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Need tape wiring help
My question is, do you think it's feasible to get one of those cold soldering irons I've seen advertised on television and solder my light fixtures' wires to the tape. I figured I'd make a hole, tuck in the bare wire and solder it shut. What to you think? Kay |
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wrote in message ... My question is, do you think it's feasible to get one of those cold soldering irons I've seen advertised on television and solder my light fixtures' wires to the tape. I figured I'd make a hole, tuck in the bare wire and solder it shut. What to you think? Kay In my humble opinion you're asking for trouble as it may be difficult to make good connections and the wire could easily break. You have 2 other options. 1)grommets. Make a hole in the tapewire so that the grommet will fit snugly, put the grommet in halfway, wrap the lamp wire around the grommet and push the grommet all the way in. 2)receptacles. Put in the receptacle, put a small plug on the lamp, plug in. You can plug in 2 lamps in one receptacle. Most expensive method. Carol S P Miniatures http://www.spminiatures.com |
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Thanks Carol, for your response. I've been having trouble with both of
these methods. Some times the lights work and sometimes they just go out for no apparent reason. Sometimes, If I rub the tape with my fingers the lights with turn back on, sometimes not. I've lifted the wall covering around the connection spots to try to figure out a _permanent_ fix, but all I can come up with is using solder. If anyone has any better ideas I'd appreciate hearing them. Kay |
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wrote in message ... Thanks Carol, for your response. I've been having trouble with both of these methods. Some times the lights work and sometimes they just go out for no apparent reason. Sometimes, If I rub the tape with my fingers the lights with turn back on, sometimes not. I've lifted the wall covering around the connection spots to try to figure out a _permanent_ fix, but all I can come up with is using solder. If anyone has any better ideas I'd appreciate hearing them. Kay The outlets have to be in very tight and I have a few problems with them. If all the lights are going out at once then your transformer connection is loose. Or you may have a loose connection if you have spliced the tape. Use 4 brads, 2 on each side running in a diagonal for splices. Carol S P Miniatures http://www.spminiatures.com |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:16:21 -0400, "Carol"
wrote: wrote in message ... Thanks Carol, for your response. I've been having trouble with both of these methods. Some times the lights work and sometimes they just go out for no apparent reason. Sometimes, If I rub the tape with my fingers the lights with turn back on, sometimes not. I've lifted the wall covering around the connection spots to try to figure out a _permanent_ fix, but all I can come up with is using solder. If anyone has any better ideas I'd appreciate hearing them. Kay The outlets have to be in very tight and I have a few problems with them. If all the lights are going out at once then your transformer connection is loose. Or you may have a loose connection if you have spliced the tape. Use 4 brads, 2 on each side running in a diagonal for splices. Carol S P Miniatures http://www.spminiatures.com I spoke with the rep from Cir-Kit at a trade show in NY in'93 and he suggested that as an added integrity measure, one could use a low wattage iron to heat the head of the brad and apply "radio solder" to permanently establish continuity in the circuit. "Radio solder" is the solder used in all electronics work and has a non corrosive flux - should you use a corrosive flux, you will end up in worse shape than without soldering as the flux will eat away the small amount of copper in the area of the joint. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Thank you! That's the best news I've had in a long time. I'm going to
fly right out and get the proper solder and the tool. Kay |
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