[TowerTalk] Joining two perpendicular wires

KD7JYK DM09 kd7jyk at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 13 02:34:55 EDT 2021


Are we no longer using telegraph, telephone, and power wire T's, taps, 
and splices (all the ones for perpendicular wires)?  One is even called 
an "Aerial Splice", for guess what...?  I'd check that one first, it's 
also known as a "T-Joint":

'Aerial Tap Joint - Mostly used in outside work, or in locations where 
wires are subjected to considerable movements'

All the older splices designed to be done without solder, because there 
may have not been any available, the splices were not intended to be 
reliant upon something else to make them secure, and wire in a joint 
will typically last, unless it's soldered, and in a situation that 
results in motion, or vibration, and the transition from bare flexible 
wire to relatively stiff solder, often results in failure at the 
transition.  I'm sure many have seen it, a nice, tight, crimped, then 
soldered joint, cut straight through, as if done with a razor blade due 
to material failure.  I learned the hard way to avoid crimping, and 
soldering.

Kurt


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