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Re:Flipdiscs by orangewindies on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:15AM (#47918616)
The wire will crush over time and the connection will become looser. That will increase the resistance of the connection and in high current applications will cause heating. If you're really unlucky it will cause a fire.
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Re:Flipdiscs by einpoklum on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @06:48AM (#47946518)
I guess that's theoretically possible, but - I've not known this to happen anywhere in my lifetime, and I've not seem use of ferrules in wire terminals anywhere.
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