's a better way that keeps the cord from getting twists in it and allows the cable to freely deploy from one end instead of having to throw all of it out to get to the one end. I don't know if theres a name for it though. To try and explain it you start with a length hanging over one hand with the end on the outside of your hand(a bit bigger than the size you want the loops to be bigger means less curves or bends introduced obviously)then you take a length with your other hand and lay it over that hand but without twisting it at all and laying it straight over your other hand taking your hand past your other hand so it makes a figure 8. Then you just repeat that and it makes a bunch of figure 8s. Then you leave some extra so you can get like 4-6 wraps around the middle and move the coils from your hand onto your arm so it's easier to handle(you'll have your arm through all the top sections of the figure 8s). Then wrap around the middle 4-6 times tightly and then take the end and make a loop and put it through that too section then wrap it around the top and put it over the top wrap and pull it tight I think it's called a larks head knot? Or maybe something else. You can probably find a video by searching figure 8 rope coil or something. I do it with really heavy gauge cords as well but those get heavy especially 100ft ones. But you can undo the knot and then it just unravels from the figure 8s you can even put your arm back through the top hole and just walk with it pulling off whatever length you want or set it down and walk with it
Cool. I also like the method of letting hosepipes and cables finding their own way of coiling. Back in the day people used to tell you you were doing it wrong, but kept their “professional” methods a closely guarded secret, never letting on. Thank goodness for YT.
It looks good and is neat and tidy, but as others have mentioned it can lead to tangles and cord damage. Your best bet is to do what the professional grips do when they wrangle miles and miles of cables: the over/under technique.
If you keep doing it this way you'll gradually end up with fewer copper strands intact and lower amp capacity until eventually you'll get intermittent connection.
I'm doing research to try to find out how true that is. I can understand the principle being true, and I can definitely understand any pinching or twisting going on causing damage, but how much damage will you do if youre doing the overarm method pretty gently? Like statistically how many times do I have to do it to average a broken cable? I'm getting the feeling it's so high that all of my cables will end their life some other way first.
The problem is with the tight turns. They use soft copper to withstand the constant bending forces but with each bend the metal work-hardens itself and even more so the tighter the bend. In time the copper hardens at the bend and cracks. So if you can loosen the radius of the bend the less stress on the copper strands. How long it takes for it to break I don't know. Cheap cables will have fewer copper strands and will fail sooner than one with more copper strands.
@@watdahel specifically my beef is with audio cables. The cables used for instruments usually break at the tips or they'll get broken along the wire by something falling on them etc. it seems obvious to me these cables shelf life is so short there's no point in worrying about what will happen after 10 years of quickly wrapping them around my arm in the interest of time. Nobody else in my circle seems to agree, they are firmly in the camp of "do it right." I just get the feeling they're being dogmatic rather than realistic.
Just don't hang it by that loop, especially for longer (ie, heavier) cords.. it puts all the stress on one section. Put the entire "top bundle" (where the little loop was pulled thru) on the hook. Helps distrubute the weight and reduces wear on the jacket and conductors.
Don't pull a wire, grab it. Remember that wires are an insulating sleeve on top of a metal core. Pulling it will stretch and force insulation towards the plugs, reducing lifespan and increasing its chance to tear
But it accumulates twists so I'm the same direction which makes the cord refuse to lie flat after it's been stored a while. Need to use figure 8 to alternate the twist direction for each loop.
This is great way to roll up an extension cord. It twists the wire one way, and then the other way for each wrap. This is much better than coiling the extension cord. Coiling ends up with a very twisted extension cord. Try it with an extension cord that has a stripe on it. You will see that doing it this way, the stripe is always straight. Coiling it hand over hand will end up twisting like a peppermint stick. Braiding is probably the best for the cord itself, over then under hand coiling is also very good, but just coiling it up like most people do is the worst thing you can do to your extension cords.
One of many peoples opinions. The one where you find the middle and make loops where it pays out seems best to me... But time consuming. When I had to do it on the "job" we just made 3' loops until you neared the end and made several wraps and on the last one made a knot whith the male end as a tail. Plug it in and pay it out however far you need. 5 min. per 100' cord.
