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31-12-2009, 02:22

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Re: Essential Electrical Tools

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Originally Posted by Jamie Kalb

It's essential to have a crimper, unless you want to solder everything (is this even legal/viable for FRC?).

Yes... we crimp AND solder... everything. In six years we've had one bad connection... and that was to the 40A fuse block, where we couldn't solder.

(Okay... which would have been VERY difficult to solder.)

Personally I like to use a little butane torch for soldering the big cables.

Jason

Edit: A clamp-on DC ammeter is really nice to have, too.
Edit #2: Yes, I know a proper crimp should be more than reliable... but we've got lots of hands to make the extra soldering work fairly light. It's just cheap insurance.

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