I have a scientific piece of equipment that has very thin silver wire (they are 0.008'' in diameter, with teflon coating, for a total outer diameter of 0.011'').
I need to connect this equipment to another, but the wire are very brittle and easy to break.
I would therefore like to create a cable (using ~22AWG copper wire) with a connector on the end, and a mating connector attached to the silver wires.
I need a connector that's fairly secure but can be connected/disconnected easily. So far, I've made do with pomona mini banana plugs, but the thin silver wires are difficult to screw in and make a good contact, and they usually break at the connector after a few cycles of connect/disconnect.
Does anyone have a better suggestion?
Best Answer
Affix a small barrier terminal strip to the equipment that has the fine silver wires.
Use whatever means is convenient — screws, glue, double-face foam tape, etc.
Put the silver wires under the screws along one side. This completely eliminates any stress on them.
Use whatever wires you like under the other set of screws to make the connection to the other equipment.