[GreenKeys] Model 26 Update

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Thu Feb 19 13:26:41 EST 2015


On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Roy Morgan wrote:

> Put a common aspirin under the end of the wire and apply the solder 
> pencil to the wire onto the aspirin.  The insulation should come off.  
> Carefully clean the wire and coil area well and solder.  (This may not 
> work with modern high temperature magnet wire.)

An aspirin tablet?  Will paracetamol work just as well?

> I suggest making very sure the new lead wire can’t pull on the fragile 
> winding.  A bit of epoxy, or maybe transformer tape applied very 
> carefully might be in order.

Can you get "Silastic Neutral Cure" over there?  As the name implies, it 
does not contain acetic acid (which you can verify by the lack of a 
vinegar smell).

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