Never do like that, it may seem practical but you will twist the wire to wreck and it will not last long, rolling around your is never good for anything not even a rope
A cord like that will last decades no matter how its wrapped up - that one looks like it's from the 80's. Now, let's say it's being used in construction on a daily basis; it will still last the rest of our lives. And then, when wrapping up extension cords on a job, which usually means many extension cords, the quickest way is the best way...
I have an extension cord I inherited from my father, he wrapped it like this and I have as well. It’s probably 12 years old and the only issue with it is a nick from a trimmer.
We have an extension cord that runs from our laundry to the garage outside, its just lying on the ground where cars have been driving over it for over 20 years and counting.
@@bFORCe2003 and that fridge we all have in our garage that has been running 24/7 for 15 years and has never been cleaned. I swear I’ve had to replace my regular fridge 2 times and still have yet to replace my garage fridge
In a cold climate this is NOT how you wrap a cord. You use the lazy loop method. Larger loops not around your arm. My dad would yell at me for wrapping a cord like that.
Comments that offer opinion with no reasoning are worthless. 'Trust me, I'm real smart and stuff.' Nobody cares about your opinions, only how you reached them, share that or stfu.
The main problem with continually wrapping the cord around your arm like this is that it introduces a lot of twists, which over time will damage it. The over under method is a better option because it avoids putting in all those twists and better preserves the cord
@@LeViIain power cords and cables have a natural lay. Twisting them this way (Yes. This is twisting the core.) will cause the wire to weaken and break. Coiling your cables using over/under wrapping will keep your cables working for years. I have cables over 10 years old that still work fine.
hmmm, i 'used' to wrap them up like that and they always got all twisted and tangled when pulling them out. I hated it. .. Don't know how yours is not like that.? Congratulations
I just tried it with the same cord length over and over. There is no question in my mind this method puts a twist in the cord which causes it to tangle. Sorry.
I’m a mason. I wrap cable like this on purpose just to piss people off 😂. “It’s gonna shorten the life of the cord” as if all of the machinery and mud and outdoors is really doing it any good either😂 shit up and wrap the cord up and get it in the truck, we’re using it again tomorrow.
Sorry you have done it wrong. Wrapping from the plug ends will sooner or later break the wires inside or, you will have knot problems. Pull it out with the plugs at the one end and start with the loop, because then as you go any twist in the cord can straighten them selves out and save you from a twisted cord or knots. The same goes even more so with garden hose.
@@rollinon The wires will start to twist up inside the jacket. It will get knotty. You want to roll it up at arms length and twist it with your fingers so the cord stays in a smooth loop. A short cord is not a big deal. I have had several helpers and employees ruin expensive cords. There are several good videos on a correct to roll up and stor a cord
Shure are a lot of home Depot PhDs in this comment section
😂
Sure, it's better than being a Builders Square flunk-out.
That's a slur. Home Dumpo makes one dumber
@@countryboycrafter3168square was awesome
not only that but it takes half the time to wrap it up. thats awesome i will be changing how i roll up anextension cord for now on
Thanks man! I'm 40 and have been doing odd jobs and this is something I should have learned half a lifetime ago. I have several 100' cords and they are hung up and ready to go. Without all the untangling and mess. 😊👍 👍
Glad I could help.
Been doing this for years. First time I have seen anyone else do this besides my dad.
hey have you tried the Navy way... lookinto it... it is actually easier than the way you showed... and honestly it was the way I did for years... until an old navy officer showed me...................... just an idea..to look into..
Around the neck method works well too
Thank you. I went this route with a 100' cord. This was the best way for me on my cord.
Finally, a video that also demonstrates how the cord unravels. Thank you for posting.
You shouldn't wrap your cords this way. it causes UA-cam commenters to get their panties in a bunch. 🤣
I am seeing that.
I am looking at newer and newer ways to hurt myself since I saw this abusement...
Wrap 25' cords, double over and wrap 50' cords, and braid 100' cords. This way you can identify mixed cord lengths when they are in a pile.
NEVER Braid a cord!!!
Mine is a 10 guage 150 ft cord....I simply don't have enough "arm" 😂
lol, can you use a reel for that much cord? I have a 60' reel that has 4 grounded outlets built into the reel. comes in 'reel' handy 😆
@@marsbase3729 😂 Ahĥhhh....I see what you did there, REEL funny!
