Sunday, 10 April 2011

How I fold electrical cables

... with my magic "Electrical-Knot"
I am very proud of this solution of mine for folding electrical cables. It is a quick, easy, strong and super-tidy way to avoid that common "electrical spaghetti mess dramahahah".

1. Say this is the full length of your electrical cable:
2. Fold it in half so that the two ends of the cable coincide. Now we have a double cable, but half shorter:

3. If cable is long, you can fold it in half again, and again depending on how long it is. Every time you fold the cable in half you halve its length (pretty obvious remark I know :) 
 4. Now it is time to hold this double or quadruple electrical cable together with my magic "Electrical-Knot". The diagram below should be able to explain this simple but revolutionary knot:
 5. The "Electrical-Knot" holds the double or quadruple electrical cable together:
 6. And it should then look something like this:
 7. Here is a real picture of my USB cable after having applied the "Electrical-Knot" to it. As you can see, it is indeed a simple knot after all:

8. And another great example folding my earphones, this time using a double knot:

 From now on, you will be able to store multiple cables in the same box, in no time and never experience the "electrical spaghetti mess dramahahah" again.  

So, there you go, another problem is solved!  

PS: I don't limit my technique of the "Electrical-Knot" to  electrical cables. You can apply my technique to any type of cables, cords, strings, elastic bands, straps and so on.

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