Tinning speaker wire ends?

disneyjoe7

The in wall stuff, redoing my porch with outside speakers with BlueJean wire ok to tinned the ends? Would this kill the sound of the wires? I think it would prevent some oxidation of the ends so is this a plus or a bad idea?

louthewiz

Yes tinning the wires is a very good idea ,I do all my speaker wiring the same way with good results.

disneyjoe7

Ok so tinning is good, would you tin all class 2 wiring outside? Class 2 anything under 50v. My question is on phone line or cat 5 cable.

Dennis Gardner

I wouldn't bother tinning phone/cat 5 but some dielectric grease is always a nice touch to insure contact if you don't mind a little mess.

I use tinning on multi strand wire since the oxidation can work its way into the cable, and tinning tends to reduce stray strands from shorting out.

disneyjoe7

Got it thanks all.