Maybe we should change the Subject to reflect the discussion. JohnB
On 8/12/2010 7:40 PM, Ron Rogers wrote: > Solder can wick out beyond the terminal barrel and defeat strain relief as > it is brittle. The reason that ABYC specifies stranded wire is for the same > reason - more flexible and less likely to fail owing to vibration. > > Having said that, on my first sailboat a major marine electrical firm (they > did tugs and fancy yachts) in NY fitted me out with raw metal terminals and > told me to crimp them and then fill from the bottom with solder. Then I used > shrink wrap - no adhesive in those days. Everything worked fine for 18 > years. > > Walmart carries insulated 3M terminals with adhesive-lined shrink wrap ends. > Top quality and economical. Check the RV section. > > Ron Rogers. > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
