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Also here years ago it was thought to be good practice to solder a wire before putting it in a screw terminal.

I was at a friend's house a couple of weeks ago and he had one of the home shopping channels on, which at the time was plugging a "household DIY kit." (Isn't it amazing how these stations can spend an entire hour praising a simple piece of equipment? "Here we have a small screwdriver, which you will find very useful around the house for tightening small screws. There's also a larger screwdriver which you might need for, er, larger screws..... [Linked Image] )

Anyway, this particvular kit included a small rechargeable soldering iron. One of the suggested uses was to use it to tin the wires before tightening into the terminals of a 13A plug -- "To get that professional look."


[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 12-30-2005).]