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

[jhaible at debitel.net]

> I prefer stranded... it accepts much more movement before breaking.  I buy
> wire from a surplus store and buy sizes from 28ga to 22ga.  The heavier
> stuff is for power supply connections, and the thinner wire is for panel
> hook ups.


Same here: Stranded for everything that might be moved, or might be
subject to vibrations, i. e. all off-board stuff.
For wiring *on* board: solid wire.

> >(or how to avoid this: 
> >http://www.sequencer.de/forumsynth/simplesynth/simplesizer3_synth/SIMPAL1.J
> PG 

As bad as it looks (no offense - it looks exactly like some of my own
projects!), it has one advantage: When you have finally built this
into an enclosure, and when after some time a pot goes scratchy, or
a switch goes intermittant, it's easy to replace them.

With pots soldered directly into the pcb, testing the circuit *before*
it goes into the enclosure much easier. But later, if you have to
repair it, this is where the trouble begins.

JH.



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