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Originally Posted by Bryce Paputa
We've had issues with the Anderson connectors, both with the casings melting and with the terminals falling out of the casings. We use the correct crimping tool and the solder them, any idea what we might be doing wrong?
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I had the pleasure of sitting beside an APP employee (Rich, if I recall correctly-I'm bad with names) at one of the Supplier Summit dinners. He was the guy who created the battery wires+SB50 for the KoP. I mentioned my team that year was crimping and soldering the connections. He discouraged soldering, indicating the potential to damage the terminal if soldered poorly. Since then I've just taken him at his word and my team just crimps with one of their tools. We've never had an issue with the housings deforming, either the ones we've crimped ourselves, the ones we've bought from AM (crimped), or the ones we receive in the KoP (crimped).