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These are the ones on some of the small electrical feature items like small building lamps for scenery. Yesterday I got some of the Model Power figures of workers kneeling with a lantern with an LED inside (really cool). But the wires are just above hair thin and they left about 1/10th of an inch or less of tinned exposed wire to work with. Aaaagh! In the past I tried scraping and burning off insulation to get more wire to work with and it ended badly. Does anyone have a proven technique for dealing with these things? Is there a micro connector or other device out there I can buy?

Thanks!

Scott

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I am rewiring a couple of Model Power crossing signals to work with a flasher board. The wire they use is painfully small. As an electrician for 30+ years I have gotten used to working with any size wire. I have a old pair of small diagonal cutters that I use to strip the insulation back about a 1/4" and tin it right away. That way it is ready to go when I want to connect it to the next component.

No real trick to this- just feel from years of doing it. A pair of telephone lineman cutters may be helpful. They are made for stripping 22 Ga wire. 

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