Important note - A trap for young and not so young players. If you are terminating wires using screw down terminals (chocolate blocks, terminal blocks, rising clamp connectors, ....) you should NOT solder the whole end. A soldered wire will deform en masse from round to flat and retain its new shape. If there is vibration and tension on the wire and/or block, in time the wire can deform to a size less than the mean gap under the screw or clamp and work loose. A bundle of separate copper wires does not do this (or at least, does it much less.). Some regulations, which prohibit soldering for this reason, do allow you to solder the tip only of the wire to keep the strands together. regards Russell McMahon _______________________________________ What can one man do? Help the hungry for free at http://www.thehungersite.com/ From: M. Adam Davis >Not every handyman carries a micro-torch (flame, not flashlight!) and a >roll of solder with them. > >-Adam > >"Sean H. Breheny" wrote: >> >> Why DON'T they solder household connections? Is it because they would not >> be as easily disconnected and reconnected? It seems to me that things would >> be safer,more reliable, and there would be less voltage drop. >> >> Sean >> >> At 12:46 PM 9/16/99 -0700, you wrote: >> >Of course, I prefer ring terminals crimped & soldered to screw >> >terminals, but, that's probably against code if used for 117VAC or >> >220VAC wiring. >> > >> > Mark >> > >> | >> | Sean Breheny >> | Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM >> | Electrical Engineering Student >> \--------------=---------------- >> Save lives, please look at http://www.all.org >> Personal page: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7 >> mailto:shb7@cornell.edu ICQ #: 3329174 >