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Sep 10, 2003 | 10:36 PM

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Terry Alberts

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personal preference.. Hate the hats, If I pull a deck out with them on the wiring I always cringe.. and I can't explain why. It just doesn't look professional to me..

But they all get the same job done.. as long as its all connected I guess who's to bitch.

Sep 11, 2003 | 12:24 PM

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Paul Niwranski

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"seam" - most crimp connectors are 'rolled' so the metal bit has a 'seam' in it. When crimping a coneector with a seam it is important to line it up correctly or the connection may be poor.

Performed correctly, a good crimp is very secure and should never let go.

Sep 13, 2003 | 05:54 AM

#23

Bzzliteyr

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So you line up the "tooth" of the crimper along the "seam" of the connector so it creates a sort of mini heart shape on to the wire? That's what I thought.. now, any tips on soldering wires?? With pics?

Sep 16, 2003 | 10:51 AM

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Sep 16, 2003 | 12:12 PM

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dB Don

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When training people doing installs I try to let them know their options with connections.

Butt connectors and crimp caps are ok if the wire is low amperage such as deck speaker wires, remote, and power on some decks. You never want to use any connector where it will be exposed to the elements where it will corode easily, have any large amount of current through it.

For the most proffesional job you must always use solder, tape and heat shrink. When speed is involved and high volumes of equipment are being installed theres nothing wrong with a well used connector. Also, when you use connectors I recommend that tie straps be used to keep it tidy and strengthen the harness/connections.

With that being said, I always recommend solder and eventually you become really quick with the gun but not always is it needed.

Ever seen 4 guage butt connectors? Those are useless

[ September 16, 2003, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: dB Don ]

Sep 17, 2003 | 08:05 AM

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Bzzliteyr

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I ask once again, can anyone post pictures and detailed technique to solder wires?? I would love to do it nice and clean and count on the experience in here for some help. Thanks

Sep 17, 2003 | 09:05 AM

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loudsubz

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Originally posted by Bzzliteyr:
I ask once again, can anyone post pictures and detailed technique to solder wires?? I would love to do it nice and clean and count on the experience in here for some help. Thanks

check out this weller guide its very useful

http://www.astro.umd.edu/~harris/doc...rSoldering.pdf

Sep 17, 2003 | 12:32 PM

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Paul Niwranski

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You'd think that b4 posting this a few times you would take 30seconds and do a search... I did...
http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/solderfaq.htm
http://www.epemag.com/solderfaq/default.htm
with pics: http://www.epemag.com/solderfaq/pictures.htm
http://www.elexp.com/t_solder.htm
http://www.bhi.co.uk/hints/solder.htm
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/ese/rca/fu...soldering.html

and a whole crapload more too...

Sep 18, 2003 | 03:25 AM

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Bzzliteyr

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I wasn't trying to be annoying. I did a search and got lots of different pages on soldering all kinds of stuff, I wanted to know what techniques YOU used? That's all. That's what this board is for, to share experience. I will browse those pages and I thank you for posting the links.

Bzz