"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
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Yup! But I have a friend that soldered all his battery connection with a
small blowtorch as you mentioned.


My little MAPP gas torch did a fine job heating Lionheart's battery
terminals for soldering. There was very little wicking because the #0
cable strands are quite a bit larger than hookup wire strands. The
soldered connection is a neat, very strong and very low resistance
connection. You can pick up an L-16 by picking up its cable with this
solder connection. Try that with your crimp connector.

Soldering maximizes the contact surface area as far as it can be. Crimping
only makes contact with a tiny outside edge of the outside conductors only,
nearly a point contact but with some length down the hole.

Cold solder joints are the ones that "crack"....not properly soldered
joints which are stronger than the wire, itself.