Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mildewhaus-at-aol-dot-com>
I hate to keep this going ,But when making strings is it better to solder 
long leads,or to shorten them first? I'm wondering if this will affect the 
arcing that apparently happens? Thanks guys
                                                                     john in 
nyc