[TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: Cordless solder irons

[Grant Saviers]

wrt marine crimps:  I was watching the electrician wiring my sailboat 
solder connections after crimping and asked why, he said "In 5 years you 
will thank me."  In offshore sailing virtually everything everywhere 
gets exposed to salt water and my experience is that plain crimps 
corrode and fail even with marine wire and lugs, so crimp plus solder is 
the way to go.  It's also mentioned in the DavisRF white paper.  Adding 
adhesive lined shrink tubing  over the crimp also helps keeps water from 
wicking down stranded wire which is another failure mode.  (or buy lugs 
with the tubing, but $$).  So I solder after crimping any lugs exposed 
to the weather.

Grant KZ1W


On 11/19/2014 11:51 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
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> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:42:39 -0500, you wrote:
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>> I'd crimp them. A properly done crimp is more reliable in flexing
>> conditions than solder connections.  In aircraft wiring, where there is
>> a lot of vibration, all connections must be crimped.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
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> Same thing is true for marine wiring. Solder is forbidden, crimped
> connections only.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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