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

["Mark" seoulgypsy]

There's more than one way to skin a catsule!!  ... Couldn't resist

On May 8, 2012, at 7:57 PM, "Avocet" <> wrote:

> > 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
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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