Has anyone tried Wire Glue? Nice alternative to soldering? The claim is "Conductivity: 13.16 Ohms per cubic centimeter."
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WIRE GLUE, has anybody tried it?
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It may work if you are patient. I wouldn't want to wait over 2 hours to connect two cables, but that's just me. And I guess it's pretty difficult to remove without masking a mess.
I wonder how well it will handle high frequencies. (Not much of a worry in a bass, but still...)
Also, it's not very suitable for high power circuits. 13.16ohms could cause problems.
I wonder how well it will handle high frequencies. (Not much of a worry in a bass, but still...)
Also, it's not very suitable for high power circuits. 13.16ohms could cause problems.
I was thinking it's probably a nice solution for glueing aluminum or copper shielding for bass cavities.
What's wrong with soldering? It's the tried and true method of making electrically-continuous connections.
Nothings wrong with soldering. It could be an easier solution for shielding with aluminum or even copper too.
The only uses I can see for it is shielding and if you have to solder on them small pots or switches that are made of plastic and you do not have real good soldering skills and do not have a good adjustable soldering station.
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You don't solder on the plastic pots. They have a solder lug that goes around the shaft. You solder to that. On switches you just solder on the terminals.
I have not soldered aluminum. I have shielded my basses with copper tape and soldered the individual pieces together. Worked great.
I still don't see the problem. My soldering station is adjustable so I can just crank the knob to get the appropriate amount of heat, but even if you didn't have an adjustable one, low-wattage irons are dirt cheap. Like 6 or 7 bucks at Radio Shack. And you don't have to wait overnight for the glue to dry.
I hadn't realized you could rate conductivity against volume. 
Also, some googling is finding me some not so complementary reviews, including sub-inch resistence measurements measuring in the hundreds or even thousands of ohms. Not to mention reports of brittle-ness and weak holding power. Sounds like a last-ditch resort when you simply can't risk any heat.
Also, some googling is finding me some not so complementary reviews, including sub-inch resistence measurements measuring in the hundreds or even thousands of ohms. Not to mention reports of brittle-ness and weak holding power. Sounds like a last-ditch resort when you simply can't risk any heat.
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Aluminum shielding is the only way I could see this being useful. I usually use copper tape with conductive adhesive. But you could use aluminum duct tape with this stuff.
You can solder aluminum duct tape just as easily, and much more quickly. I've done it lots of times. You just have to keep heat on it awhile and get it really hot. A dab of flux helps. Easy.
sounds neat for kids to safely use while exploring electronics kits, but even then, having to wait so long for it to dry vs. just learning to use a soldering iron could be enough to make said kids get bored and go back to videogames
how strong and durable is it compared to a proper solder joint? and also, 13Ω across a solid cubic centimeter seems pretty hideous. i'd never want it in any kind of equipment i was using on a gig.
how strong and durable is it compared to a proper solder joint? and also, 13Ω across a solid cubic centimeter seems pretty hideous. i'd never want it in any kind of equipment i was using on a gig.
Yes, I know that.
What I meant was if you put to much heat to to the terminal of that type of pot or switch it melts.
That is where the good soldering skills and a good soldering station comes in.
I wouldn't use aluminum is a DC circuit anyway. May run into problems with corrosion.
I hadn't realized you could rate conductivity against volume.
Also, some googling is finding me some not so complementary reviews, including sub-inch resistence measurements measuring in the hundreds or even thousands of ohms. Not to mention reports of brittle-ness and weak holding power. Sounds like a last-ditch resort when you simply can't risk any heat.
Resistance is always seen in relation to volume. If you have something with a given resistance, the resistance will get higher if you stretch it out lengthwise. It's like having lots of tiny resistors. Connect them in series and you get high resistance, connect them in parallel and you get lower resistance.
The glue will have a low resistance if components close together are glued, but if you are making a long, thin bridge with the same glue you will have pretty high resistance.
13 ohms/cm^2 ?? pffffff... gimme solder @ 0.31 ohms/cm^2.
And how does that glue hold up to constant vibration; such as you'd find in a speaker cab?
And how does that glue hold up to constant vibration; such as you'd find in a speaker cab?
13 ohms/cm^2 ?? pffffff... gimme solder @ 0.31 ohms/cm^2.
And how does that glue hold up to constant vibration; such as you'd find in a speaker cab?
I wouldn't use something like this for any sort of connection that will be carrying several several Amps of current. Not worth even thinking about.
