Soldering Supplies

[MoparManiac]

Well this just turned into a dick measuring contest.

It's a friggin jeep not an aircraft. You can get away with either method. Crimping is easier when you're working on something already attached to the vehicle where it's not easy to solder.

Quick, tell me how you can solder in crazy yoga positions and it's so much better

 

[87manche]

it started as an informative thread about technique until someone came in here and said crimps are as good as solder. That's simply not true.

soldering>crimps IF done correctly. there's no dick measuring in that statement, it is a fact.

 

[sidewaysstarion]

it started as an informative thread about technique until someone came in here and said crimps are as good as solder. That's simply not true.

soldering>crimps IF done correctly. there's no dick measuring in that statement, it is a fact.

I can write a novel on both types of connections and their pros and cons, but in an automotive application where the wire is going to be moved and flexed around a good quality crimp connections like the OEM's do is going to be better than a solder joint. :cheers:

Oh and another reason why crimps > solder is because when the wire gets hot the solder melts before the wire does.
http://www.esatinc.ca/News_Letters/Crimp_or_solder.pdf

 

[POSJ]

Well this just turned into a dick measuring contest.

It's a friggin jeep not an aircraft. You can get away with either method. Crimping is easier when you're working on something already attached to the vehicle where it's not easy to solder.

Quick, tell me how you can solder in crazy yoga positions and it's so much better

Did you even read the whole thread?

We were commenting on the two types of connections and how "bad luck" said aircraft companies use crimp. Last time I checked this wasn't the oem or modified section. The OP didn't specify about what it was used on just talking about basic soldering. The thread was thrown off topic by bad luck and now yourself. Put your dick away and find a new thread.

 

[POSJ]

I can write a novel on both types of connections and their pros and cons, but in an automotive application where the wire is going to be moved and flexed around a good quality crimp connections like the OEM's do is going to be better than a solder joint. :cheers:

Oh and another reason why crimps > solder is because when the wire gets hot the solder melts before the wire does.
http://www.esatinc.ca/News_Letters/Crimp_or_solder.pdf

Sideways that is a decent acticle, for me personally imo I would rather a solder connection fail before a wire becomes hot and catches fire. Most circuits are protected via a fuse that won't allow that much current/amperage to go through them anyway. But if somebody wires a fuel pump without a fuse and it becomes red hot then that is a recipe for disaster...this is just my opinion and this thread has gotten way off track so I'll quit commenting unless somebody requests my opinion again.