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[george lazenbleep]

not sure where to put this but as i'm working on a pedal it goes here! using single core plastic coated wire, the solid core stuff. its been ok before but now is causing trouble where the cables touch each other and bits of the circuit, even though they're coated in plastic. what should i use instead
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[Circuitbenders]

What do you mean by 'causing trouble'?
I never use solid core wire as its just a pain in the arse. Stranded wire cable is a whole lot easier to work with.

[george lazenbleep]

where the cables touch they  short/interact, where they touch the board they short. i know the answer is to rewire it all with some quality stranded, just wondereing why?
on a side note i made a 555 sq wave gen with it and the cables conductivity could be used as a body contact, and even a proximity contact, which was kind of cool, it even picked up a bit of radio.
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[Signal:Noise]

I hate solid core wire, it sucks big donkeys balls.

Sorry if that's not the most helpful comment ever but I needed to get it out of my system.

[Circuitbenders]

where the cables touch they  short/interact, where they touch the board they short. i know the answer is to rewire it all with some quality stranded, just wondereing why?
on a side note i made a 555 sq wave gen with it and the cables conductivity could be used as a body contact, and even a proximity contact, which was kind of cool, it even picked up a bit of radio.
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Sounds like you need to use shielded audio cable on any wires picking up noise or radio.
I've had trouble before with sharp solder joints on the board sticking through the wire insulation and causing shorts when i close a machine up but never that kind of 'proximity' effect between cables.
Wierd.........

[catweazle]

if you even got probs try to solder a capacitor 470pF..1nF parallel

[george lazenbleep]

'twas krone block cable. its fucking rubbish and i've got loads of it! no probs with stranded ribbon salvaged from 'puters.

sloooowly updating blog

:@

[djsynchro]

I like solid core wire am I weird? A friend of mine had a studio in an old radio studio building but he had to leave they were turning it into something else so I ripped lots of network cable out of the walls twisted multicoloured stuff I really like it. If you need the wire to bend a certain way it will stay, erm, bent.

[Circuitbenders]

I like solid core wire am I weird?

You should probably see a doctor about that unpleasant affliction

[goldenbaby]

So far I've only been using stranded, but I have to agree that it's a bitch to solder sometimes, because it's so floppy and if I'm hold a pot with one hand, and the iron with the other, it's very hard to get the wire to sit on the terminals.

I haven't used solid core yet, just thought it didn't seem ALL bad.  Guess I'll have too figure out for myself some day.  I'm using something like 20 AWG 6 or 7 strand from a printer cable.

[Gordonjcp]

because it's so floppy and if I'm hold a pot with one hand, and the iron with the other, it's very hard to get the wire to sit on the terminals.

That's why you're meant to twist the strands together then wrap the wire through the hole in the tag.

[Signal:Noise]

soldering vice is also indispensable

[goldenbaby]

because it's so floppy and if I'm hold a pot with one hand, and the iron with the other, it's very hard to get the wire to sit on the terminals.

That's why you're meant to twist the strands together then wrap the wire through the hole in the tag.

And what if you're soldering to something without holes in the terminals?  Today I had to fix a toy for my niece that requires me to solder to a 1 1/2 centimeter spring.

[computer at sea]

Just solder right to it, I guess.  If the solder doesn't immedieately stick, try roughing up the surface with a file.