From: The Office of Tom Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
About 28 years ago I read a study, by either Niehoff or Prestolite, on the
pros and cons of soldering or crimping, heavy duty starter cables, for over
the road trucks.
The finding was, that a properly crimped lug made a solid (molecular)
connection while solder did not make as good a connection because solder was
not as good a conductor as copper. They concluded that the crimped
connection carried more amperage and did so over the long haul.
Good point, Tom.
Remember that "lead free" solder is a better conductor than the regular
old 60/40 stuff.
Just needs about 25 degree C more (or there abouts) to solder with it.
I don't know how "rugged" it is mechanically. Maybe better. It
doesn't "look" as nice of a joint though.
boB
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