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Date:         Thu, 7 Feb 2013 13:28:32 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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At 11:44 AM 2/7/2013, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >If a socket isn't available would encasing the relay and the wires in heat >shrink work as well? Wouldn't fit in a small box anymore though.

Inserting a (possibly shaped) spacer block and then heat-shrinking the terminals to the outside of it ought to help. Whipping the outside with waxed thread or lacing cord would also give a rigid support without having to find a piece of huge shrink tubing.

Yours, d


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