Monday, Dec 26, 2022 at 09:06
Well Croc, at least you have a better picture of how people see you.
You just cant bring yourself to admit on occasion it is acceptable to use soldered terminals in recreational vehicles.
If people insist on using plugs that are designed for 10+ times the current the appliance requires soldering is no less dodgy than any other way of securing the terminal and a lot quicker than trying to source sleeves if they even exit.
Another plus for solder is that most anderson style plugs are cheap chinese rip offs and the crimping area is not as strong as the genuine pins so with those, soldering will last longer than a correctly applied crimp.
Solder may reduce the flexibility of the cable, but doesnt the strands being tightly crimped together do the same thing?
I seem to find an aweful lot of plugs on dozers with wires broken off at the crimped terminal.
Wicking up the cable is another arguement against solder, and a valid one at that, but using the meathod described by a member earlier in the thread there is not enough solder or heat for the solder to wick beyond the area that would be compressed by a crimp.
The correct thing to do in this instance would be to use a plug and receptical that is more suited to the application, but I appriciate people wanting to keep to an overall uniformity in their systems as cumbersom as anderson plugs are.
My advice to the OP is to keep an open mind and accept the fact that sometimes the inferior meathod is the better choice. It isnt as easy as drawing fancy diagrams on a computer screen.
The best way is not always the most logical way. If you solder the terminal carefully odds are you will never have a problem, and if you do the fix will be easy as the terminal remains reusable.
I am not an engineer, I am a tradesman so most of my knowlege comes from experience, both
mine and that of the people training me or working with me.
I know a soldered terminal if treated correctly WILL last a very long time through having done countless amounts of them and to my knowlege successfully.
Maybe one of the design engineers on here can demonstrate the life expectancy of a soldered anderson pin as compared to a crimped one? And then compare it to the design life of your vehicle.
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