Broken Tinsel Lead

[Wingsfreak9 10+ year member]

I noticed yesterday that my sub had just quit playing and it would go in and out so i figured a wire had come loose and took it out of the box to find that my tinsel lead had broken off the terminal and I was wondering what the easiest and most inexpensive way to fix this is. Help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

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[stanky1219]

solder it back on and you will get a little more life out of the sub. but chances are the whole tinsel lead is wore so its eventually gonna break somewhere else.

 

[Wingsfreak9 10+ year member]

alright thanks

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

here is a tinsel lead repair i did to a sub that had one of the leads too long and crossed. luckily, i noticed this BEFORE i powered it up (yes, these OZ-300H are BNIB)

i desoldered them and resoldered them, adjusting how they laid

this is after some massaging, but before the rework

add solder to get the factory solder flowing

desoldering braid

soldering the leads after positioning

a very light piece of open cell foam to prevent any lead slap

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Your issue is that if you shorten the tinsel lead - it can tear out with large excursions. keep that in mind.

in my case, the leads were too long and just needed to be rotated.