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[QUOTE="TerryK, post: 127822, member: 32169"] I've always considered solid wire common. It would depend upon what one most often works with probably. Off the top of my head, solid is used mostly in thermostat, telephone, and ethernet wire. Also in the US in the Romex for wiring homes. Solid because it gets cantanerous to bend at larger AWG sizes isn't used. Even stranded much larger than #2 or #4 AWG becomes difficult to bend by hand. Not sure if it applies well but specialty applications (electro-plating) where the conductors are bars more so than wires. Regarding heat shrink, I'm skeptical that a hairdryer would work (never tried using one with heat shrink); would not get hot enough I suspect. I have a small low priced heat gun obtained from Amazon. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/ENGINDOT-Reflector-Electronics-Repairing-Watercolor/dp/B09JG7W6VQ/ref=sr_1_93?crid=213Z4JAMQB8KC&keywords=heat+gun&qid=1664981625&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI1LjY1IiwicXNhIjoiNS4yMiIsInFzcCI6IjUuMDUifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=heatgun%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-93[/URL] Works nicely with heat shrink and barely with the low temperature solder butt connectors I use on props. In hindsight I should have purchased one with a slightly higher output temperature. [/QUOTE]
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