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Originally posted by wiredone
Soldered connections are not usually a good idea , especially where i come from.... i do car audio installs in my time off and i can tell you in my expereince soldering is a bad idea... why you ask? simple, rust... solder rusts very easily, and if you store your car outside, or near the sea (i live on the coast) then any audio stuff (head unit looms) and other stuff rusts pretty quick unless you go to a real effort to cover it up or coat it...
just my 2c... maybe alot of people think im wrong... but hey free speach...lol
Soldered connections are not usually a good idea , especially where i come from.... i do car audio installs in my time off and i can tell you in my expereince soldering is a bad idea... why you ask? simple, rust... solder rusts very easily, and if you store your car outside, or near the sea (i live on the coast) then any audio stuff (head unit looms) and other stuff rusts pretty quick unless you go to a real effort to cover it up or coat it...
just my 2c... maybe alot of people think im wrong... but hey free speach...lol
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Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Oklahoma City OK- where it is flat
I used to solder every connection as a point of pride, and some I still do, but I have gotten into mixing the strands and crimping, and then heat shrinking the whole mess.
Electrons "flow" along the surface area of wire, not through the cores of wires, that is why multstrand OFC is the prefered product for amp power cables.
Mixing the two sets of wires together and crimping them in place is the best I can do to replicate the theory in cars.
Also I am big on trying to limit wiring to only one crimp in a run if I can, just keep the wire unbroken for the entire run if possible.
I am still pretty big on solder behind the dash becuase I hate for connections to come loose, it is pretty much a pain the tear the dash apart again to redo a single loose connection.
Electrons "flow" along the surface area of wire, not through the cores of wires, that is why multstrand OFC is the prefered product for amp power cables.
Mixing the two sets of wires together and crimping them in place is the best I can do to replicate the theory in cars.
Also I am big on trying to limit wiring to only one crimp in a run if I can, just keep the wire unbroken for the entire run if possible.
I am still pretty big on solder behind the dash becuase I hate for connections to come loose, it is pretty much a pain the tear the dash apart again to redo a single loose connection.
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Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Sydney, Australia
totally agree
Originally posted by Dave Cameron
I used to solder every connection as a point of pride, and some I still do, but I have gotten into mixing the strands and crimping, and then heat shrinking the whole mess.
Electrons "flow" along the surface area of wire, not through the cores of wires, that is why multstrand OFC is the prefered product for amp power cables.
Mixing the two sets of wires together and crimping them in place is the best I can do to replicate the theory in cars.
Also I am big on trying to limit wiring to only one crimp in a run if I can, just keep the wire unbroken for the entire run if possible.
I am still pretty big on solder behind the dash becuase I hate for connections to come loose, it is pretty much a pain the tear the dash apart again to redo a single loose connection.
I used to solder every connection as a point of pride, and some I still do, but I have gotten into mixing the strands and crimping, and then heat shrinking the whole mess.
Electrons "flow" along the surface area of wire, not through the cores of wires, that is why multstrand OFC is the prefered product for amp power cables.
Mixing the two sets of wires together and crimping them in place is the best I can do to replicate the theory in cars.
Also I am big on trying to limit wiring to only one crimp in a run if I can, just keep the wire unbroken for the entire run if possible.
I am still pretty big on solder behind the dash becuase I hate for connections to come loose, it is pretty much a pain the tear the dash apart again to redo a single loose connection.
the crimping and shrink wrapping is amust in my eyes, mayeb as you said, its pride... but i have just had so many problems with rust... salt water moisture seems to get everywhere... especially in cars owned by people who like to wind downt the windows whenever they turn it up...
australian coast, FAT for cruising in the sun, BUT totally uncool on anything that isnt stainless...lol
not that it IS a huge problem... just a pet hate of mine...
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