Probably not the 'oldest' reply - after all - it's only two and a half
years late - but an example of a totally clueless spammy reply!

Whoever's paying you to spam irrelevant newsgroups is wasting their money!

Sheesh

Adrian (original poster)


On 02/04/2021 14:11, Allen Shieh wrote:
在 2021年2月23日星期二 UTC+8 下�7:30:30，jon 写�：
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:54:01 -0800, Allen Shieh wrote:

在 2019年2月20日星期三 UTC+8 上�2:35:04，Adrian Brentnall 写�：
On 19/02/2019 17:00, misterroy wrote:
On Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 2:43:18 PM UTC, Adrian Brentnall
wrote:
On 19/02/2019 14:22, Tim+ wrote:
Adrian Brentnall Wrote in message:
On 18/02/2019 20:24, Tim+ wrote: My cheap soldering iron has a
rather stiff PVC cable and I'd like to replace it with something
more flexible (and heat resistant). Any reccommendations for
replacement? (50W iron). Would need suitable strain relief too
(for iron and base station). The existing SR seems to be heat
welded to the existing cable outer. How do you do it with heat
resistant cable? Tim I bought some on eBay at the end of last
year - search
"Unistrand-3-core-0-5mm-Silicone-Cable-White-suits-Weller-TCP-
Soldering-iron-180C"
- if that doesn't work then the seller is 'redwingfish'Cut to
length - £3.50 per metre - free p&p - used it on two of my mains
soldering irons that, like yours, had nasty stiff cable.I seem to
recall that Farnell / RS or similar had it, but only in 50m
rolls...

Cheers. Found it...

Tim

No probs. Makes all the difference - I'm using my iron for soldering
on stained-glass - long seams / beads - work better if you're not
fighting with the mains cable!

How skilled a job is the stained glass soldering? My wife almost
volunteered to do a window a few years back.

Difficult to answer that one without incriminating myself! grin

The soldering is of two different types - with copper-foil (aka
Tiffany)
technique the solder holds the copper-foil together, and is formed into
a raised bead, to look a bit like traditional lead-came.
There's a skill in getting the finished bead looking right..

With lead-came (as in church windows) the solder is only used at the
intersection of the 'H-section' lead came. The trick here is to get a
good soldered joint without actually melting the lead itself.

There's other skills to master - like cutting the glass accurately,
applying the copper foil or cutting the lead-came and so on.

It's one of those activities where attending a short course, or looking
over the shoulder of somebody who knows what they're doing, will get
you up & running fairly quickly..

Adrian (www.inspired-glass.com)


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Download Useful Tools Silicone Rubber Cable As a 18 years old Medical
cable manufacturer,we have helped medical industry partners to develop
more than 1000 types of cables.Among all the cables we made,Silicone
rubber cable ranks 2nd. (TPU cable rank 1st),it is very significant to
make an comprehensive introduction to Silicone cable.

What Is Silicone Rubber Cable ？
Generally speaking, silicone cable means cable with Silicone rubber
insulated，this type of silicone cable is more accurately to call it
€œsilicone wire€� or €œsilicone insulated wire€� if we study the definition
difference tween wire and cable, in which €œwire€� is defined as €œA wire
consists of a single strand or a group of strands of an electrically
conductive material (conductor). This material is normally composed of
aluminum or copper. Wires can come bare, or covered in a protective or
color-coded sheath.€� It fully use the excellent properties of silicone
rubber. In some way, when we are talking about the advantages of silicon
rubber cable, we are talking about the advantage of silicone rubber.

silicone rubber cable with Silicone Insulation silicone rubber cable
with Silicone Insulation custom cable with Silione rubber Jacket custom
cable with Silione rubber Jacket So in some situations, we combine the
silicone rubber advantages with others to develop a new customized
Silicone rubber cable, in which silicone rubber worked as Jacket, not
the insulation. The commonest cable with this combination is :Silicone
Jakcet+ insulator Teflon(PTFE�FEP�PFA�ETFE) ,this is another type of
Silicone rubber cable.

What Is The Key Properties And Advantages Of Silicone Cable?
Resistant To Extreme Temperature Resistant To High Temperature Extruded
with a suitable compound, silicone cable can work at an operating
temperature up to 300 °C for while (Even 350 with suitable conductors
like nickel). And maintain its good mechanical performance within 250 °C
for long time using.

