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Originally Posted by hobbes20xxx
The silver compression lugs i believe you can solder on with enough heat, if you have a scrap wire around i would test that first though.
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Very bad idea, you cannot prevent solder from wicking up into the wire, and making it too Brittle.
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Originally Posted by akosin
We use the silver ones, put them in a vice, and turn until the table starts lifting up!  |
My goodness, even worse, since the crimp will definitely fail. Before that, you will have high resistance - use Ohms law to calculate the voltage drop of 0.10 Ohm at 100 Amps....
A proper crimp actually deforms the copper wire and makes the small wires lose all air space between them in that area. Lacking the correct crimping tool you can use the crimping section of
these pliers. The crimping section is found between the pivot point and the handle. We use a good smack with a hammer to make sure the lug is fully compressed