Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dk03.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dk03.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.180.7]) by air-dc06.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDC061-86024d662ed4287; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:11:32 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-dk03.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id BFDFF380000C3; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:11:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1PsY97-0008LK-Px for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:10:05 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1PsY97-0008LB-1Y for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:10:05 +0000 Received: from filter02.i-online.fr ([195.200.78.9]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PsY96-0001ss-DK for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:10:05 +0000 Received: from smtp.qtxt.dns-iol.com ([195.200.78.13]) by filter02.i-online.fr (IceWarp 10.0.7 (2010-02-10)) with ESMTP (SSL) id HMH15046 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:09:46 +0100 Received: (qmail 4298 invoked by uid 507); 24 Feb 2011 11:09:51 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (john.rabson@numeo.fr@217.67.155.178) by smtp.qtxt.dns-iol.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2011 11:09:51 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) From: John Rabson In-Reply-To: <1298506713.6248.6.camel@pat-compaq-evo> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:09:55 +0100 Message-Id: <16F06FD3-25D2-4BD6-89C9-09D00CEA1F08@numeo.fr> References: <000c01cbd350$da52b950$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> <9D12856ED1E349629330C4C88C74866B@Uwe> <002f01cbd383$7eccab30$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> <1298506713.6248.6.camel@pat-compaq-evo> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Subject: LF: Re: Soldering enamelled copper wire Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1db4074d662ed214f8 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none LF, Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. About 50 years ago I was= thoroughly trained in workshop practice by Standard Telephones & Cables.= One of my mentors was G3HJL. He made sure I learned the =93scrape it off= =94 method of dealing with enamelled wire. My original posting came about because I noticed that a recently acquired= reel of enamelled copper wire seemed to have a coating which was of light= er colour and more shiny than I was familiar with. I tried soldering it= with my normal temperature controlled iron (Maplin BP53) but this was not= very successful. I do have an instant heat iron which is labelled 150 W= (I don't believe it =96 I think it is probably 50 W) so I will try that. 73 John F5VLF PS Victor: what do the words "posijn" and "povin" mean please? My (small)= Dutch-English dictionary does not contain them