DO NOT SOLDER standed wire and then use any sort of pressure clamp to
attach the wire. The solder will cold flow and you will then have a
loose connection.
The loose connection will oxidize and then overheat. Where I used to
work they did an inspection to make sure that no plugs had stranded
wire that had been soldered. They missed a couple of power cords, but
the problem showed up a year or so later.

Dan


Loren Coe wrote in message news:XS8rb.144752
there are terminations for stranded wire, used by electrical
contractors. they look like just a barrel, they are crimped
on. code used to allow use of solder, too.

a co-worker almost got fired from GE when he connected main
power to a computer with stranded wire at a test station and
got a strand shorted. they had frayed out and were a bit
difficult to insert. they said he should have known that
the wires s/b crimped or solderd. no one else seemed to know.

--Loren