[R-390] Soldering Fine Gauge Wire

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:37:02 -0800

I've been doing the solder blob as Helmut describes for years.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Helmut Usbeck
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:17 PM
To: Albert Solway
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Subject: Re: [R-390] Soldering Fine Gauge Wire

I've so-so luck with the aspirin technique,  best bet seems to use a cheap
aspirin with no coating.
What I've been doing of late to tin small gauge wire on coils and toroids
is to puddle a blob of solder on the end of an iron and then run the wire
though the blob which burns off the insulation and tins it nicely after a
quick wipe with a rag.

-Helm.

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Albert Solway wrote:

>
> To All,
>
> Some time ago there was a request on how to remove the the insulation on
> fine gauge wire as used in IF Transformers.   One of the responses was
> to use an aspirin to remove the insulation. My question is, what is the
> procedure. Any other  techniques would also be appreciated.
>
> The wire from L52, part of  T1 in my SP-600, was broken. The remaining
> useable length is about 0.5 inch to short to reach the terminal it goes
> to. A splice is needed. I tried solder with only a flux and the iron
> without success. The insulation is a high temp type and will not melt
> with the soldering iron. The broken wire was most likely the original
> fault in the SP-600. I found it by accident while replacing the BBODs.
>
> Thanks and have a good day.
>
>
>
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