Best way go link electric cables outside

[Harry Bloomfield]

Saying that it was in a tree and there are lots of squirrels. I dunno

Was there a squirrel, on the ground, below it, with its legs pointing skywards?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Every time I speak to them I suggest that they really ought to do something about 'protection' of the cable, but, a few years down the road, they do not seem to be listening

Assuming you cannot disturb the plugs, on the ends - Could you not wind some of that metal spiral, from an old shower hose, around it?

 

[JohnW2]

Assuming you cannot disturb the plugs, on the ends

no plugs - ends of cable disappears into things that would probably need a tin-opener to get into

- Could you not wind some of that metal spiral, from an old shower hose, around it?

I could, or all sorts of other things like that - but why should I do their work for them (and, of course, they might complain that I had been 'interfering with their equipment'!)

 

[Why Not Indeed]

Thecwires are so thin. How do you strip the insulation off?

Wire strippers.
This style is a bit fiddly but works:

I've got some cheap ones of these but sometimes they cut instead of strip:

 

[JohnW2]

Wire strippers.
This style is a bit fiddly but works:
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I have to say that's what I still mainly use, and it does the job.