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<blockquote data-quote="yacob.naif" data-source="post: 2349622" data-attributes="member: 565696">Sorry to dig up an OLD post, but i found an interesting article about crimping vs. soldering:<a href="http://www.pdperformance.com/pics/chrispics/technical_info/vw_wiring_article.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.pdperformance.com/pics/chrispics/technical_info/vw_wiring_article.pdf</a>I&#039;ve also found out that soldering is unacceptable in automotive codes anywhere but in the US, and is also no longer up to code for use in airplanes, medical equipment, or any marine use due to it&#039;s poor conductivity, vulnerability to interference, loss of flexibility at the point of contact, poor mechanical strength compared to a proper crimp, and it&#039;s susceptability to breaking, cracking, or otherwise failing from vibrationIn fact, if you google &quot;crimping vs. soldering&quot; or &quot;soldering vs. crimping&quot; on google, either way, every single link will tell you crimping is better and more durable than a soldered connection.I also learned that the wattage of an iron has nothing to do with the heat it can produce.&nbsp; In fact, craftsman has a 150w 1100 degree iron, and a 400w 1000 degree iron.But ever since this thread, it&#039;s been on my to do list to find a good iron before i went to wire up my new install, and over the last few weeks of searching, i stumbled across all of this information contradicting everything i read here.Hopefully the OP of this thread did some of his own research, cause i don&#039;t know where the rest of you got your info.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yacob.naif, post: 2349622, member: 565696"] Sorry to dig up an OLD post, but i found an interesting article about crimping vs. soldering: [URL="http://www.pdperformance.com/pics/chrispics/technical_info/vw_wiring_article.pdf"]http://www.pdperformance.com/pics/chrispics/technical_info/vw_wiring_article.pdf[/URL] I've also found out that soldering is unacceptable in automotive codes anywhere but in the US, and is also no longer up to code for use in airplanes, medical equipment, or any marine use due to it's poor conductivity, vulnerability to interference, loss of flexibility at the point of contact, poor mechanical strength compared to a proper crimp, and it's susceptability to breaking, cracking, or otherwise failing from vibration In fact, if you google "crimping vs. soldering" or "soldering vs. crimping" on google, either way, every single link will tell you crimping is better and more durable than a soldered connection. I also learned that the wattage of an iron has nothing to do with the heat it can produce. In fact, craftsman has a 150w 1100 degree iron, and a 400w 1000 degree iron. But ever since this thread, it's been on my to do list to find a good iron before i went to wire up my new install, and over the last few weeks of searching, i stumbled across all of this information contradicting everything i read here. Hopefully the OP of this thread did some of his own research, cause i don't know where the rest of you got your info. [/QUOTE]

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