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<blockquote data-quote="Torgus" data-source="post: 5370221" data-attributes="member: 571636">lolz i don&#039;t usually post but i had to comment on this:solder is:#1 meant for a connection aka better transfer not to hold things together#2 it also can hold things in place it&#039;s an added bonusI used to work in a wire manufacturing plant. i was the head of the new product introduction department. there is no solder joint in the history on man which can withstand a pull test vs a properly crimped connector. period. fact. i&#039;d love to see anyone argue this point with some facts. if i still worked there i&#039;d make a video for you(those who think solder is fine) idiots and take a 00 with a correct connector on it properly crimped on a pull test machine and show you how it can withstand 5x+ more LBs of resistance vs a soldered joint. anyone who has any experience in this field or is an ME/EE knows this.it&#039;s nothing complicated.On a personal note i once bought a car from an idiot who actually soldered the connection on his 00 gauge wire to the connector at the batt. and guess what? it failed when i changed out the battery. A correct crimp + a &#039;good&#039; solder job is the best way to do it. Go ask any EE/ME about this. it&#039;s not rocket science it&#039;s basic electro-mechanical theory.is the solder overkill generally and not needed? yes. if you&#039;re really worried about a good connection when using such low gauges of wire just go down to the next one. The amount you improve the connection by soldering it is very nominal. again it is the &#039;best&#039; way to do it but generally it&#039;s overkill and if you needed to solder to make the &#039;best connector possible&#039; the wire after crimping it for maximum current flow you should be going down to a larger gauge wire./threadside note: the only reason to solder it imo would be encase of corrosion. however it shouldn&#039;t be getting corroded any ways so...edit: you should really buy the right crimpers for the connection fwiw. again if i was at my old job i&#039;d show you the difference between a &#039;hack&#039; crimp and a &#039;correct&#039; crimp in regards to a pull test. however in the real world it&#039;s not such a factor. but if i was doing installs for money i&#039;d never not use a crimper for the fact it ends up looking hacked when you bang on it with a hammer &amp;amp; chisel as stated above. you can always vice press it which is probably the best you can do without the proper crimping tool ascetically and mechanically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Torgus, post: 5370221, member: 571636"] lolz i don't usually post but i had to comment on this: solder is: #1 meant for a connection aka better transfer not to hold things together #2 it also can hold things in place it's an added bonus I used to work in a wire manufacturing plant. i was the head of the new product introduction department. there is no solder joint in the history on man which can withstand a pull test vs a properly crimped connector. period. fact. i'd love to see anyone argue this point with some facts. if i still worked there i'd make a video for you(those who think solder is fine) idiots and take a 00 with a correct connector on it properly crimped on a pull test machine and show you how it can withstand 5x+ more LBs of resistance vs a soldered joint. anyone who has any experience in this field or is an ME/EE knows this. [B]it's nothing complicated.[/B] On a personal note i once bought a car from an idiot who actually soldered the connection on his 00 gauge wire to the connector at the batt. and guess what? it failed when i changed out the battery. A correct crimp + a 'good' solder job is the best way to do it. Go ask any EE/ME about this. it's not rocket science it's basic electro-mechanical theory. is the solder overkill generally and not needed? yes. if you're really worried about a good connection when using such low gauges of wire just go down to the next one. The amount you improve the connection by soldering it is very nominal. again it is the 'best' way to do it but generally it's overkill and if you needed to solder to make the 'best connector possible' the wire after crimping it for maximum current flow you should be going down to a larger gauge wire. /thread side note: the only reason to solder it imo would be encase of corrosion. however it shouldn't be getting corroded any ways so... edit: you should really buy the right crimpers for the connection fwiw. again if i was at my old job i'd show you the difference between a 'hack' crimp and a 'correct' crimp in regards to a pull test. however in the real world it's not such a factor. but if i was doing installs for money i'd never not use a crimper for the fact it ends up looking hacked when you bang on it with a hammer & chisel as stated above. you can always vice press it which is probably the best you can do without the proper crimping tool ascetically and mechanically. [/QUOTE]

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