Phil,
You should "tin" the wire. That is heat the bare wire with iron and solder
independently. Then heat the bullet held in a hole in a piece of wood so
solder is nice and melted. Then insert the tinned wire, Works like a
charm. Is neat, does not damage insulation much, if at all
At 12:31 AM 12/1/2003, jello@ida.net wrote:
>The problem I've always had with putting the solder in from the wire side
>of the bullet connector is this - to get a good connection, you must get
>the bullet and the wire both to melting temp of the solder. If I do that
>with wire and solder going in the bullet connector, then the wire
>insulation usually melts. This is not the best situation. I'm not sure
>how to address it though, as the insulation almost always melts.
>
>Phil Bates
>'67 MGB
>'58 MGA
>Misc others
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
barrier@bconnex.net
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