The most common reason for crimping instead of soldering is that the solder will wick up the wire a little ways, and if the wire is subject to being flexed, it will break right where the solder flow has ended.
I don't believe the typical K3 power cord is going to be constantly flexed, so in this case soldering is just as good as crimping. For situations where vibration or movement of the cable is likely (mobile installation for example), then crimping would be the method of choice. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/25/2011 9:35 AM, Julian, G4ILO wrote: > Nate Bargmann wrote: >> I concur, Crimp connectors should never be soldered under any >> circumstances. Get the proper tool or use a solder type connector. >> >> This valuable advice comes from both my professional and amateur >> experience. > If that's the case, Elecraft should crimp the connectors on to the cable > that comes with the kit K3. Expecting assemblers to buy a special tool just > to fit two connectors is unreasonable. > > Having said that, I soldered my connectors as advised like no doubt hundreds > of other K3 assemblers and have not experienced any problems. If Elecraft > think it's OK to solder the connectors I'm not going to disagree with them. > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
