@Putnam Division , @rayins , clearly you are both men of higher intelligence. I look at it this way. Us non-electrician types could have planned ahead and cleanly sorted every wire out like Bob, gunrunner John and others on this thread, enabling the quick identification and disconnection of any short or defective add on. Nope. Not us. We chose a more intellectually stimulating path. Instead of doing it their way, we focused on getting things quickly operational so we can operate our layouts, creating wonderful rat's nests in the process. Now, when there is a short or defective accessory, we get to spend countless hours tracing the wire through the nest, unraveling years old electrical tape connections and continuously re-figuring out exactly how everything is connected all over again. It’s like a never ending crossword puzzle, rubiks cube, and sudoco all wrapped up into one, worthy of our intellectual endeavors unlike those “clean wiring” luddites. They’ll never know the joy of saying things like “Oh, so that’s where that wire goes” or “Huh, why did I ever connect those three together?”. Anyone can fix a problem on one of their layouts, but only an elite few can ever unravel the mystery of our wiring. So, take pride in your rat’s nests, my friends and leave that clean, neat and electrically sound wiring to the simpletons.
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