RE: How to splice secondary wires, was; Re: This Hobby's Expensive - Tosh! No,my go

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Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>


before soldering together , I slipped a short length of pvc insulation from 
a similer sized wire on first, then after soldering, I could slip it over 
the joint to cover it up.....
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: How to splice secondary wires, was; Re: This Hobby's 
Expensive  - Tosh! No,my go
>Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:58:18 -0600
>
>Original poster: FutureT@xxxxxxx
>
>In a message dated 4/16/05 7:39:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>   Is it possable (or advisable) to splice wire on a secondary? I
>>have about
>>1 lb of 24 gauge wire on a spool and several deflection coils
>>salvaged from
>>old TV's of the same gauge. I am planning to wind a 4" coil approx.
>>20"
>>long. I don't know how much wire this will take but am hoping to
>>spice
>>enough wire out of what I have on hand without having to buy wire.
>>What
>>would be the best method?
>>Thanks, Jerry
>
>
>Jerry,
>
>This can be done pretty easily.  Just file one end of the wire to a
>wedge shape by filing only one side of the wire.  Just make an
>angled flat point.  Then do the same to the other piece of wire.
>Then apply solder to both wires on the flat sections where you
>filed the wire.  Don't remove any insulation other than where you
>filed.  Then place the wires together, heat with the soldering iron
>and let them nicely solder together.  If done correctly there will
>be no bump where they're joined.  Use scrap wires (perhaps
>thicker) to practice on.  I've done it with wire as thin as 28awg
>but it gets tricky.  Some lumpy/bumpiness of the joint won't affect
>the coil's operation anyway.
>
>My website is at:
>
>   http://hometown.aol.com/futuret/page3.html
>
>Cheers,
>John Freau
>
>