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Re: Oops! Careful with that filament wire

11/13/2000 4:20 PM
Shea	Re: Oops! Careful with that filament wire I thought it was my own error too. Then I did it up again, with the same wire, and it started smoking and melting again. I replaced all the solid stuff with stranded, PVC-shielded wire, and there was no problem. Pretty nice stuff I got from Handmade Electronics. One thing I did to check my work was to divide the wiring up into groups of 2 or three tubes, and make temporary connections to the pilot light to see how they worked. Small groups of tubes worked fine with the solid wire, but when I wired up the whole thing, it melted. Maybe I just got lousy wire, but it came from a source whom I trust - I won't name him, because I don't think he's at fault for anything. Shea

11/13/2000 4:20 PM

Shea

Re: Oops! Careful with that filament wire

I thought it was my own error too. Then I did it up again, with the same wire, and it started smoking and melting again. I replaced all the solid stuff with stranded, PVC-shielded wire, and there was no problem. Pretty nice stuff I got from Handmade Electronics.

One thing I did to check my work was to divide the wiring up into groups of 2 or three tubes, and make temporary connections to the pilot light to see how they worked. Small groups of tubes worked fine with the solid wire, but when I wired up the whole thing, it melted. Maybe I just got lousy wire, but it came from a source whom I trust - I won't name him, because I don't think he's at fault for anything.

Shea