2. Re: Removal of plastic coating from wires....

["Avocet" madl74]

> The issue is that in using wire strippers, all I managed to do was
> pull the wires from the capsule on the first one

Paul,

It's a matter of using the right tools. I use fine and sharp
wirecutters which have one side flat (flushcutters). Get good quality.
If you have to pull on a fixed wire, hold it with pointed pliers. The
trick is to cut part way through the plastic but not the copper, then
carefully pull the insulation off.

Alternatively, stretch the insulation past the end of the copper with
the sidecutters without cutting it, then clip the streched end off
with a little of the copper. When you solder it, the plastic will
shrink back revealing clean copper.

David

David Brinicombe
North Devon, UK
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