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Texas Slock has issued another challenge and prize
If you save them, why? What do you do with them?
Me? I throw them in my box of soldering supplies, along with irons, flux, bits of wire, crimp connectors, crimp pliers, solder, colored tape, and shrink tube.
Generally crimp connections are used by OEMs in automotive, aero, and marine because they are quick and reliable as they allow more physical wire flexibility. That resists vibration fatigue cracking of the joint.
That said, we all like our soldering irons
So, Whenever I solder two wires together I slip a section of cut off wire tie inside the shrink tube to act as a spporting splint before shrinking it. The purpose is to prevent vibration from fatigue cracking the joint.
If you save them, why? What do you do with them?
Me? I throw them in my box of soldering supplies, along with irons, flux, bits of wire, crimp connectors, crimp pliers, solder, colored tape, and shrink tube.
Generally crimp connections are used by OEMs in automotive, aero, and marine because they are quick and reliable as they allow more physical wire flexibility. That resists vibration fatigue cracking of the joint.
That said, we all like our soldering irons
So, Whenever I solder two wires together I slip a section of cut off wire tie inside the shrink tube to act as a spporting splint before shrinking it. The purpose is to prevent vibration from fatigue cracking the joint.
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