* On 2011 25 Mar 08:50 -0500, Don Wilhelm wrote: > 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.
Exactly. My installations of crimp connectors have been mainly in mobile environments (specifically RF Industries PL-259 connectors for RG-58 cable) and to date after several years, not one failure in railroad trucks and on track equipment, an environment which is not known for being gentle on anything. 73, de Nate N0NB >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
