fogey
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May 12, 2011 21:05:03 GMT
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I am currently (forgive the pun) re-wiring my retro and I have crimped rather than soldered a number of the terminals to the wires. I'm beginning to wish that I soldered everything now rather than crimped as I seem to be getting considerable voltage drop through some of the crimped connections.
Am I just curse word at crimping or is this often a problem with such connections?
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Last Edit: May 12, 2011 21:05:38 GMT by fogey
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May 12, 2011 21:20:01 GMT
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What are these connections for? If the crimp is tight enough to physically hold the wire in then there is a decent mechanical connection, and in turn a decent electrical connection.
Unless the connector or the wire is corroded very badly, or the crimp has been done on the insulation rather than the copper, a crimped connection is perfectly fine - Pretty much all the OE connections are crimped.
I crimp probably hundreds of connections every week, from signal wires to starter motor cables carrying hundreds of amps and I've never had one perform noticeably different to a soldered joint.
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bortaf
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May 12, 2011 21:29:06 GMT
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As above, did you use the propper ratchet crimper ? off the top of my head i cant think of more than a few solderd joints in a factory loom.
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