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Subject: 
repairing a broken 9v wire?
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Date: 
Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:43:34 GMT
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I have a piece of 9v wire that doesnt work.
However, it works if you fiddle with one end (hold/apply pressure to the
wire where it goes into the 2x2 plate). This suggests a loose connection
inside the wire somewhere.
Anyone got any suggestions on how to fix this (so I can use it on my
next train project) or do I need to get a new wire? (being that this
will be on a train, its gonna be a bit hard for me to hold the wire in
place all the time :)



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  Re: repairing a broken 9v wire?
 
(...) (xp'd to .robotics- there's probably more experience on the subject in this group) You should be able to pry apart the 2x2 end and repair the wires inside. I haven't done this yet, but I've heard that this is possible. I would pull out the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
  Re: repairing a broken 9v wire?
 
(...) I had exactly the same problem with one of my wires a while ago. There is probably an easy way to fix it by trying some of the other advice here (as Robert said, soldering the ends should work well enough as long as the two cables don't touch (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)

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