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Now I know Ed will probably yell at me...
But anyway, I did some re-wiring of my shop when I was home last, and decided to terminate some runs of 22 gauge 1 pair shielded audio cable (stranded) on a 66 block. Anyway, I ran into an issue with terminating the drain wire (shield). At least one of the strands would come out of the connecting clip, thus not making a good connection. What I ended up doing was punching down a small piece of cross connect or audio wire to the block and then connecting it to the drain wire with a beanie. It works, but I know it isn't the best way. So does anyone have a suggestion of what I can do?
Thanks,
Jeff
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Ever try and wire wrap on the 66 pins with some needles and possibly solder it in place?
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Anytime we have to terminate stranded wire on a 66 block we use scotchlocks and a short piece of solid wire. You'll never get a good connection punching stranded.
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We run into this when connecting music on hold. We install a biscuit jack with the audio and xconnect wire under the screw terminals. Punch down the xconn wire to the 66 block. The modular jack becomes a test point to check the audio.
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Switch to 110 for stranded wire
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"Tin" the stranded wire so it is solid.
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Either what CMDL or KLD idea will work low voltage audio is a lot fussier with connections the telephones, I solder the wire to the block if I need to terminate it that way
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I would just punch the wire back down and slide a bridge clip over the connection, that should hold it just fine. :idea:
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I had a long arguement several years ago on another forum with a guy who builds recording studios over using 66 blocks for stranded wire. This guy uses them to terminate audio snakes (mic lines from the studio with phantom power!) and swears up and down that he has never had a problem just cutting the conductors down. I don't believe it. The clips are not made for stranded wire.
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builds recording studios over using 66 blocks for stranded wire That would never work in todays studios :bang: miss matched metals in the terminal block will cause noise, a loose connection will cause static and the unshielded/unbalanced contacts will pickup noise/hum :scratch:
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