Bob Engelhardt <
BobEng...@comcast.net> wrote:
>... How can I make a connection
> to these conductors? Strip the varnish & solder, or can a crimp
> connection be made through it?
My experience with trying to connect enamel-coated wire (much thicker
gauge than yours) to a 'chocolate block' terminal was that the screw cut
through the copper before it punctured the enamel. I doubt if you could
expect much success with a crimp terminal. Modern self-fluxing varnish
usually breaks down if you can get it, and the wire end, up to soldering
temperature.
In the past I have connected fine wires made of 'unsolderable' material
using a 'Mitcham tagstrip', (so called because Philips and Mullard
radios used them). Wind about 6 turns of thin tinned copper wire around
the shank of a small drill bit, then thread the unsolderable wire
through it and fill it with solder. This usually results in a
connection, especially if you scrape the wire a bit while it is
surrounded by molten solder.
If that is a bit too big for your purposes, you could try something
similar by lacing the wire through a solder blob on a small piece of
perforated Veroboard.
Good Luck.
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