Darthpistachio
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I have tried all manner of ways of joining the dreaded R-NR wires together. - The standard twist method is OK but more often than not ends up a bit loose with resistance readings wavering.
The wire zappers are OK but only if you have a good quality one costing over £50 - I have a cheaper version and it works but only about 50% of the time - and then you don't want to know how many expletives have been uttered when I wind the coil onto my wick and you hear that dreaded "ping" when the join breaks! Not fun at all ...
The reef knot variation is good in principle - BUT it's bulky and awkward to get them tight together so that the connection does not suffer with resistance dancing.
No for me with experience I found that the standard twist method with a bit more of an OCD variation works the best.
You will need some good tools for this method and they are as follows:
A good quality flat nosed non toothed pliers. These are the ones sold for beading aficionados - ideal.
Plastic jawed pliers - again beading ones - ideal for holding differing diameter wires together..
Good quality snips..
last but not least the wires -of course
Now get the two wires alongside each other clamp them in the plastic jawed pliers and have about 8-10mm protruding and splay them apart.
At this stage carefully twist them around each other about 4-5 times by hand...
Now, using the metal pliers grip the twisted wires and continue twisting them again - this will make the twists very tight and ensure against them unraveling later on and during use - continue twists in the same direction for a further 4-5 turns ...
The wire zappers are OK but only if you have a good quality one costing over £50 - I have a cheaper version and it works but only about 50% of the time - and then you don't want to know how many expletives have been uttered when I wind the coil onto my wick and you hear that dreaded "ping" when the join breaks! Not fun at all ...
The reef knot variation is good in principle - BUT it's bulky and awkward to get them tight together so that the connection does not suffer with resistance dancing.
No for me with experience I found that the standard twist method with a bit more of an OCD variation works the best.
You will need some good tools for this method and they are as follows:
A good quality flat nosed non toothed pliers. These are the ones sold for beading aficionados - ideal.
Plastic jawed pliers - again beading ones - ideal for holding differing diameter wires together..
Good quality snips..
last but not least the wires -of course
Now get the two wires alongside each other clamp them in the plastic jawed pliers and have about 8-10mm protruding and splay them apart.
At this stage carefully twist them around each other about 4-5 times by hand...
Now, using the metal pliers grip the twisted wires and continue twisting them again - this will make the twists very tight and ensure against them unraveling later on and during use - continue twists in the same direction for a further 4-5 turns ...
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