RE: Slightly different Seat Heater Question

[MSV96 <MSV96@aol.com>]

In a message dated 12/22/97 glen powell <gpowell@acacianet.com> writes:

<<Just out of curiosity, anyone know exactly what kind of wahr this is?
It is silver in color and is very fine multistrand and has nice hi-temp 
Teflon-like insulation. The conductor looks like it might be real silver, 
but I doubt it...>>

I think it is Nichrome wire (I believe I read that here in an old
post...perhaps one of Igor's?). Recently our dog ate a chunk out of an
electric blanket (no, it wasn't plugged in) and I noticed the wire in there
may make really nice "patch" material for seat heater repairs and told my
girlfriend to hang on to the relic as I wanted to use some of that wahr. Since
I too will undertake this project soon, is the consensous to twist and
heatshrink or solder and heatshrink? My thoughts are that soldering invites
failure. What is the most reliable way of repairing these? (Besides leaving it
broke!) I can see it now, a run on Goodwill's inventory of dead electric
blankets to keep Audi seat heaters working--recycling at it's best ;-) I'll
post my results sometime after New Years.

Mike Veglia
87 5kcstq