stranded or not stranded: (was: Re: [sdiy] connection wire)

[Jim Patchell]

	Actually, I don't see what is wrong with that picture.  It looks like a 
good start.  Crimp connectors on the PC Board with wires going to the 
pots.  If the pots were mounted to a panel and the wires dressed up, it 
would look pretty nice.

http://www.silcom.com/~patchell/smb1/smbback.jpg

	If you look at this picture, I basically do the same thing.

	Now, as to type of wire...stranded wire is my preference.  It is more 
rugged (less likely to work harden and break), you can put a crimp pin 
on it....it doesn't hold it's shape quite as well, but when you have a 
large wire bundle, as in the picture above, the flexability is a god send.

Michael Zacherl wrote:
> Just to start a quick survey:
> 
> For connecting panel stuff with PCBs (usually not moved often) who of 
> you prefers stranded wires and who doesn't?
> 
> (or how to avoid this: 
> http://www.sequencer.de/forumsynth/simplesynth/simplesizer3_synth/SIMPAL1.JPG 
> ;-)
> 
>   Thanks, Michael.
> 
> 
> Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
> 
>> As a true believer in über-diy, I have used telephone wire for years. 
>> However, because it is not stranded, it can be problematic if things
>> attached are to be moved often.  
> 
> 
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