Grow more arm
Beautiful man! Love this, thank you 💯👍
Simplest I found on the internet good job! Done on all my cords and hung them on the wall already. No need to buy 8 reels. 👍
NICE! Thanks for watching!
That's how I wrap a climbing rope, except I start by finding the middle, then after all the coiling and wrapping, you can pull the 2 ends through, then over your shoulder, cross behind your back, then bring the ends back to your waist and tie the ends together like a belt.
Please google over/under wrapping. Learn it. Use it, and have longer rope and cable life and far less tangle. Do not do it as it is shown here. Very common practice, but not the best one.
Thanks for your input!
This is the way!
Oh no, folks. I tried the under/over method and found it really difficult from the get go. Now I’m off to the shed to do the simple method shown here. And there won’t be any stress if you hang it from the whole loop, not the single cable.
This is better, by far. Typically wrapping the cord around your forearm puts a big twist in it which creates a big tangled mess when you unwrap it. The reason it doesn't in this method is that you double it up before you start wrapping. When you want to use the cord it is still doubled up when you cast it out. That's the key.
@@ItsVideosit's still getting twisted you can see his cord is wavy.
Its far from the worst cord I have seen though. There was one that looked like it had been braided with other cables and had a corkscrew shape down the whole length of the cable and was extremely annoying to wrap up no matter the method because it was no longer straight anywhere.
There's a better way that keeps the cord from getting twists in it and allows the cable to freely deploy from one end instead of having to throw all of it out to get to the one end. I don't know if theres a name for it though.
To try and explain it you start with a length hanging over one hand with the end on the outside of your hand(a bit bigger than the size you want the loops to be bigger means less curves or bends introduced obviously)then you take a length with your other hand and lay it over that hand but without twisting it at all and laying it straight over your other hand taking your hand past your other hand so it makes a figure 8. Then you just repeat that and it makes a bunch of figure 8s. Then you leave some extra so you can get like 4-6 wraps around the middle and move the coils from your hand onto your arm so it's easier to handle(you'll have your arm through all the top sections of the figure 8s). Then wrap around the middle 4-6 times tightly and then take the end and make a loop and put it through that too section then wrap it around the top and put it over the top wrap and pull it tight I think it's called a larks head knot? Or maybe something else.
You can probably find a video by searching figure 8 rope coil or something. I do it with really heavy gauge cords as well but those get heavy especially 100ft ones. But you can undo the knot and then it just unravels from the figure 8s you can even put your arm back through the top hole and just walk with it pulling off whatever length you want or set it down and walk with it
That is the best way to do it. You are so right easy peasy
Cool. I also like the method of letting hosepipes and cables finding their own way of coiling. Back in the day people used to tell you you were doing it wrong, but kept their “professional” methods a closely guarded secret, never letting on. Thank goodness for YT.
thank you I appreciate this video
That's how I was taught to roll things up as an apprentice Lineman many years ago - works really well.
I would get cussed out for doing that back in the day 😂
That's been the consensus 😂
Its 2024 wake up bro ,old stuff going out the door latly if u haven’t noticed
this is helpful, now my cords dont have to be in a big pile, thanks for the tip.
U did it very easily….we tried over ten times to start it the right way…lol….thanks for sharing
👍🤩💝
I just watched a long video telling me how to do it and i learned nothing. Your video was great
Use the butterfly or over under techniques
dude, nice! easy, didn't tangle and doesn't look like messy. wish I learned this years ago!
👍😎👍
Thanks!
Thanks for the great tip.
I never thought about rolling it double like that.
It looks good and is neat and tidy, but as others have mentioned it can lead to tangles and cord damage. Your best bet is to do what the professional grips do when they wrangle miles and miles of cables: the over/under technique.
Thx for helping this old lady learn lol you gotta have a PHD on the other videos!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Happy to help!
Dude I swear I was the only one that search " How Too " 😂😂😂 Thank you !!!!❤
For rope I think that is the right way..but electric cable you could damage the inner side of the cable..
😊mucho bueno
I like this method best too. Thx
I do a figure eight pretty much exactly the same result except the middle of the loop is easier to wrap with the end of the cord
May as well plug the two ends together, while you're at it. Keeps it neat.
Nice I hope I remember when it’s time to put into action.
