Soldering instead of crimping

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
I hear the argument "SOLDER MELTS AT 360 DEGREES! WHAT GOOD IS THAT?"

Trust me, if a wire temperature soars to 360 degrees, you'll be busy elsewhere than with whether the solder has become soft.

Acutally there are lots of different melting points for solder depending on the usage so really no on temperature "fits" all applications.

I would tend to agree with your statement, in fact MOST insulation will start to fail around that same temperature so if you have a wire hot enough to melt solder the insulation WILL be near failing :E

I personally would not want to be in that situation...

I get a kick out of this forum, my Tech school taught that soldering connections were the best mechanical and electrical connections.

Followed that advice for nearly 25 yrs without any problems, then sign up to this forum only to find out from many experts here that I have been doing it all wrong all these years :S

I guess that is why for many years I made money from repairing BAD CRIMP CONNECTIONS, fixing them by SOLDERING them :B

I will stick with soldering..