On 28 Sep 2004 chris French wrote:

Crimping is quicker as well than fiddling with junction boxes as well.

I've used crimp terminals quite a lot on cars. Yes they're quick but in
my experience not as reliable as soldered terminals. Using the correct
size terminals or butt connectors for the cable is crucial.

For joining multistrand cables I prefer to mesh the strands, solder and
heatshrink. The heatshrink tube may have to be threaded onto the cable
first! Of course you have to be able to make a good solder joing using
a sufficiently powered iron for the gauge of cable otherwise you melt
the insulation before the solder).

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