Crimp or solder?

[Marc Swanson]

> It's not quite as bad when supported by a close heat shrink, but the
> problem is that solder wicks into the centre of the bundle and leads to
> breaks.

Well, I'd say that the part that breaks is the wire just before and just 
after the solder joint.  The solder leads to a very rigid piece of wire where 
the solder wicks in, and if the wire around it moves ALOT it can cause it to 
rip at the ends of the joint.  I've never seen this however.

Audi actually solders all over the place.  You just can't see it.  Open up a 
section of wiring harness sometime and look how they splice common grounds 
together.  Nice flat "pressed" solder connections wrapped in some kind of 
tape or shrink type tubing.


> Crimping (good, profressional crimping) is far superior to solder.  There
> is actually an Audi TSB somewhere that forbids soldering.  The inlet air
> temperature has even been superseded by a version that uses a standard
> two-pin crimped connector.

Haven't had a problem yet.  Knocking on wood...


-Marc-
87 4ktq
88 90q