If you keep doing it this way you'll gradually end up with fewer copper strands intact and lower amp capacity until eventually you'll get intermittent connection.
I'm doing research to try to find out how true that is. I can understand the principle being true, and I can definitely understand any pinching or twisting going on causing damage, but how much damage will you do if youre doing the overarm method pretty gently? Like statistically how many times do I have to do it to average a broken cable? I'm getting the feeling it's so high that all of my cables will end their life some other way first.
The problem is with the tight turns. They use soft copper to withstand the constant bending forces but with each bend the metal work-hardens itself and even more so the tighter the bend. In time the copper hardens at the bend and cracks. So if you can loosen the radius of the bend the less stress on the copper strands. How long it takes for it to break I don't know. Cheap cables will have fewer copper strands and will fail sooner than one with more copper strands.
@@watdahel specifically my beef is with audio cables. The cables used for instruments usually break at the tips or they'll get broken along the wire by something falling on them etc. it seems obvious to me these cables shelf life is so short there's no point in worrying about what will happen after 10 years of quickly wrapping them around my arm in the interest of time. Nobody else in my circle seems to agree, they are firmly in the camp of "do it right." I just get the feeling they're being dogmatic rather than realistic.
Thanks mate
Well presented!
Bro. This is a perfect way to wrap a long cord. Imma start doing it this way.
Thanks!
Just don't hang it by that loop, especially for longer (ie, heavier) cords.. it puts all the stress on one section. Put the entire "top bundle" (where the little loop was pulled thru) on the hook. Helps distrubute the weight and reduces wear on the jacket and conductors.
Don't pull a wire, grab it. Remember that wires are an insulating sleeve on top of a metal core. Pulling it will stretch and force insulation towards the plugs, reducing lifespan and increasing its chance to tear
But it accumulates twists so I'm the same direction which makes the cord refuse to lie flat after it's been stored a while. Need to use figure 8 to alternate the twist direction for each loop.
It is genuinely literally part of my job to make people stop doing this to any cables, ever.
Haha really? Who do you work for?
The best part of your comment was telling us how to do it instead! Brilliant.
I find this works well till about 50 feet or a bit more. I like the daisy chain for longer cords like 100 feet
This is great way to roll up an extension cord. It twists the wire one way, and then the other way for each wrap. This is much better than coiling the extension cord. Coiling ends up with a very twisted extension cord. Try it with an extension cord that has a stripe on it. You will see that doing it this way, the stripe is always straight. Coiling it hand over hand will end up twisting like a peppermint stick.
Braiding is probably the best for the cord itself, over then under hand coiling is also very good, but just coiling it up like most people do is the worst thing you can do to your extension cords.
Great video 👍
doing this for about 40 years, good tip
Have any of your extension cords failed in those 40 years?
@@rollinon never😉
Excelente bro
Me too. WOW!
Looks beautiful
Thank you!!
One of many peoples opinions. The one where you find the middle and make loops where it pays out seems best to me... But time consuming. When I had to do it on the "job" we just made 3' loops until you neared the end and made several wraps and on the last one made a knot whith the male end as a tail. Plug it in and pay it out however far you need. 5 min. per 100' cord.
Just changed my life
Haha glad I could help!
Thank you for recording and posting this educational video.
Glad you enjoyed!
Never do like that, it may seem practical but you will twist the wire to wreck and it will not last long, rolling around your is never good for anything not even a rope
A cord like that will last decades no matter how its wrapped up - that one looks like it's from the 80's. Now, let's say it's being used in construction on a daily basis; it will still last the rest of our lives. And then, when wrapping up extension cords on a job, which usually means many extension cords, the quickest way is the best way...
I have an extension cord I inherited from my father, he wrapped it like this and I have as well. It’s probably 12 years old and the only issue with it is a nick from a trimmer.
We have an extension cord that runs from our laundry to the garage outside, its just lying on the ground where cars have been driving over it for over 20 years and counting.
@@bFORCe2003 and that fridge we all have in our garage that has been running 24/7 for 15 years and has never been cleaned. I swear I’ve had to replace my regular fridge 2 times and still have yet to replace my garage fridge
In a cold climate this is NOT how you wrap a cord. You use the lazy loop method. Larger loops not around your arm. My dad would yell at me for wrapping a cord like that.
