If you have access to any kind of old multi-wire flexible cabling, like SCSI, those usually contain some very flexible braid. Nowadays those cables are just thrown away. Actually wires themselves are really flexible in some of them. On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Sean Breheny wrote: > It slowly corrodes over time - I have used it myself as a conductor. > > You could probably remove the flux by washing in Isopropanol. You can als= o > buy copper braid - either tinned or un-tinned, and high strand count cabl= e > (see, for example, New England Wire Technologies or Alpha Wire's Dearborn > cable. > > Sean > > > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Charles Craft w= rote: > >> My fault - brain not on yet. >> I should have said "de"solder braid. >> Its loaded with flux and didn't know what that might do over time as it >> broke down. >> >> thanks >> chuckc >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: KPL >> >Sent: May 13, 2013 9:11 AM >> >To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." >> >Subject: Re: [EE]: Solder braid as flexible conductor >> > >> >Why not, that's what is used to connect a car engine to chassis, and >> >it gets quite a flexing in it's life. >> > >> >On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Charles Craft >> wrote: >> >> http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3D3740644 >> >> >> >> As much as it pains me to say it, I've had really good luck with >> powered antennas from Radio Shack. >> >> The one above lets me pull in all the Minneapolis stations more than = 60 >> miles from the tower. >> >> >> >> The problem is how the amplifier board is attached to the antenna >> elements inside. >> >> Its done with stranded wire but there is a lot of flexing between the >> front and back covers which >> >> leads to a broken wire where soldered to the board. >> >> I was thinking a replacing the stranded wire with something with many >> more strands like solder braid. >> >> Think this will work? >> >> >> >> thanks >> >> chuckc >> >> >> > >> >-- >> >KPL >> >-- >> >http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> >View/change your membership options at >> >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- KPL --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .