I don't think we are subjected to the same issues as a Nuclear plant. I have had numerous crimped purchased cables fail because of a lousy crimp job covered up by heat shrink.
If you are working on very small wires with Anderson connectors I am not sure how you could ever get it crimp right. "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over." Ben Franklin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rich Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 11:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 45A APP Crimper Why not trim off a few strands of the #10 to make it fit and then, if necessary, cover with heat shrink? Sounds much better than another solder/butt joint and would have less resistance. While discussing APP's, I was taught that connections should ONLY be crimped. In the nuclear power industry connections that were just soldered or soldered and crimped were rejected by QA as they would fail due to vibrations, movement, etc. at the transition from the soldered area to the unsoldered portion of the wire. Any that I have ever made have always failed at this transition. Essentially ALL connections in the electrical power/distribution industry are crimped for this reason. and they handle many more amps than a K3. Rich, KE0X -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/8-AWG-adapter-tp2334886p2336384.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
