Would it be okay to solder a terminal post to the wire? I have some DB9 connectors with solder pins, they would work cherry, but tooo flimsy to crimp. The TM terminal is mighty tiny. The cable i looked at seemed to be a tich smaller than 26ga. I am unsure tho, but see that 26ga is the smallest ferrule i could find.
I did find this though! http://www.gore.com/en_xx/products/cables/index.html GORE® Shielded Twisted Pair Controlled Impedance Wire is especially suited for mil/aero harness applications. better than cat5 for shielding i bet. Clay On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Thomas Müller < [email protected]> wrote: > If you like to attached stranded wire to screw terminals you should > crimp the ends in a ferrule. Tin soldering is not a good idea since the > thin is pretty soft and flowable which might lose the connection.**** > > ** ** > > Thomas**** > > ** ** > > *Von:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *Im Auftrag von *Clay & Carly Dunsworth > *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 27. März 2013 14:59 > *An:* Altus Metrum > *Betreff:* Re: [altusmetrum] wires**** > > ** ** > > I have always steered away from the solid core. Most of the time where > space isnt critical ive used machine tool wire, but doesnt work with the > "smallness" of the Altus Metrum products.(16ga). I bought some smaller > 26ga stranded, becuase another altimeter i have, the MFG suggest 26ga > stranded as the "smallest" wire that would be safe. this was after I > discovered blue color on the copper of the ematch leads. (now i suspect > chemical reaction of the bare copper, oily fingers, and BP residue.) Oddly > its almost too big for the TM i have.**** > > **** > > I have never tinned the ends of my wires, but the belkin cable i cut up > the other day suprised me that the wires were stranded copper, and seemed > suitable for this. I always envisioned they were like old telephone cable > with that fiberstuff, that would be unsuitable. Maybe with this small of a > gage i should solder tin the ends for added reliablity? > I have litterally hundreds of feet of the stuff, and would be a "freebe" > for the rest of my av-building life.**** > > **** > > Clay**** > > I guess thats why we test!**** > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Michael Stephens <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > My only worry would be that solid core wire doesn't like vibration very > much but stranded wire doesn't do well in screw terminals. I would think it > could definitely handle the voltage, especially since its such low duty > cycle.**** > > On Mar 26, 2013 8:16 PM, "Clay & Carly Dunsworth" <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Anyone use cat5e cable for thier avionics bay? > > Making a small launcher for the kids, i noticed the 4 twisted pair i > have would be a good match for my bay? > > Its good for things like telephones and data signal, but what about > ematch voltage? > thinking the sheething and twisted pair may be good at RF shielding? > Clay**** > > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum**** > > > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > altusmetrum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gag.com/mailman/listinfo/altusmetrum > >
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