"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"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.

Picking up a battery by the cables isn;t a terribly good practice, although
a good crip should be able to do it as well.

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.

Actually, the conductors are flattened when they contact the inside of the
connector and each other giving quite a bit of contact area.

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

Not according to the research I have seen in the past. Perhaps that has
changed in the past few years.