I make major connectors up the same way. I also smear some Copper Kote on the wires after soldering hoping some will wick up into the strands before the corrosion does. Perhaps a hot pot with Copper Kote in it for dipping would be ideal.
I also fill any gap between the wires insulation and the solder with a strip of electrical tape, then shrink the shrink wrap. I make up the connection with a little Copper Kote on it too. On some mid-size ring terminals I pull the insulation off then crimp and solder, especially in the engine room. I used to crimp and solder very terminal, but lately I have become lazy so most of my smaller terminals in my relatively dry interior are just crimped. I believe crimp and solder, like belt and suspenders, is really the best. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Ron Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 7/25/2008 1:29:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Soldered connections on 12 VDC buss > > Arild, > > Norm's boat is ferrocement. In 1973 I was taking my Tartan 27 from Long > Island, NY to Wilmington, NC. Sparkman & Stephens recommended me to an > electronics outfit which did tugboats. They sold to me at wholesale > everything that I needed to include the first portable VHF (Decca.) They > sold me tinned wire and zinc connectors. They instructed me to first place > shrink wrap on the wire, then attach the connector with a slight mechanical > crimp allowing the wire to peek out of a small hole in front. Then I heated > the lug till I had a bright soldered connection with the lug filled. > Finally, I shrunk the wrap around the insulation/lug join. > > Until your email, I had thought that crimp-only was the new and better way. > Now I know better. The only improvement that I really like is the adhesive, > heat shrink connectors which are both water resistant and provide strain > relief. > > Ron > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
