[Public-List] soldering vs. crimping

mahseer at kos.net mahseer at kos.net
Mon Oct 4 06:09:36 PDT 2010


All radios and electronic circuit boards move as one unit. Soldered wire
soldered on the boat can move independent of the crimp.  This will cause
the wire at the joint to fatigue over time breaking.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380


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> Hi Gordon,
> Can you tell me what happened to the soldered wire joints?? I do crimp
> most of them but some stuff works better if soldering is applied.
> I would have thought that soldering is fairly resistant - e.g. the radios
> and instruments have all soldered boards and work for decades??!!!
> Thanks for letting me know.
> Regards
> Bruno & Elyse
> Lady Heron 297
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> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:12:53 -0400
> From: gordon white <gewhite at crosslink.net>
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> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Public-List Digest, Vol 1917, Issue 1
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> Years ago, after experience with shoreside electronic circuits, I
> re-wired another boat, using solder. Big mistake. Crimp, don't solder
> - Gordon White
> Brigadoon II
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