Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Gecko burned out

> I'd have to second this logic.
>
> I usually tin the wires with a nice hot iron, and draw it down, only
> just thinly coating the conductor with solder so that it's still very
> flexible. I'll then snip the end, so it's got a nice square profile. The
> allows it to be snugly tightened into the terminal.
>
> Of course those nice boot-lace ferrules are the neatest, but expensive
> for the kit and the crimps and I already have a soldering iron and lots
> of solder...
>
> My 2p.
> ~Abby
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: JanRwl@... [mailto:JanRwl@...]
> Sent: 18 October 2004 21:33
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> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Gecko burned out
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> In a message dated 10/18/2004 6:38:18 AM Central Standard Time,
> awander@... writes:
>
> BTW, did you know that tinning stranded wires is NOT recommended for
> wire-clamp-type terminals? The manufacturers specifically warn against
> it. They say it will cause the connection to creep and loosen.
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> Yes, I had read that. I imagine if the wire is twisted loosely and the
>
> solder is globbered on so thickly that it increases the "gage" of the
> wire one or
> two points, this is valid. However, if one twists the wires snugly,
> leaving
> a little excess-length on the tip, tins with FRESH, clean solder not
> full of
> copper-solute, drawing the tip of the iron downwards, with the wire
> pointing
> down, so that last drop falls off the end, THEN, clips the excess off
> the
> wire-tip, the result will be VERY little "flowable tin" in the tip, and
> all the
> strands will stick together as "one wire", rather than like a witch's
> broom
> with some strands sticking all out, about, causing shorts! I've SEEN
> it, and
> when pointed out to the fabricator, the response has often been, "So?"
>
> Amazing! Jan Rowland
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