Hi Graham connectors ;-) (correction, Graham I did mean crimp, then solder. Ya know what's funny, when I was foolingI soldered first, then crimped and I wrote what I had done! See picture #9: http://
bulkhead? This is not a good test. The problem is that solder is soft, and repeated heating and cooling causes it to slowly give way, making the connection weaker with every heat cycle. It just *appe
Hi Frans "Don't solder before you crimp, the connection will eventually fail. Before it completely fails, it starts to give temperature related Intermitteni connections, making troubleshooting very d
in fact occur with a soldered first, then crimped joint? Please elaborate, as I am not quite certain as to the why after I got to thinking about it. Consider solder as some kind of liquid. It moves o
Just a little further to the solder then crimp discussion. An electrical engineer mate of mine told me that any sort of impact or shock to a soldered joint is likely to fail over time. He was adament