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Out of curiosity 12 connection brand new tin plated aluminum bus Twelve wires were used Six wires were stripped and clamped tight TIGHT with set screws The remaining six were stripped, had the...
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When I was a teen my brother took me to work with him during the summer. My job was to solder all the solid copper wires in a junction box and then wrap with Plymouth Rubber Tape and then with Friction Tape. A lousy job in a attic.
Things have changed and now scotchlock connectors are considered better, easier and cheaper.
As an apprentice working in traffic signals, we seldom tinned wires under socket type connections or before using crimp fittings. One manufacturer of traffic signal boxes always used crimp fittings and then soldered the wires to the crimp fitting.
There are so many different ways of making wire connections. In a socket type screw down buss or terminal, I used to feel tinned was best, it stopped the wires from migrating and they looked better. Now I see quite a few wire ferrels being used instead of tinning.
So here are a couple of answers to what is better(?) stranded tinned or not. Conflicting answers they are!
Link 1
Link 2
I have found that when I tinned the wires in my towed light cable, the 6 and 7 wire plugs and sockets are good with tinned wires, my four wire plug and sockets seem to come loose often.
I feel that this is due to the loose fitting of the screws in the ferrel ends of the plugs and their small size. I had trouble with the four wire connectors this week end and I'm going to re do that plug and just tin the end about 1/16th of an inch and see if that helps.
Things have changed and now scotchlock connectors are considered better, easier and cheaper.
As an apprentice working in traffic signals, we seldom tinned wires under socket type connections or before using crimp fittings. One manufacturer of traffic signal boxes always used crimp fittings and then soldered the wires to the crimp fitting.
There are so many different ways of making wire connections. In a socket type screw down buss or terminal, I used to feel tinned was best, it stopped the wires from migrating and they looked better. Now I see quite a few wire ferrels being used instead of tinning.
So here are a couple of answers to what is better(?) stranded tinned or not. Conflicting answers they are!
Link 1
Link 2
I have found that when I tinned the wires in my towed light cable, the 6 and 7 wire plugs and sockets are good with tinned wires, my four wire plug and sockets seem to come loose often.
I feel that this is due to the loose fitting of the screws in the ferrel ends of the plugs and their small size. I had trouble with the four wire connectors this week end and I'm going to re do that plug and just tin the end about 1/16th of an inch and see if that helps.
