motor leads

[T.S.Davis]

Anybody try this? I have a box of turd motors. I'll have to give it a go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3n6P4hejWE

[fweasel]

Seems super simple, but where's the challenge? No caustic chemicals, no care! Interesting, I'm allergic to Aspirin, so what could possibly go wrong with freebasing it!

[photohoward1]

For real?

[T.S.Davis]

I know. I'm super hesitant to believe it.

No animal sacrifice? No explosives? No burning embers of death? Might as well dead short a 10s pack to keep it interesting.

[dethow]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing Terry.

Have to say I'm still scared to cut my wires and find out this doesn't work. I assume you'll give it a go and share a full report of the results... right Terry?

[T.S.Davis]

That's the plan. I really want to know if it works. I've broken leads off. Frustrating to not know for sure how to make it right.

[TRUCKPULL]

I remember reading about this about a month ago on IW.
They said it works.
The video shows it being with small wires, hope it works with the larger one that we use.

Larry

[Doug Smock]

Don said it works but doesn't do as good a job that the lye concoction does.

[Old School]

Is the removal of the enameling only applicable to motor leads that have been shortened from stock or also applies to factory length leads? There was a recent thread regarding TP Power motors and the difficulty soldering connections. "785boats" (Paul) made mention of the use of aspirin tablets in that thread.

[boatsrnew2me]

this takes the headache out of removing that enamel

[ray schrauwen]

Aspirin is just another form of Acid that can work. I prefer Lye, an Iron cap and a torch.

As the man says, "don't breath in the fumes", they are toxic. Both methods...

I heat until the bubbling stops and it's a molten gray color.

[Old School]

Sodium hydroxide is "caustic soda", a very strong alkali solution we commonly use to clear blocked drains and can also be used to strip paint. As it has the potential to cause caustic burns then obviously great care must be taken.

Lye is a generic American term. Out here in the land of OZ we call it by its common trademark name "Drano". Personally, if the aspirin works then for safety reasons I would prefer that method to the very caustic lye.

Edit: also available as caustic soda crystals.

[srislash]

Sodium hydroxide is "caustic soda", a very strong alkali solution we commonly use to clear blocked drains and can also be used to strip paint. As it has the potential to cause caustic burns then obviously great care must be taken.

Lye is a generic American term. Out here in the land of OZ we call it by its common trademark name "Drano". Personally, if the aspirin works then for safety reasons I would prefer that method to the very caustic lye.

We’ll common Drano is easy to find. I shall try to remember that one

[fweasel]

Drano is not the same formula it used to be. Not sure if the original is even still available under that name.

[Old School]

It seems that Drano is more than just "lye". from a search -

Drano is lye-based drainage cleaner product sold in several forms, consisting in variations of sodium hydroxide (lye), sodium hypochlorate (bleach), sodium nitrate, sodium chloride (salt) and aluminum.

When I used sodium hyroxide (lye) as a paint stripper I simply purchased caustic soda crystals, perhaps a better choice.