[C320-list] Splicing Std Horizon GX 1700 cable
Ted Harrison
tharrison at innovations-plus.com
Wed Jul 18 05:41:02 PDT 2018
Jeff, my soldering iron has a temp setting. For the fine silver wires I am afraid of melting the wires. Any suggestion on the temp setting?
It is current set at 750 degrees.
Ted Harrison
> On Jul 17, 2018, at 6:21 PM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
>
> You can try to solder these. Be sure to keep the soldering iron tip cleaned
> on a wet sponge to keep the loose oxidation out of the solder joint..
>
> There's no real magic, overlap/twist the foils together from the two cables
> being spliced. This bare wire and the foil are really shielding to prevent
> crosstalk or signal interference. Typically only one end of the shield is
> grounded to prevent ground loops so you just want the shield to "work" the
> whole length of the wire. If there's an inch or two where the wires aren't
> fully covered/protected by the shield it won't matter. It takes a decent
> length of unshielded wire and a strong signal close by running parallel to
> really introduce enough crosstalk noise to be a problem in this application.
>
> Just be sure you avoid any cold solder joints of course.
>
> Cheers!
> -Jeff Hare
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Ted
> Harrison
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 5:28 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Splicing Std Horizon GX 1700 cable
>
> I splicing the cable. Inside there are brown, green, blue, yellow, purple,
> and grey. These are straight colour match.
>
> Then there is one wrapped in aluminum foil, then very fine sliver wire
> wrapped around a red wire.
>
> Can you solder the fine silver wire, then the red wire and then wrap the
> silver and red with the aluminum foil ?
>
> Or is there a trick I am missing ?
>
> Ted Harrison=
>
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