Hi Ralph,
You can buy wire where the strands are tin plated or you can buy wire where the bundle of strands is "tinned" with an over coat of solder. The "tinned" is more prone to vibration failure. I think our only disagreement on soldering is how long it takes to become an expert at soldering. I'd guess more than 75% (ok right out of the air) of the folks that think they know how to solder actual don't and get luck from time to time. It takes a good 2 or 3 days of instruction to learn how to solder and the certification test is several hours. On the other hand I can tell someone which terminals and crimper to use and be fairly assured they will achieve a quality connection as a result. I'm not opposed to soldering, having lectured on soldering techniques at 26 assembly sites in the US for Intel one year, I'm just certain it's not something that is easy to pick up on your own. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph Ahseln Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] Long time lurker......1st time poster Huh ? What ? Explain please . (As many old timers here know, Phil and I have had a long term , friendly, disagreement about Soldering and Tinning.) Respectfully, Ralph Ahseln "Oblio" From: Phil Agur <mailto:[email protected]> "........ It should be tin plated stranded copper wire but not "Tinned" in theory......"
