soldering naim speaker plugs...

ken,

you are probably dreaming, the following appeared (curtousey James) 10 days ago in a thread to which you also contributed convincingly;

Attaching NACA5
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The correct way of attaching NACA5 to Naim bananas is:

- strip about half an inch of insulation from the end;
- slot the bare wires perpendicularly into the slot of the banana;
- solder them in place with a good quality electrical solder and grunty soldering iron (60W or better);
- use just enough solder to make sure the copper conductors are securely bonded to the banana;
- trim the excess conductors from the plug;
- Bob's your uncle.

To make the job a little easier, you might like to find a piece of wood and drill a pair of 4mm holes spaced 19mm apart to "hold" the bananas whilst soldering.

James

Resistance is Futile - You will be ASSIMILATED

but then this is too obvious a thread and you are probably looking for something further back in time and more authoratitivve authoitiv orthorativ professional.

Cheers

Don

don a: i think i was looking for an older posting that i think (dreamed) appeared quite some ago, probably in the old forum. but that posting you have just found is still of some use, so thanks don.

"impedance is futile, you will be oscillated"

enjoy...

ken

Ken the thread is called credo tweakery and I quote:
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With Naim plugs I have found the best way is to try to ‘flatten’ the bare wire strands as much as possible and to NOT ‘tin’ them prior to soldering into place.
Holding the flattened wire in place at 90 deg’ to the plug simply allow some solder to run down onto the top of the plug, thus filling it. I have found this relatively easy to do and I am far from being an expert with a soldering iron.

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This is exactly the way we do it Bri, as this also makes a good mechnical joint.

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John

john c:

i think thats it!!! i sort of thought (dreamt) that there was more though??? many thanks -- i knew there were tricks involved somewhere...

enjoy...

ken