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Vollrath, Don
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How do you strip off the insulation on a solid bus wire without cutting it in two? All the fancy wire strippers I've seen are meant to work well only at the end of a wire, particularly with thermo-plastic. I use the one-handed type stripper twice, facing in alternate directions to isolate a 3/4 - 1 inch section of insulation then use a sharp utility knife to slit the insulation and pull it off. Wrap the track feeder drop wires several turns around the bare bus wire. Then solder. The trick of soldering is to use a clean hot iron with a relatively large tip so as to have plenty of instant heat to transfer to the wire wrapped around the bus. (A soldering 'gun' doesn't work well as it has little heat reservoir.) Tin the iron with a little extra solder for good heat transfer. Let it dwell on the joint for 2-3 seconds to heat it up, then touch the wrapped wire with rosin core solder. It should flow right into the joint. There is no need to add so much solder that it drips...But don't do this over your face either. Wear safety glasses and a heavy shirt just in case. I added a slanting upright back rest to an auto mechanics creeper that works great for fiddling under the layout. DonV -----Original Message-----
From: WiringForDCC@... [mailto:WiringForDCC@...]On Behalf Of Ken Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:28 AM To: WiringForDCC@... Subject: [WiringForDCC] Re: attaching feeder wires to bus 1. I use wire strippers to pull the bus wire insulation apart,wrap the feeder wire tightly around the bus wire, and solder. 2. Don't us the old type wire strippers that require you to hold one wire with one hand and pull the insulation away with the wire strippers. Newer strippers that are really not costly at all -- $5 to 15 or so -- do a perfect job. Look for the wire strippers that allow basically one handed operation. You just put the stripper over the wire and squeeze. One side grips the insulation and hold, the other side cuts automatically to the size of the wire (doesn't even nick the wire) and pulls the insulation back about 1/2" to 1" or so. If you need more than that space just reposition and squeeze again. It's soooo simple to do this way. They work perfectly on twisted wires as well. These strippers are available at most hardware and supply stores like Menard's, Lowe's, etc. If you need more info let me know. Ken --- In WiringForDCC@..., "Jerry Goodwin" <jerrygoodwin@y...> wrote:
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