Oh, sorry! Tinning refers to addind solder to the wire after
stripping. Touch the wire with your soldering iron and add a bit of
no-clean. Obviously, it changes the color from copper to 'tin'...
--- In
motm@yahoogroups.com, "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <noise@A...>
wrote:
> Sorry, should have been more clear-- what exactly IS tinning? And
how does one do it? (All Paul's module wires come pre-tinned, so I
haven't had to do it myself yet...)
>
> --PBr
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Marsh [mailto:mmarsh@w...]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:49 AM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Re: wire stripping techniques...
>
>
> I always tin. It makes it much easier to stick the (multi-
stranded)
> wire thought the pad without a teeny little stray shorting
something
> out. And it makes it easier to solder in place. Good advice:
always
> tin!
>
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)"
<noise@A...>
> wrote:
> > OK, so now that we have wire stripping covered, what about
> tinning? What exactly is that all about?