On Feb 7, 2013, at 11:16 PM, ctxmf74 wrote:

> The big dis-advantage one has to buy them and stock them.
Agreed but the same with solder and tips.

> I've never found  wrapping a feeder around the bus and soldering it  
> to be much work, I can do it faster than I could go find the proper  
> connector and install it.
Disagree; And with the suitcase or other connector there is no hot  
solder drips.  Also many trouble shooting scenarios are simpler.  Just  
undo the connection, not doable if it is soldered.

> I guess a secondary dis-advantage could be the possibility of  
> installing a connector wrong leading to failure later, which is  
> pretty hard to do with a soldered feeder where everything is out in  
> the open and easy to verify?
That may be.  But fixing it doesn't require cutters and more solder,  
just pliers.

> ......DaveBranum

Talmadge C 'TC' Carr
Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest
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