Thermal conductivity of thermal interface silicone rubber Thermal
conductivity of thermal interface silicone rubber Fugure-Silicone cable
life long in high temperature Figure of Silicone cable lifelong in high
temperature Resistant To Low Temperature Silicone cables working low
temperature range is -60°C.

And remains good electrical and mechanical performance, softness and
flexibility if the temperature is no lower than -40 °C. (Silicones
indurating temperature of around -115°C). So it does not mean if
temperature lower than -40, it does not work. Many factors influence its
operation, such as, exposing time, atmosphere situation (like oxygen
concentration, ozone), and mechanical stress, tension and so on.

Good Dielectric Properties /Insulation Strength Silicone rubber has high
insulation resistance of 1T·m-100T·m, and its insulating properties are
stable over a wide range of temperatures and across a wide frequency
spectrum. There is almost no decline in performance even when immersed
in water, making silicone rubber an ideal insulating material. It has
particularly good resistance to corona discharge and arcing at high
voltages. Silicone rubber is thus used extensively as an insulator in
high voltage cable.

Silicone rubber insulated wires has perfect dielectric properties,
combined with flexibility, when making flexible High Voltage cables,
such as 4 awg silicone wire,14awg silicone wire,20 gauge or 22 gauge
silicone wire, silicone rubber will be our first optional insulation
material, even Teflon also has perfect insulation strength.

Figure-Silicone rubber Dielectronic Silicone rubber cable insulation
thickness and dielectric breakdown voltage Figure-Silicone rubber
cable,s Corona resitance Resistant To Chemical Substances Silicone
cables are commonly applied in the industries where they are closely
contacted with chemicals, especially lubricating oils ,which is used
everywhere, like €œautomation, automotive, chemical Industry and so on
.Silicone rubber cables has good resistance to lubricating oils and
acid-base. Silicone cable has good chemical stability, except for alkali
and hydrofluoric acid, does not interact with other chemical reagents.
Oil and chemical resistance of common methyl vinyl silicone rubber Type
of oil/chemical Immersion conditions Change in properties °C x h
Hardness points Weight % Volume % Tensile strength
% Elongation %
Oil ASTM #1 oil 150 x 168 -10
+10 -10 -10 ASTM #3 oil 150 x 168 -25
+40 -20 -20 GM Hydramatic Fluid 94 x 70 -35
+35 -40 -5 Ford Brake Fluid
150 x 72 -20 +15 -60 -40 Diesel Fuel 50 x
168 -30 +105 €” €”
Gasoline 23 x 168 -20 +165 €” €”
Skydrol 500A Fluid 70 x 168 -5 +10 -10 +5
Motor oil (SAE #30) 175 x 168
-8 -8 -70 -65 Chemical Acid Conc. Nitric
acid 25 x 168 +10 +10 -80 30
7% Nitric acid 25 x 168 1
1 -50 -30 Conc. Sulfuric acid 25 x 168
Dissolves Dissolves Dissolves Dissolves 10% Sulfuric
acid 25 x 168 1
1 0 0 Acetic acid 25 x 168 +3
+4 -20 +10 5% Acetic acid 25 x 168 +2
+2 -20 +10 Conc. Hydrochloric acid 25 x 168
+3 +4 -40 -20 10%
Hydrochloric acid 25 x 168 +2
+2 -50 -50
Alkali 10% Sodium hydroxide
solution 25 x 168 -2 -1 -10 0 2%
Sodium hydroxide solution 25 x 168
1 1 0 0 Conc. Ammonia water 25 x 168
+2 +1 -30 +10 10% Ammonia
water 25 x 168 +2 +2 -20 0 Other Water 25
x 168 1 1 0 0 100 x 70 1
1 -10 -10 70 x 168 +1 1 -10 +10 3%
Hydrogen peroxide solution 25 x
168 1 1 0 +20 Resistant To Physical
Destruction Resistant To Flame
And Fire Silicone jacket wire is a typical Sihf cable (Silicone
Insulated Halogen free), lszh cable (low smoke zero halogen cable) and
UL cable such as UL3512 UL3535 UL4535.

High temperature Silicone cables are flame retardant .In case of a fire.
The Silicone Jacket or & and insulation crystallize and generate a
silica film to cover the conductors, thus remains its insulation
properties and to prevent a disaster of circuit or electricity network.

With special retardant compounds, the LOI value (Limiting Oxygen Index)
can be increased up to 120-125%.

Physical Stretch (Elongation)
Silicone has high elongation (stretch) which helps flexibility and
strength. There is little change in silicone rubber cable even at
250°C.it closely related with the silicone rubber insulation.

