Question about adding aux. power to the 80 (1 Viewer)

[NLXTACY]

Yeah I saw it when hzavarce suggested it. If I didn't already get the crimper its something I would have gotten. The crimper on the other hand is pure genius for such a small price. I figured I will do about 2 dozen by the time I'm done with this project.

 

[hzavarce]

I figured I will do about 2 dozen by the time I'm done with this project.

Wow, if you are doing that many the crimper is the way to go. It takes some time to do one with the solder method, and the crimper will be much faster.

Although, I still like the solder better than the crimper. The video is a good illustration of how good the termination is. Not sure if it can get any better than that.

 

[NLXTACY]

Wow, if you are doing that many the crimper is the way to go. It takes some time to do one with the solder method, and the crimper will be much faster.

Although, I still like the solder better than the crimper. The video is a good illustration of how good the termination is. Not sure if it can get any better than that.

I dunno, the video showed me that the flux works really really well but what it doesnt show me is that it acts as a good mechanical crimp. I always tend to do both mechanical crimp and solder. So I am sure its mechanically sound, just not as much as a proper crimp. Although having said, if I had no choice I would have rocked the plugs

 

[hzavarce]

Yeah, not that I want to keep beating the dead horse, but I have read much debate about solder vs. crimp due to vibration and concern about the connector coming loose.

Having done this myself, I can attest that the solder slug make a very very strong bonding with the copper lug. I have put the lug in my vise, and have pull the cable with everything I got and I have not been able to pull those apart.

However, I have tried this with mechanical crimps (smaller versions, 18-12 gauge) and if not crimped right the cable slides out.

I may be missing something, but my empirical knowledge tells me you can't beat the solder.

My preferred methods are solder slugs for big cables, and double crimp smaller gauges.

 

[NLXTACY]

Just so there is a closer for this thread, here is what I finally did:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/239802-how-power-distribution-part-4-bring-da-power.html