<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>All it really needs is a good coating of borax flux. Once you energise it the joint will get hot and melt & fuse together. Once fused, the joint will have a larger cross section than any other part of the wire and will run slightly cooler. At least that's what you do to fix kilns and clothes dryer elements. Ymmv.</div><div><br></div><div>Stuart</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device</div></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jerry Durand via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> </div><div>Date: 1/18/2020 1:51 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> </div><div>Cc: Jerry Durand <jdurand@durandinterstellar.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [SML] Wire junction </div><div><br></div></div>This is a free range thermo-dynamic junction. The junction quality will<br>vary inversely with with the need, the more you draw the looser the ties<br>get so the less it gives you. Being free range the junction can release<br>offensive odors away from neighbors while being free to join up with any<br>neighbors of the appropriate polarity that are willing to enter into a<br>union.<br><br>Warning, wire unions are often pretty wild. When the sparks start<br>flying, nearby conductors should be insulated from the fallout.<br><br>On 1/18/20 10:43 AM, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft wrote:<br>> Shouldn't you put a shrink tubing sleeve over the whole joint? <g> By<br>> what factor, if any, has the current carrying capacity been<br>> diminished? What should we de-rate the joint to? Will the heat rise,<br>> if any, be higher than the insulation is rated for?<br>> /s/ Richard<br>><br><br>-- <br>Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc. +1 408-356-3886<br>www.DurandInterstellar.com & www.Durandinterstellar.ru<br><br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/><br>Stagecraft mailing list<br>Stagecraft@theatrical.net<br>http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net<br></body></html>