Does coating stranded copper wire with solder cause any issues or break any codes?
"Pop" wrote in message
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: On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:55:00 -0600, Bud--
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: The question I asked was for a single tinned stranded wire
in a pressure
: connection.
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: Stranded wire in a pressure connection cannot be soldered.
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: I am not doubting you, but can you give a reference for that?
: (I always crimp fitting on stranded, but was unaware of this
: prohibition...)
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: It goes back to depending on the solder for the connection. The
solder is
: holding the shape of the bundled strands. If it gets hot, it
gets loose. You
: are depending on the solder to hold the pressure of the
connector.
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In other words, it's an interpretation of the standardS rather
than a written rule?
Pop
Yes, that is why I said earlier that it was debateable, but that I tended
to agree with it.
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