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Permalink Reply by Marcus Darwell on May 14, 2013 at 12:31pm

Hi
I just made my 1st one a coupla days ago. Guessing you are using the same cheap piezo I got at Radio Shack. I just cut one of the 3 wires off and soldered an extra piece on the other 2. Works great....no buzz or hum. I was really impressed.

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Permalink Reply by Edmund on May 14, 2013 at 8:22pm

Morning, thanks for lid reply, I got mine from eBay Uk, not got three wires only one red and one black (not encased). I was thinking of just soldering off the old wires and start fresh from that disk. I will see if I get any other replys, may just try it! Thanks again Marcus.
Kind regards, ed

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Permalink Reply by Edmund on May 14, 2013 at 8:24pm

Meant 'the' not lid......!

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on May 15, 2013 at 3:08am

Just solder on an additional piece of wire and use some heat shrink tubing to cover the joint.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Roberts on May 15, 2013 at 4:04am

I found it was easier to remove the short wire and solder on the length I want, don't have to use heat shrink that way and only one solder joint

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Permalink Reply by Edmund on May 15, 2013 at 6:13am

Hi, will give it a go, thank you for your reply, ed

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Permalink Reply by Edmund on May 15, 2013 at 6:16am

Ta for your reply, will get onto to soon, ed

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Permalink Reply by Ted Crocker on May 17, 2013 at 3:21am

I buy bare piezos and solder the length of wire I need.  When I started, I bought piezos with presoldered wires, but they were always too short and I desoldered them and resoldered my own.  With a little practice, it's very easy:

 Ted TV - Soldering piezo hookup wires 

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Permalink Reply by Edmund on May 17, 2013 at 3:33am

Hi Ted, Ta for the help, I sw your video the other day, its very helpful, take it easy, ed

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