Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CAT 5 wiring

In a message dated 06-Apr-01 23:32:39 Central Daylight Time,
jmelson@... writes:

> Some wires made for insulation-displacement connectors do not have
> platings that are compatible with solder. (I don't think this is true of
> these particular wires, however.) But, I HAVE come across pure
> aluminum wires, and others with strange platings that would not tin
>

Hmmm! News to me! I never heard of any "signal-wire", Cat.5 or whatever,
made of aluminum, nor any solder-incompatible plating! What would that have
to be, magnesium? Never heard of such!

If you can tin it, it is surely OK to use! JRR



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