Re: guitar cables?


"Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> William Black wrote:


> The only time I have seen a soldered connection
> fail was when someone foolishly soldered the
> connection with acid core solder (the acid ate
> away the whole connection with time). But then,
> any mechanical connection would have suffered
> far sooner with the same acid applied.

Well I spent over twenty years working on mil-spec electronic equipment
(both Brit and US made) and a reasonable proportion of that time was spent
looking for soldered joints that had failed over time due to a combination
of heat stress and corrosion.

> > Neither type of connection is designed to act as a mechanical anchor
point
> > for the lead and the cable should be properly anchored to the plug by a
> > mechanical means at some other point, usually to the main cable sheath
for
> > maximum strength.
>
> Agreed on the mechanical fastenings, but I still insist on
> soldered connections, as added "over engineering".

A couple of years ago I fitted some of the new 'screw up' type crimp XLR
connectors, so far they're all ok.

Mind you, so are the soldered ones I made at the same time...

--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.


.

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