"Rick Hughes" wrote in message
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On 03/05/2013 12:31, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Rick Hughes wrote:
I could do without the flexibility ....
But to solder these lugs onto 16mm2 copper cable will take a lot of heat
... and that means the PVC insulation will be damaged a significant
length away form fitting.

No more so than soldering any PVC covered cable. You just need to take
some care.



My worry was while I can happily solder a piece of 0.25mm2 PVC flex with
ease using soldering iron .... this 16mm2 plus copper lug is going to act
as a big heatsink and take a lot of heat from blow torch .... I know this
is not much different to soldering 28mm Cu pipes .... but they don;t have
PVC sheath :-)

Maybe I'll just have to try it.


I wrap a wet cloth round the pvc sheath, then use a very large iron so the
job is able to be done quickly. If you do not have a very large iron, a fine
blowlamp directed on the lug as you feed solder down the back of it will do
the job.

AWEM