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Oh, believe me, I know about coax cables ;) This is why I wrote "wire" in quotes.
I'm also familiar with what @Julien1A alluded to, though :
1°) I've always heard it was a fairly unreliable method to replace the neutral wire.
2°) I don't want to bother with that because it wouldn't make it cleaner than using a single SON coax cable.I really like the cleanliness of SON's coax connectors, the crimped connectors look very unsightly in comparison. I'm confident enough in my soldering abilities to use them, we'll see how it'll turn out. But first, I need to put my hands on a pair of connectors.
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I've always heard it was a fairly unreliable method to replace the neutral wire
Well, headset bearings aren't designed with low electrical resistance in mind.
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wouldn't make it cleaner than using a single SON coax cable.
Ah, got you now.
Yes you’ve got that double barrel look with the crimped connectors but it’s acceptable enough for some locations, tucked away somewhere under a seat or rack tube and not intended to be disconnected often.
Five-Hats
Sergeant_Pluck
Julien1A’s post refers to using the frame as one conductor (with the light body being grounded to the frame) and a single wire as the other.
SON coaxial contains 2 conductors - the central wire surrounded by an insulator, and the ground wire wrapped around that in a spiral.
Adding the SON coaxial connectors requires soldering, and personally I found them fiddly little bastards but had no choice but to use them at the hub, so I could use the connection block, and to allow my charger to connect to the female coaxial connector as fitted on my Edelux. Elsewhere, I think crimped connectors are a better job.