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Unread 02-03-2009, 01:13 AM
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A couple shots of the crud wires being soldered together. Not so pretty but it will work a hundred times better. When you push the strands together they like to fray out so I took a strand of copper from a piece of wire and twisted it around the strands and turned them with surgical pliers. Being twisted together like safety wire twists it really helped pull all the wires together for soldering. It's the only way to go.



Once soldered you can cut away any strands or twist off any wires that were used to safety wire the strands together. If you need to grind down any barbs or sharp wires sticking out with your Dremel or a file so they don't stick through the heat shrink.

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