Return-Path: <majordom@post.thorcom.com> Received: (qmail 13735 invoked from network); 16 May 2002 12:42:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 16 May 2002 12:42:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 9606 invoked from network); 16 May 2002 12:42:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (193.82.116.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 16 May 2002 12:42:40 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 178KXO-00081A-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 16 May 2002 13:39:18 +0100 Received: from mta3-svc.business.ntl.com ([62.253.164.43]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 178KXN-000815-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 16 May 2002 13:39:17 +0100 Received: from l8p8y6 ([62.252.208.186]) by mta3-svc.business.ntl.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020516123912.YPNY24398.mta3-svc.business.ntl.com@l8p8y6> for <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>; Thu, 16 May 2002 13:39:12 +0100 Message-ID: <000201c1fcd6$d477b3a0$bad0fc3e@l8p8y6> From: "hamilton mal" <g3kev.ham@virgin.net> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: litz again Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 20:42:16 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: <majordom@post.thorcom.com> Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The method that I previously described to remove the enamal from litz wire using Methylene Dichlorine found in paint stripper works every time for me on the heavy Decca 729 strand litz wire.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With care every strand can be cleaned, then soldered using the normal multicore fluxed solder. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far no failures, no fires. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have heard from a number of others using this method and all seem more than satisfied and the best method having tried all other alternatives. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe a chemist in our midst could suggest a better method using strong acid or alkaline solutions without disolving the cable ends.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Beware of dangerous fumes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>73 de Mal/G3KEV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>