SOLDERLESS WRAPPED CONNECTIONS 



PART I 



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Fig. 28 — Double connection. 



sho^\^l in Fig. 24, it is possible to wire apparatus having a terminal 

 spacing as close as 2J^ times the terminal width. (See Fig. 26.) A terminal 

 block 13-^" by ^" by ^g" having 44 terminals is shown in Fig. 27. The 

 cables shown contain forty-eight No. 26 (0.0159" dia.) wires all wrapped 

 on the terminals. Each terminal is capable of accommodating three 

 wires or a total of 132 connections may be made in an area of less than 

 one square inch. An enlarged view of a double connection is shown in 

 Fig. 28. 



REMOVAL OF CONNECTION 



The solderless wrapped connection may be removed from its terminal 

 by two methods. The most convenient method is by stripping. Two 

 types of tools may be used for this purpose. The specially formed jaws 

 of a pair of pliers are hooked in the back of the connection as shown in 

 Fig, 29. By applying a force the connection may be stripped off. The 

 other tool for stripping is shown in Fig. 30. The stripping force varies 

 with the tightness of the wrapping and is plotted in teims of applied 



Fig. 30 — Stripping a solderless 

 wrapped connection from a terminal. 



