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On 3 Mar 2006 at 9:59, J. Jonik wrote: > Thanks for rap on wiring. One thing I'll do when > it warms up a bit is to go around cleaning up > connections. IMO, "cleaning up connections" is a much over-hyped exercise. The only parts of the metal that are important are the parts that are pressed against each other, and those parts will always connect as long as they are tight. They self-clean, by virtue of being tight and the wiping action of connecting them. The parts that you can actually see are totally passive and irrelevant to the connection. The tightness is the key, so connections that have been frequently disconnected are the most troublesome. Bob Hoover has a theory about the brass losing its temper after some years, but I'm not sure I believe that. It certainly hasn't happened to most of the connectors on my VWs. > But....what about, for one, the wire from the > condenser at the condenser end? The plastic always > seems to break there, exposing the copper wires. No > insulation worries? Insulation is only there to keep the conductor from touching other metal that's at a different voltage. If there's no other metal around, then there's no problem. Here's a secret: Green corroded wire conducts just as well as bright shiny wire. Exposure to air is not a problem. Of course that's assuming that not a lot of the actual copper has corroded away. I've personally never seen a wire in a car which has corroded away to a serious degree. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~