Hi guys. I've got two questions about a type of wire I sometimes
come across. Hope you can help.
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(Q.1) What's the correct name for the flexible wire sometimes used
for headphone leads or (UK) telephone extensions leads?
Each conductor is made up of flattish strands of copper wound
around a core of some sort of very fine threads. Presumably this
lets the lead to cope with a small amount of stretching.
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(Q.2) Is there a generally good technique for attaching this wire
to some equipment?
Soldering seems hard as there isn't much solid copper to solder on
to. Pushing the wire into a screw-down tag strip is tricky and
there's little to screw onto. Crimping small metal collars
(bootlace ferrules) is probably as hard as using a tag strip. What
else is there?
- posted 13 years ago