Earl

Don't let the flux wick up, either!

Brian

Earl Moon wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> As I said in another correspondence, to assure solder wetting, we "tin" wire
> "tips" (the area of the wire exposed after stripping the insulation). The
> "tinning" process really is stripping, dipping the exposed copper in the
> specified flux, then dipping the wire into a small solder pot. Again, one of
> the big things is not letting the solder wick up under the insulation.
> Another is assuring the wire wets the exposed copper and it is the length
> required to wrap around the terminal or be inserted into connector cups.
>
> Unless I'm missing something, what's the point of "plating" the wire? Please
> let me know.
>
> Earl
>
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