[ARC5] Tape

[Fuqua, Bill L]

   Full circle type wire strippers will work but not in the way most do.
The stripper must almost make contact with wire all the way around and the teflon cold flows to either side
and the small very thin bit left will snap into when you pull the wire thru the closed stripper.
  I use the small Leatherman strippers like the ones you can get at Radio Shack. Another neat thing
about these is that I use them to strip small solid conductor shield teflon coax. I use a larger gauge hole
to scribe the shield and snap the shield into and slide it off and then strip the inner conductor. It will work
down to about .05 diameter coax. 
  73
Bill wa4lav

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Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [ARC5] Tape

I agree with Bill.  The only thing "awful" about Teflon insulated wire is
that mechanical strippers don't work well with it.  Thermal strippers do.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 04/25/2013 09:38:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
wrcromwell at gmail.com writes:
> On Thu, 2013-04-25 at 03:47 -0700, don davis wrote:
> >Yes, Kapton is the right stuff.  Teflon is awful.  Mylar film can be used
> OK
> >as well as polyolefin tubing.  Spaghetti tubing made of fiberglass is OK
> and
> >is period correct.  RTV might work - but ONLY electronic grade.  Leads
> can
> >also be epoxy coated to immobilize them.  Lead inductance shouldn't make
> a
> >difference with electrolytic caps at audio frequencies.
> >
> >73 de don ad6PB
>
>
> Hi Don,
>
> I have some teflon insulated wiring that has been in place for years.
> Apparently the memo about how awful teflon is wasn't out and that wiring
> doesn't know any better than to work. Maybe those other products are
> better choices in new applications today.
>
> Maybe the post about the lead length came from somebody who didn't know
> these caps are not being used at UHF. At power and audio frequencies the
> inductance doesn't amount to anything at all.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
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