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#1 PostAuthor: Wayne1960 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:18 am

Just finished cleaning up the rota coil and notices one if the wires had split. It is one of the 3 that connect to the coil.
I managed to strip back the material sheathing and plastic coating to expose the wire which I twisted and solders back together.
I guess the wire can get hot and wanted to know if soldering was an acceptable fix and what can I use to insulate/ cover the repair.
Thanks in advance.
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#2 PostAuthor: KeithZ1R » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:16 am

Small Tubular inline crimps and solder are good just cut the thick insulation off and replace it with self amalgamating tape when your happy you have a good joint
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#3 PostAuthor: Wayne1960 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:43 am

Hi Keith

What is self amalgamating tape?
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#4 PostAuthor: wilsonsjw11 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:52 am

Before soldering the joint thread a piece of heatshrink tubing over the wire long enough to cover the joint once it's complete.Carry out soldering job, move heatshrink into position then apply heat to the tube to shrink down over the soldered joint to insulate it.
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#5 PostAuthor: steve bowdler » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:59 am

Wayne1960 wrote:Hi Keith

What is self amalgamating tape?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-amalgamating_tape
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#6 PostAuthor: z1bman » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:48 am

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#7 PostAuthor: KeithZ1R » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:29 pm

the tape seems to weather oil and heat better than heatshrink was my reasoning :D
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#8 PostAuthor: wilsonsjw11 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:05 pm

The original 70s stators had braided sleeving the new pattern items have heatshrink.
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