Very good info Nomad, I know we always use crimps for wire on aerospace and military but I use solder connections in my truck for over 20 years with 0% failure, on a RV have you had any solder connection failures at wire splicing ends. I <snip>
I agree that there is a lot of discussion about crimp/solder. I have seen failures in both methods. One big reason for not soldering large current wiring is that should the terminal get hot, (bad connection at battery for instance) it could melt the solder and release the wire.
I have done some experiments where I repeatedly bent wire on both methods and the solder seemed to break quicker, but it was not a definitive test.
I appreciate the discussion, keep it up.
Oh, I redid the wire current carrying chart in the last post.
nomad
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