I seem to recall reading years ago that military standards for electronics
required all connections to be crimped AND soldered. Seems it was once
considered the best approach.

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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Gary Schafer wrote in
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I wouldn't solder them. Asking for trouble there. If you should have a
loose bolt connection on the lug all the solder could melt and open
the connection letting the cable fall onto something you don't want it
to come in contact with.


Man, what the hell are you sailing, a diesel submarine? What kinda load
does your boat have on the poor little batteries, one of those guys trying
to run air conditioners off a 4KW inverter?

Lionheart uses crimp THEN solder connections. Crimp to make them
PHYSICALLY strong, then soldered to make them ELECTRICALLY strong and
corrosion-free. Of course, the electrical length of battery cables, at
least, is the same as their physical length...(c;

Larry W4CSC

Must be some bigassed house batteries.....