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Originally Posted by slijin
Some people, when running wires through small holes, like to tie a knot in one side so that the knot can't move through the hole, placing a hard limit on how far out the wire can be pulled (useful for ensuring that the connection at the base of the wire never gets stressed).
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I would not recommend this. A wire is not a rope. Wires are not meant to tie knots. Doing so moves the stresses from a connector you can see to the wire strands inside of the knot, which you cannot see as they are inside the insulation.