Working on restoring a philco 630 first series restuffed capicators number 67 the 8-8 -10---- there is a wire from resister 70 connecting to the can on capicator 67 .i dont know what kind of wire it is but i cant get it take solder to reinstall it. doesnt seem to be a resistant wire.anybody ran into this-thanks
It's nichrome or resistance wire. It doesn't take to soldering very well. Most of the time it's crimped or riveted to a solderable terminal. If it's part of candohm I would just replace both sections w/two separate resistors.
https://philcoradio.com/library/download...20219B.pdf
Nichrome wire can be soldered using strong acidic flux. An aspirin tablet works just fine, and this has to be uncoated (plain aspirin) one.
If you have to solder it. Otherwise, as Terry suggested, you could crimp it.
PS. Could you possibly write in a bit more structured manner, using capitals and punctuation. It makes reading a little easier. As a courtesy to fellow forum members.
Thanks Guys.Didnt know about the aspirin as flux
Well, don't inhale it when fluxing, it is irritating
Get the iron hot, scrape the wire a bit (rougher surfaces are always a bit easier to tin), get a decent plob of solder at the tip of the iron, and start fluxing the wire end right agains the aspirin tablet, as it melts. Keep rubbing the tip back and forth as you flux it.