Speedball wire guage?

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Offline andyh

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on: January 17, 2021, 09:26:19 AM
What is the gauge of wire in the speedball upgrade kit please.

It's a lot thinner than the crack kit and my stripper wont go that small so curious what to buy.

Thanks in advance.



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Reply #1 on: January 17, 2021, 09:34:48 AM

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Reply #2 on: January 17, 2021, 09:50:06 AM
Thank you.



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Reply #3 on: January 17, 2021, 10:29:38 AM
You can also use an xacto blade to carefully score the teflon insulation and then pinch it between your fingernails and pull it off. a bit tedious, but perfectly workable if you only have a small number of wires to do.

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Reply #4 on: January 17, 2021, 11:02:48 AM
I've got a set of Klein standard wire strippers and I've never had a problem with the Alpha Teflon wire.  Someday I'll find an excuse to upgrade to the style PB recommended.

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Reply #5 on: January 18, 2021, 02:43:54 AM
What is the gauge of wire in the speedball upgrade kit please.

It's a lot thinner than the crack kit and my stripper wont go that small so curious what to buy.

Thanks in advance.

After reading this post I realised I did the speedball upgrade with all the wires from the crack which is a lot thicker... Im happy to report it works and no issues so far.



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Reply #6 on: January 18, 2021, 09:46:55 AM
Would make life much easier, wonder what the reason for wire change is.



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Reply #7 on: January 18, 2021, 10:00:50 AM
The wire we provide with the Speedball kit cannot be melted or burned with a soldering iron, and this can come in really handy with the installation of the Speedball. 

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Reply #8 on: January 18, 2021, 10:19:19 AM
So the standard wire would be ok if you're careful??



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Reply #9 on: January 18, 2021, 10:21:48 AM
Yes, if you have enough extra wire from the stock kit, you can certainly use that.

Paul "PB" Birkeland

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