On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 23:05:56 +0100, Will Hand wrote:

Thanks Les, the trouble is that each lead has *very * thin strands
of wire, I'm not sure soldering would work ?

It will Will, it will. Copper melts at a far higher temperature than
even lead free solder... Do it each joint quick with minimal solder
though or the insulation might retreat up the wire.

Do you have a small soldering iron though? If not just striping back
1/2" or so of the coloured insulation and twisting the wires together
will work. Removing the insulation without breaking the strands might
be fun a single edged razor blade, bend the wire, steady hand and
f'all pressure on the outside of the bend to start a "crack" which you
can then propergate.

Next stage up is a small bit of terminal block. The use of self
amalgamting tape is to be recomended, make sure that you stretch it
well and that you cover at least 40mm or so from the ends of the main
cable insulation. Ships chandlers might be a source or possibly a
decent motor factors.

Rabbits used to snip the cables here. My sensors where running through
a bit of chocolate block terminal strip for quite a while.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail