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Name of connector for attaching to bolt

I have a heating element (essentially a very resistive wire) that has two threaded bolt-like connectors on each end. I want to avoid soldering any components of the heating element, so I asked a ...
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Solder doesn't stick wires to connectors

I'm always having problems soldering wires to connectors. I've read through the Solder wont stick question, but nothing there seems to have helped. Here's my procedure: If the connector is being ...
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Can capacitors be exposed to temperatures above the max. operating temp?

I have an NVIDIA GeForce 7300LE graphics card that's having problems (see here), and I heard about baking the card to restore old solder joints. The thing is, this involves putting the card in the ...
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Using a broken Linksys WMP54G radio

I have a Linksys WMP54G v 4.1 Wireless PCI card from an old computer I would like to use it for something but I have a problem. The end that the antenna attaches to is broken (See picture). I was ...
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Ideas to connect wires at 90deg without solder?

I'm in the process of building a 16x16x16 LED cube and am looking for a way to connect two wires at a 90 degree angle (e.g. +) without soldering them together. The ...
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Intercepting ribbon connector

I recently obtained an electric typewriter and am trying to intercept the keyboard circuitry for an arduino project. The keyboard has a 17 pin ribbon cable that goes into a plastic connector on the ...