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dodge_guy
Apr 06, 2017Explorer II
mike-s wrote:
Properly done crimps are gas-tight and provide more consistent and reliable connections than soldered ones. They're also less subject to failure when used in environments subject to vibration.
As NASA says:NASA wrote:
Crimping is an efficient and highly reliable method to assemble and terminate conductors, and typically provides a stronger, more reliable termination method than that achieved by soldering.
I'd trust some guy getting minimum wage to properly install a crimp long before I'd trust them to do a proper job of soldering.
Your also talking about a company that gives the job to the lowest bidder!
And I`m not talking about putting a vehicle into to space, I`m talking about a battery connection on an RV. Crimping is faster than soldering, so that is another reason they do it.
I wouldn't trust a guy making minimum wage to do anything. They couldn't even get the speaker polarity right on my trailer. But that doesn`t matter, we are talking about doing it so it works right and lasts forever. I`ve never seen a solder connection fail in the automotive/RV world! I have seen many crimp connections that have, both by hand and machine.
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