You may have been a Boy Scout, a Girl Scout, an FFA member, a sailor, or a horse lover, and have probably tied a lot of knots in your day, but it's unlikely that you've ever tied this kind of knot. The Underwriter's knot is a special kind of knot especially designed to keep a light cord from being pulled out of a cord plug. It is the strain relief for the cord on common desk lights and such. So get the wire ready and tie the knot!If you've ever walked by a light fixture sitting on an end table and tripped over the cord, only to pull the cord right out of the plug, you'll understand why this knot is so useful. The knot prevents the cord from being pulled out and acts like a built-in shock absorber. That's the nice thing about an Underwriter's Knot, they hold the connection tight.
Photo: Timothy Thiele
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Really, really bad illustration. Two black wires? How do you expect us to be able to follow which wire is which and which is coming and going where? How about a step by step drawing or photos? This example is really only useful if you already know how to tie one.
So, this tells us what it is without telling us how to tie it?
Thanks, just what I needed. It’s a simple knot but I can never remember it when I need it.
To figure out the knot, simply look at the picture. It’s pretty self explanatory.
I could not figure out by the picture shown how to tie this knot
jvill. WHEN was the last time ya saw a lamp cord in two different colors? To learn how to tie the knot, CLICK on the blue “tie the knot”. In the first paragraph.