Yes, but why use enamel coated wire in the first place? I've only ever used it for winding inductors and transformers. I hate the stuff. Dipping in molten solder usually works to remove the enamel, with a clean-up pass using sandpaper. My favorite protoboard wire is the old 80-wire PATA ribbon cables. In Seattle, I can buy the ribbon cable for $1, giving me quite a bit of good wire for the price. The wires easily separate with fingernails and the insulation easily strips with fingernails too. Avoid the 40-wire version, those use stranded wire instead of solid-core.
-Adam On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:02 PM, AlexTsekenis <alextseke...@gmail.com> wrote: > For any diameter of enamel-coated wire larger than a strand of hair, the > burnt enamel should be removed to expose the copper. Otherwise solder > wetting will be poor and the soldering process frustrating. > You can do this using fine sandpaper, a file, or a sharp knife. Burning > the enamel first makes removal easier. For thin wires the soldering iron is > adequate. Larger diameters require a lighter. Even large diameters a small > blowtorch. Tin the wire prior to soldering using a generous amount of flux. > This will also show you if you did a good job scrapping off the burnt > enamel. > > Alex > > On Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:55:05 PM UTC, Gideon Wackers wrote: >> >> Well the first board is filled with tubes, and my head is filled with >> headache from peering at the board.. The enameled wire was very hard to >> solder even after burning off the enamel layer. Although I do not dare to >> show the abomination that I call "soldering" the tubes are all connected. >> Don't worry I know how to solder, but the enamel wire was giving me a very >> hard time. The nice thing about the enamel wire was that it was easy to go >> through the forest of component legs. I'm off to bed. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3bd64c59-b0f7-4be1-a4ec-4ced96bbff34%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CA%2BAY7RydOr5RoK2EA%3D-p%2B_1cDOg8V8bpJWwud5BMQreKt63d7w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