Elongation generally refers to €œultimate elongation€� or percent increase
in original length of a specimen when it breaks.

Typical elongation ranges are listed here. (Note: silicone rubbers
elongation does not equal to silicone cables, elongation)

HCR €“ High Consistency Silicone Rubber typical elongation range from 90
to 1120%.

FSR €“ Fluorosilicone Rubber €“ typical elongation range from 159 to 699%.

LSR €“ Liquid Silicone Rubber €“ typical elongation range from 220 to
900%.

*Different processing methods and oven cures change the values
considerably.

The thermal characteristics section shows that the elongation of
silicone rubber varies linearly with temperature, and holds up longer
than most other elastomers.

Tear and Tensile strength of silicone rubber-NOT equal to silicone cable
Waterproof And Pressure Resistant Silicone cable has good Waterproof and
pressure resistance, combined with its resistant to oil and high
temperature, it is an ideal choice for automotive wires user and similar
application users

Physical Processing Silicone wires has good resistance to corona, ozone,
weathering , UV, aging, radiation.it has good physiological inertness
and air permeability .This make it easy to go through many type of
physical processing.

Biological Properties Resistant To Fungus Silicone itself is not
anti-fungicidal, it is neither a food for fungus, so even when there is
suitable damp and temperature, fungus or mold will affect the silicone
jacket of the cable. And we can formulate the silicone rubber to improve
the silicon wires, fungus resistance properties.

Super Biocompatibility Benefit by the super biocompatibility of silicone
rubbers, silicone cable has good compatibility with human tissue and
body fluids and an extremely low tissue response when implanted, not to
mention a skin contact.

Odorless, tasteless and biological stability, silicones is not a
nutrition for bacteria growth and will not stain or pollute others
around.

What Are Disadvantage Of Silicone Rubber Cable And Caution When Using
Silicone cables can be seriously damaged by ethers, strong alkalis,
liquid fuel, esters, chlorinated hydrocarbons and ketones.
Silicone cable jacket inflate when touched with naphthenic oils.
Silicone cable will be out of service when contacting aromatic base oils
at high temperatures (higher than 130-140 °C)
Silicone able has poor abrasion resistance. The silicone wire jacket /
sheath is cold extruded after vulcanizing the silicone rubber. The
density is not as good as Heat extruded jacket of other materials. It is
easy to scrape by sharp objects. So it is better to be applied in static
situations and keep away from sharp objects or movement on rough
surface.
Surface is it easy to sticky to dust.

Silicone Cables High Price Is A Fatal Disadvantage The main reason for
the high price of silicone cable is the high cost of silicone rubber and
silicone cable manufacturing progress .The cost of silicone rubber is
2-3 times of common plastic materials, and for medical level silicone
rubber, its cost is even higher. For Common plastic jacket cable, it
only take one step to finish the Insulation/ Jacket extruding. For
Silicone cable, it need two steps:

Step1：Silicone rubber vulcanization

Step2：Cold Extrude

The more steps it take, the harder it is to control and more lose will
cause.

Silicone rubber cable manufacturing-Extrduing Silicone rubber cable
manufacturing-Extrduing Silicone Cable Applications Applications In
Medical No matter it is Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 medical devices or
accessories, Silicone cable application can be found everywhere.
Sterilization and Biocompatibility are prior concerns .As mentioned in
silicone cable properties, it is clear that silicone cable is absolutely
an ideal choice for medical applications. Such as monitoring system
sensor, robotic arms, imaging system, Spo2 sensor, ECG/EKG,High-End
ESU(Electrosurgical Unit)





Figure-Silicone medical cable,s Steam Resistance (autoclave Resistance)
Most Medical cable use autoclave sterilization,to the cable need to be
autoclave resistant.Silicone cable has good autoclave resitant

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Applications In Aerospace Aerospace applications such as spacecraft €“
Satellites, which has high requirement for €œRadiation Resistant,
Flexibility, Low Outgassing€�, silicone cable can deal with these
situation.

Applications In Undersea And Naval Naval and undersea (Tow, Tether,
Sonar Video, ROV, Lighting, Umbilical, Geophysical) activities usually
need the cable to be Flame Retardant, Low Smoke, Low Halogen, there are
many considerations such as Buoyancy, Atmospheric Pressure, Ruggedness

Applications In Industry
Used in electrical connection between mobile electrical equipment in
high temperature environments such as power generation, metallurgy,
chemical industry, etc.

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