Flying Scotsman
Well Known Member
Anyone have a good reference for how to twist a pair of wires together (in this case, for a serial line)?
TIA!
Steve
TIA!
Steve
Take two wires, string them out and have a friend either hold one end or squeeze them in a vice or otherwise secure them to something. Simply put the other ends of the wires in a cordless drill, tighten down the chuck and commence to twisting until the wires are have twisted to their desired density. Slightly over twist them as the wires will have a tendency to partially unwind.
This will work with very short wires, or if you have the space very long ones!
Fast and easy, plus you can do it yourself.
Cheers,
Stein
How DO you guys at SteinAir get such pretty twisted pairs?![]()
Any "tricks"? My experiments with this (w/ about a 15' long pair) tended to "untwist" almost to the point of not being twisted at all.
How DO you guys at SteinAir get such pretty twisted pairs?![]()
Don't know about Stein but I buy them that way![]()
Are you twisting together a serial "signal" line? Like RS-232 type signal? I believe that spec requires shielding. You might want to buy pre-twisted with shield for that.
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