Re: ~Geek Group Bucket Cap- part two

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Materials and parts for things like bucket caps are often chosen on the
basis of what's lying in the junk box in the garage, or what's cheap, or
what's of appropriate dimensions to manipulate with fumble fingers....  Use
whatever works...

AWG#10 is a tenth of an inch in diameter (a handy thing to remember).
(That's the copper part, not the insulation!)
AWG#30 is 0.01 inches in diameter (approximately)

Usually, you hook the wire to a ring lug and screw that on the end of the
binding post. Probably #6, #8, or even #10 hardware. Or you can solder it.

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Subject: ~Geek Group Bucket Cap- part two


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dbanse-at-comcast-dot-net>
> I bought the 5-way  binding posts like it said to buy....radio shack
#274-662A
> Anyway...they were alot smaller than I expected.
> I also got some #10 wire which is alot thinner than I expected...about
1/16 of
> an inch in diam.

> It fits perfectly in to the 5-ways.......but why would you use such thin
wire
> with such a hugh cap??
> I have read about using 1/4" carriage bolts going into the bottles??
>
> Also, I see that one end of the 5-way unscrews, and you put the wire
through
> the hole and screw down onto it.....but the other side is just a very thin
post
> with a tiny nut on it....
>
> Do I just wrap the wire around the post...and clamp down on it with the
nut?