On 12/31/2013 1:46 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2013 02:29:22 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 12/31/2013 12:27 AM, Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:51:41 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:40:37 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:09:25 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 21:06:35 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 12/28/2013 6:08 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
This article says soldering is less desirable than
crimps for Anderson Power Pole terminals.

http://www.survivalblog.com/2013/12/...ectronics.html


I was taught that soldering is far better than crimp. What's your
thoughts?

I have a ratcheting type crimp tool and have used low
temperature silver on crimped connectors if I'm worried
about moisture wicking into the stranded wire plus heat
shrink that has the hot melt sticky stuff on the inside.
Regular heat shrink tubing makes a good strain relief on
the wire crimped into a connector because it prevents a
sharp 90° bend in the wire crimped into the connector
when it's put under stress. The most important thing,
don't nick the wire when you strip the insulation off of
it. ^_^

The crimp forms an air (moisture) tight seal. Solder
doesn't add anything and will cause wires to break.

Really, that must be why when they bury wires they just
crimp them and call it good......

If the connector is designed to be crimped and buried, solder
isn't going to help. It often will cause problems, though. Use
connectors the way they were designed to be used and you will
have fewer problems. ...but I'm sure you think you know better
than the manufacturer.

You said crimps form a moisture tight seal. They don't. That's
why no one but an idiot would crimp a wire and rely on your
claim that it's suddenly become moisture tight.


A proper crimp does produce what's called a gas tight seal and
works very well under normal circumstances especially if the
insulation grip is properly crimped too. The non-insulated
connectors are the ones that I will crimp and solder if it's
needed but I always use a piece of heat shrink tubing to act as a
strain relief to prevent the wire being pulled at a sharp angle
which could break it off. ^_^

The only time I solder a crimp connector is if I don't have the
proper crimping tool or if I'm using the improper wire size for the
connector or crimper. If I have the proper tools and connectors,
never.

I rarely solder a crimped connector but will use heat shrink tubing on
any of them which will be put under a lot of stress unless it's a high
temperature nickel connector used on a heating element then I will use
fiberglass tubing. A big mistake made by a lot of folks is to use a
regular connector for a high temp connection. ^_^

TDD