hi,

i'm not familiar with all the details of this task, but i can't imagine
that it would be a big problem.  i would suggest that you remove any
stresses that the wires may exert on the pads or or pth's you are
soldering to by staking the wires down to the surface of the pwb.

bon chance,

phil

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Subject: [TN] Reliability data on wire solder joints


I am looking for information to assist us in a design issue where we may
have to solder directly to a pcb, stranded copper wire of between 18 and
12awg. If anybody has any data that would this an undesireable practice
I
would be very pleased to read it.

Regards
Greg Way

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