Crimp connections
For those of you that make your own cables do you use anything on the wire before you crimp?
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For me it all depends on the environment. Sunshine South Dakota, is a world apart from Miami or the keys. New Orleans, San Diego, Crescent City, Seattle, have bad climate for unsoldered wire. Any place that rusts tools and cars is bad for wire connectors.
Tin plate is not bulletproof. The tin tarnishes. turns back and then it is useless. It turns black slower than bare copper turns purple or green.
But buying a new unit every few years makes soldering a waste of time. Again it all depends where the RV passes it's time. Winter driving on salted roadways hurts fully exposed terminals like for towing and factory plugs and sockets.
Tin plate is not bulletproof. The tin tarnishes. turns back and then it is useless. It turns black slower than bare copper turns purple or green.
But buying a new unit every few years makes soldering a waste of time. Again it all depends where the RV passes it's time. Winter driving on salted roadways hurts fully exposed terminals like for towing and factory plugs and sockets.
