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Ian Stirling
 
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Default RIP DIY - longish rant

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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The sort of D-I-Yer who makea a balls up and a dangerous mess is NOT the
sort of D-I-Yer who posts here for the most part. Its the sort who hang
out in B & Q, and use a staple gun to clip cables to the wall for their
new mood lighting...apart from one notable exception, those too stupid
to use a computer aren't represented here.


Staple-guns work just fine for clipping cabling.
(if careful, and not for power stuff of course.)
I made up a plant-label with a notch in it, and glued it to the
front of the staple-gun to ensure adequate centering, and then adjusted
the power so that it just gripped the cable.
Nice and fast, and no fiddling about looking for cable clips.
(it was just a temperature sensor wire, for the greenhouse)