Crimp AND solder the ring lugs. Use star washers. (You can wrap the wire on
the bolts, but over time they will get loose and will oxidize and resistance
goes up.) Once you have your connections clean and new, slather some
KOPR-SHIELD on them.
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=KOPR-SHIELD&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1359&bih=791&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=12958481236341288297&sa=X&ei=ekIPTpfFAsausAKc0JCzCg&ved=0CBYQ8wIwAA
GL es 73
Dan
K0DAN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Bookwalter" <n8dcj@yahoo.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 10:29 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Best way to attach radial to radial plate
>I have a DXEngineering radial plate , they suggest using ring terminals ,
>it
> seems to me that if you solder them , if , you taker a lightning strike
> the
> solder would all be vaporized ? Should I just wrap the wire around the
> screws/bolts and tighten them down that way ?
>
> Dan N8DCJ
>
>
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