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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:16:29 GMT, CJT wrote:

My recollection is that soldering a crimp has been shown to weaken it.

When you are soldering a barell connector you only crimp it enough to
hold the wires together unttil the solder sets. That way the solder
has room to wick into the barrel. Be sure you have a big enough iron,
think mass. If the iron is too small it cools down and has to slowly
heat up the joint. That is what burns the insulation. The old time
sparkies used an iron with a tip the size of your thumb and a lot of
copper in it.

I think there are two types of crimps being discussed here. This type...
http://www.panduit.com/search/produc...Name=BSN10%2DD

has no place for solder, nor does it need it if properly installed.