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@Werner

@18sixfifty

used silver coated braid for the tailcap springs

Where did you purchase it and does it work better than the normal silicone wire or copperbraid for deSoldering?

@Tom E

Silver coated braid? I use 22 or 24 AWG silicone coated wire now, depending on the spring size and seems to hold up much better than braid - I gave up on braid a while back.

Here is 18sixfifty’s thread on that subject: No more copper mesh/braid Silver is the way to go!

No more copper mesh/braid Silver is the way to go!

Ok for a while now I've been suing copper braid/mesh like pretty much everyone when doing spring mods. I have been looking at some of my older mods and seeing the green corrosion building up on them gave me second thoughts about continuing to use it. Not that I'm going to go through all my mods and remove it. But from now on out I'm using silver coated copper braid. Kawiboy was kind enough to send me some to try and it's easy to work with, transfers electrical current better and no more need to …