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[Samuel Rees]

I have not understood why anyone here wants to tin 12-14/3 in PowerCon. They fit fine, clamp down fine, stay down fine... What's the problem here? Why is tinning such an issue for discussion on a non-solder field serviceable connector? Make a thread about it if there is a discussion to be had... seems to me like there isn't though.

[Rob Spence]

  Tinned clamped wires are common.  Tinned crimped wires are common.  We don't seem to be swamped with failures.

I suspect failures are much more common than you suspect but the symptoms are diagnosed as something else. And, if it ain't sparking, it might not get reported at all.

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[Lyle Williams]

Ok.  It's not something I do, but I see it in commercial speaker cables I have.  Just trying to work out if I need to go and reterminate them.

[Tim McCulloch]

Ok.  It's not something I do, but I see it in commercial speaker cables I have.  Just trying to work out if I need to go and reterminate them.

On hand-built NL cables I suspect the wire is stripped and tinned in a solder pot to make them easier & faster to assemble.

I think you should just tighten them up once a year, and when something is intermittent consider these terminations as possible suspects.

[Tim Padrick]

Hammond makes very nice rack enclosures.

I'd use crimped and soldered fastons if I could find some big enough to hold even a single 12GA, let alone a pair.

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