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Re: paper: Working with Wires ( striping, crimping, and soldering)

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Originally Posted by EricVanWyk View Post
Do not tin the wires that are going into the large WAGO connectors on the PD. This increases resistance and decreases pull out force.
It also potentially makes them brittle and more prone to breaking under vibration or tension.

I'm having a hard time coming up with a reason ever to apply solder to wires if they're not actually being "soldered to" a circuit board trace or another wire or component lead.
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