Here are some pages from the 9th Edition of the American Electrician's Handbook.

They show and explain how conductors were prepared, spliced and soldered in days past.














[This message has been edited by electure (edited 05-21-2006).]

I use the #153 a lot when I am splicing small stranded wires (soldered). It allows you to slide a small diameter shrink tube over it for a very smooth splice in the run of a wire. When I am using fixture wires I will wrap it with one strand of a stranded 14/12 THHN.

Scott, here are some more that Alan Nadon sent me....

(I would guess be best preserved on the ECN site.)
http://www.markhellerelectric.com/KnT1.pdf http://www.markhellerelectric.com/solder.pdf http://www.markhellerelectric.com/solder2.pdf http://www.markhellerelectric.com/splices.pdf

Re: fig. 13: that beast is twisted left handed???

electure,
I really need to snoop around in here more often....you made me dig out my Handbook.. !!

I gave my Ninth to someone years back and have the Tenth, which does NOT contain these pages...to bad for me. thanks for posting them however