If I have to I'll just measure and strip only enough to have the maximum amount of insulation inside the banana plug as possible without hitting that inner rim.) ![]() (And no, I don't plan on stripping away all the wire out past the edge of the banana plug. The more bare wire there is, the more stress, yes? Will it cause a fire or a short or a bad connection? I just want to know if there's a good reason to strip away even more insulation, since it seems to me that the insulation would provide better support. So my main question it really whether it matters if the wire gets a little squeezed as I push it through the banana plug. My wire is 16-gauge Rocketfish oxygen-free wire that looks just like the standard RCA wire I see when I look it up on Amazon-Mine has a clear coat around each wire-from a distance it looks pinkish-orange-in other words, it looks nothing like the double-jacketed wire pictured in the guide on Sewell's webpage. They're more barrel-shaped than most banana plugs, too. I bought the 12 pack of Sewell Fast-Lock Deadbolts from Amazon, but they don't have a second hole on the side to thread the wire through. I'd also appreciate any other tips for a complete newbie when it comes to anything electrical-I never even took shop class in high school. If I have to I'd rather just use electrical tape to seal it off, but why bother if I can make use to the thick, rather gummy insulation the wire is already wrapper in? Yet everybody here talks about how important airtight connections are. I don't have any experience or desire to solder the connections-I have a thing about poisonous fumes in my home. My question is: if I want an airtight connection, should I try to squeeze the insulated part further into the banana plug, or would that damage the copper? My second issue is that when I tried to thread the wire through the Sewell banana plugs I bought, the insulation is too thick to go completely through I hit an inner rim about 3/4 of the way through. When I tried to use the stripper I bought to remove the insulation, I keep tearing off more than half the wires, even when using a bigger gauge hole/notch on the stripper tool (14). So instead of 2 copper wires, each wrapper in a red or black jacket, and those both wrapped in a third jacket together, mine is just a pair of copper wires each wrapped in a very thick, clear plastic insulation, joined together but easily pulled apart. It's 16 gauge Rocketfish speaker cable wire (they threw it in at half-price with my Energy Magnolia speakers). ![]() I've watched a bunch of how-to videos explaining how to strip wire and put banana plugs on the ends, but my wire isn't like the type I keep seeing on the videos and it's confusing the heck out of me. Having never done any kind of electrical wiring before, I have a few questions.
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