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Jim Lesurf wrote:
Can't you just take out the screws and solder the wires into the screw
holes with old fashioned tin/lead solder?

I have tried that. But find that the materials tend to make it awkward.
There is a tendency for the metal not 'wet' or 'tin'. And since they
weren't designed for soldering I find the plastic tends to deform unless
I can solder *very* quickly and easily... which the difficulty tinning
tends to make hard. Alas, my soldering ability (and eyesight) aren't
that good these days. Age and lack of practice.

Pins with screw terminals seem to have a different sort of plating to
those designed to be soldered. So I generally file it off before
soldering.

Prime example being some IEC mains connectors. Which are almost impossible
to use the screw connectors on with bare flex. And not enough room for
crimped on terminals.

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