That will put a lot of stress on the cable and isolation, however, quite practical to do.
A lot of stress? Sure there is.
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Might as well wad it up and throw it in a trash bag if this is the only way you can coil a cord.
Comments that offer opinion with no reasoning are worthless. 'Trust me, I'm real smart and stuff.'
Nobody cares about your opinions, only how you reached them, share that or stfu.
You hit the nail right on the head Shannon.
The main problem with continually wrapping the cord around your arm like this is that it introduces a lot of twists, which over time will damage it. The over under method is a better option because it avoids putting in all those twists and better preserves the cord
It's a extension cord it's not meant to last for centuries
@@jamesmanus5621 😂😂😂
You will get nasty "twisties" build up over time doing this. Try the over/under method.
Thank you
Here is how to keep a long extension cord from tangling ALWAYS USE A CORD WHEEL.
Very useful
Thanks💯
Nifty
That was GANGSTA
HAHA thanks. Could you elaborate on your username??
Thanks
Great way to trash your cord.
Please elaborate
@@LeViIain power cords and cables have a natural lay. Twisting them this way (Yes. This is twisting the core.) will cause the wire to weaken and break. Coiling your cables using over/under wrapping will keep your cables working for years. I have cables over 10 years old that still work fine.
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I can't believe more people don't know this. Ever look at your extension cord, and it looks twisted up? It's from tightly wrapping it around your arm.
I like that....will do
Need more peaple like you.. the old mans technique so you got my vote
No no no don’t do it like him 🤦🏻♂️🤣
I unwrapped my husband's perfectly rolled up rope. He will never know. Thanks
P.S. he does the same coil. Myst be a Navy trick?
Boss move
Thank you so much for teaching us a basic life skill
No problem buddy, glad to have helped!
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hmmm, i 'used' to wrap them up like that and they always got all twisted and tangled when pulling them out. I hated it. .. Don't know how yours is not like that.? Congratulations
That is the best
Bedankt
Is that the 82nd technique?
What does this mean?
It aint a rope mate... electricians are tearing their hair out ( if they care)
Doing this for last 40 yrs, it’s amazing the cake wrapping PhDs here still feel like debating over this topic.
Raw
I just tried it with the same cord length over and over. There is no question in my mind this method puts a twist in the cord which causes it to tangle. Sorry.
Mine doesn’t look as pretty as that, but still decent for my first go😂🤙
_That's a beautiful thing..._
*_TRUST !!_*
I’m a mason. I wrap cable like this on purpose just to piss people off 😂. “It’s gonna shorten the life of the cord” as if all of the machinery and mud and outdoors is really doing it any good either😂 shit up and wrap the cord up and get it in the truck, we’re using it again tomorrow.
OMG I LOVE THAT CORD, I WILL BUY IT FROM YOU
This chord is suple man! It's the easiest chord to wrap. Satisfying every time. Sorry, not for sale!
@@rollinon Its ok!, Where did you get it?
Don't use your arm .. use the memory of the wire .. wrap it tighter at the end and wrap the loop around the bundle to not destroy the cord
use your legs ...
Then if you're throwing it in a box just plug around that little handle
Eventually you will have a twisted mess from wrapping cords this way
Good job breaking your cord lmao. Twisting like that twists the cable and will break it. Just do over under and be done with it.
This is bad. The "over/under" technique is the best way.
I'll have to check that out.
My grandpa would do this but don't remember him wrapping it around his arm
Wait till you try and unroll it in the winter.
That stiff extension cord will be no match for my big muscles..
Sorry you have done it wrong. Wrapping from the plug ends will sooner or later break the wires inside or, you will have knot problems. Pull it out with the plugs at the one end and start with the loop, because then as you go any twist in the cord can straighten them selves out and save you from a twisted cord or knots. The same goes even more so with garden hose.
Never wrap a cord around your arm on a cord over 25ft
Why is that?
@@rollinon The wires will start to twist up inside the jacket. It will get knotty. You want to roll it up at arms length and twist it with your fingers so the cord stays in a smooth loop. A short cord is not a big deal. I have had several helpers and employees ruin expensive cords. There are several good videos on a correct to roll up and stor a cord
Great but skip the elbow wrap👍
never over the arm!!!! please look up the over under method
That’s old school !