Many folks also save the leads trimmed from resistors etc. after installation and use those...
Same composition and (depending on wattage) thickness as IC legs. On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 2:43 AM Brian K. White <[email protected]> wrote: > > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S9JFK2V gold plated brass, 300ft, $14 > > or > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H9RBTPF gold plated copper, 60ft, $5 > > It's actually kind of hard to tell for sure what many of the Amazon > links are really made of. But this Aliexpress item at least explicitly > says copper wire and real gold plating. > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002047296739.html > > I think brass would be a little better but maybe copper is strong enough. > I just did a mock-up test with some 23awg solid ethernet wire, and it > uses 5.9mm of wire to make one leg. > https://photos.app.goo.gl/mQnsaH5LVoQW2RdJ6 > > Rounding up to 6mm, this is $1.80 for over 830 legs. > > I'm going to do up a board with this wire just to see how it goes, even > though you wouldn't want bare copper legs for real, and 23awg is thicker > than what I'm hoping for with 26awg or at most 24awg. > > Still I really don't have much problem with the TE leads. What's so hard > about this? > https://photos.app.goo.gl/628cwKMSYWkbg9Eb7 > The advantage of the wire is just cost, availability, and gold plating. > > -- > bkw >
