Does coating stranded copper wire with solder cause any issues or break any codes?

Slagging matches so piss me off in usenet posting.

Life is too short to be caught up reading about some fools' gripes with another in the middle of a serious discussion.

Makes it sound like Parliament. Part of the reason the country is run by lawyers methinks.

If you *get inside* a soldered or tinned end and think of the strands, how the electricity actually *moves* then the concept begins to open up. Electricity travels on the surface of the circuitry. For wires the area of travel is the surface area of the cable, Length*Pi*diameter. Adding solder changes the surface areas and if you blob the terminal rather than tin the strands you change the surface area of the wire and hence the physical characteristics of the cable.

Bullshit.

The only true understanding is a true interpretation.

Corinthians 2:36

All statutes are open for interpretation, a judge in court interprets the statute when he passes judgement, he can do no more.

It's the only due reason I give to politicians who wish to change the present law if it is old but correct. Old English language is more difficult for the lay person to interpret and hence to understand than modern language.

But then we are not all of the same intellect, patience or will.

"Billy H" wrote in message news:43e61040$0$6963$ snipped-for-privacy@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...

My apologies

"Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit:for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."

You still should not blob the end of the wire or you'd lose surface area and increase heat. Tinning strands leads to creep problems, which was an enlightneing thing to read in here.

You have bored me stupid.

"Billy H" wrote in message news:...

Bullshit.

The only true understanding is a true interpretation.

Corinthians 2:36

My apologies

"Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit:for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."

All statutes are open for interpretation, a judge in court interprets the statute when he passes judgement, he can do no more.

It's the only due reason I give to politicians who wish to change the present law if it is old but correct. Old English language is more difficult for the lay person to interpret and hence to understand than modern language.

But then we are not all of the same intellect, patience or will.

I'm cross posting to uk.legal.moderated and uk.legal. just for a laff!

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On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 01:52:46 -0500, Craig Dickson in accordance with The Prophecy scribed:

Noooooo. Really?

What gave you that clue?

Bowtie is reel bright.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 13:56:21 -0000, "Billy H" Gave us:

Bullshit Copper has a higher melt point temperature than any solder you may use. You MIGHT have been attempting to refer to the insulation on SOME types of wire. If so, you failed miserably.

Odd statement there. If there is that much heat generated at a connection node, the wiring installation has much more deeper seated problems than melted solder.

Jeez, you are so far off base. It is truly pathetic. Solder creep has to do with physical, mechanical stress, not temperature.

The heat in ANY properly installed circuit will never reach the melting point of ANY metal used in the industry.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:19:41 -0000, "Billy H" Gave us:

On a soldered wire, it would be due to solder creep.

In a proper connection, the heat rise is only a few degrees more than that produced in the conductor itself. If there is an excessive differential between the heat in a conductor, and the heat generated at a connection node, then the connection either has a problem, or is not of a sufficient capacity for the current in the circuit.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:22:28 -0000, "Billy H" Gave us:

Not necessarily.

Crimped connections using the proper wire size, and connector do not "lose contact area".

What problems? Done correctly, the area of contact is gas tight.

That still does not negate the fact that it is outside the spec for the terminal lug to add solder to it.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:25:43 -0000, "Billy H" Gave us:

So ask the retarded bastards why they jumped on me for making a perfectly good, technical point.

If you jump, I will jump back. That's all there is to it.

And nobody apologises for making fools of themselves in public

Good jump, paradoxical, but good.

Musta made a whole six foot by now!!

Agreed. Possibly bad design, hence design for terminals and build them correctly.

If you design with inherent flaws and then install it it'll be flawed. Period.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:28:48 -0000, "Billy H" Gave us:

No, it does not. High frequency AC current moves the travel toward the surface, but low frequency AC and DC does not.

Where are you getting this crap? Skin depth at 60Hz is huge.

You are trying to get too deep into a mechanical structure here.

The term "blob" also has little technical depth. The tinning action of a metal by tin lead solder is called "wetting". The "blob" you refer to would be called a "dry solder joint" where the wetting action failed to take place. Still a rather inappropriate term to use here.

Wetting itself is the result of the action of the solder flux. It de-oxidizes the metals on the surfaces involved, and allows the molten solder to make a cohesive "inter-metallic" bond with them. The wetting action then works by the physical mechanism known as "capillary attraction". The surface tension of the molten solder alloy gives the final solder joint its shape. Any REAL soldering personage can tell by the appearance of this finished solder joint whether or not it was done properly. The REAL soldering inspector can tell at a mere glance.

So, even the use of the term "coating" in the topic header is incorrect. It leans toward the description of a failed solder joint. A good solder joint has an integrated appearance.

But reduced area for the electricity to run along all the same.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:02:55 -0000, "Billy H" Gave us:

There is a big difference between words that surround the laws and actions of people, and the words, laws, and technical specifications of a scientific standard.

You do not get to mix the two.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:17:30 -0000, "Billy H" Gave us:

Should I give a fat flying f*ck about your condition?