[TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: Cordless solder irons

[john at kk9a.com]

I solder after crimping all terminals, even those not exposed to weather.

John KK9A


To:	Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com>, Towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: Cordless solder irons
From:	Grant Saviers <grants2 at pacbell.net>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:05:33 -0800

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