"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Mobile and static not aircraft tho;!. But apart from this solder wicking
effect which might cause a mech fail if the joint was pulled around
enough, don't seem to be any other failure mode does there?...

Soldering is obviously fine on connectors designed for it. But on cars
and
in this case a camper, all the loom connectors are crimped. Of course on
such a large cable it may not make much difference in the end. Although
it's probably easier to make a reasonable solder joint than crimp, if you
don't have the correct crimping tool. Assuming you can solder. ;-)

Cars are crimped because its cheaper than doing a proper supported solder
job. And its very good with automatic equipment. Soldering is a more
manual process.


They are crimped because it is more reliable in the environment.

I wonder if they solder the looms on aircraft?