http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Solder man win! en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:54:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14743 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:29:22 +0000 steveo 14743@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh thats a can of worms, think the h***** debate is bad. Duck/Duct/Gaffer. There is some real religious views. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14735 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:58:43 +0000 ruggtomcat 14735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A little warning about duck (or 'gaffer' as its known by those who are not Americanized) tape, its quite corrosive.</p> <p>As a tech we often use it for temporary cable runs and the like but never for fixed installations. the glue contains all kinda weird solvents including ammonia and this gradually melts the wires covered by it.</p> <p>Aside from that the best gaffa tape is the one with a mat canvas top layer, instead of the shiny plastic versions, this tape is much more expensive, but is easy to tear and manipulate, is non slip, non streach and has the least blobbly glue. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14720 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:32:14 +0000 wingpig 14720@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The best stuff I ever found was sold as 'Agritape' in a farming supplies shop back home in rurality when I was small. Much stronger and grippier than anything available today - Duck seems a bit unsticky (though it leaves plenty of tacky gloop on anything it's been stuck to) whilst the grippy cheap stuff's a bit thin, rippable and water-unresistant.</p> <p>Has anyone ever tried wiring a bunch of two-cell lights to run off a holder containing a few sets of cells in parallel? I always carry plenty of spares but it'd be more convenient to discharge/recharge en masse rather than two cells at a time every 20/40/50/100 hours... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14712 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:19:40 +0000 spitfire 14712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Dave - agreed, standard B&amp;Q value duct tape is the way forward </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14710 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:17:47 +0000 Dave 14710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been disappointed with the actual brand "duck" tape which I'm currently using. Far less tacky than the generic no-name stuff I had before (which, of course, I couldn't identify!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14682 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:26:33 +0000 spitfire 14682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat - Nope. duct tape is always around. Keep at least one full roll spare on top of the roll I am using at any one time<br /> When the terrorists use a dirty bomb or gas I can seal up my windows and doors... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14675 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:51:59 +0000 Arellcat 14675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spytty, were you watching Mythbusters yesterday, too? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14667 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:14:55 +0000 spitfire 14667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>duct tape<br /> truly the jedi force that bind the universe together<br /> we should have a moments silence in honour of such a wondrous thing </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14665 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:46:29 +0000 Min 14665@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tell us again after it rains. If you live. ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14663 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:18:13 +0000 Smudge 14663@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nah, just +1 to your "bodge-ability" rating ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1532#post-14660 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:50:41 +0000 Dave 14660@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My <a href="http://www.ayup-lights.com/">lights </a>have done two full years' commuting and a few longer rides. Unfortunately, they have slowly degraded and this morning the flex went just where it comes out of the battery case.</p> <p>Well, figuring that I could do no harm other than possibly ignite the whole block in a crescendo of fiery li-pol death, I used a fine cutting disc to crack open the seam of the battery and get inside. Chopped the wires clean at the broken section, soldered together, wrapped in duct tape, and bob's your uncle!</p> <p>OK, I had just sawn the battery case in half, so required a liberal application of duct tape to seal... but half an hour's work, no fiery death, and saved myself £40.75 + shipping on a replacement!</p> <p>What a win. Goes to show you shouldn't believe everything it says on the tin (like 'DO NOT DISMANTLE'!) ;-)</p> <p>Unfortunately I'm concerned this un-breakage may have damaged my top-trumps AWESOME POWER rating? </p>