Thread: Wiring Splicing Tips? Solder vs Butt Connector

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2010-07-07 19:18:40

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I will leave it as a personal preference sort of thing. I did work for a company that was subcontracted by UTC and Honeywell. I have never had a solder joint fail on me. Crimping is easier but make sure to use the ones that have a sort of shrink wrap built in to keep out the elements.

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2010-07-07 20:27:57

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it's not a matter of personal preference really.. in aviation, when people's life depends on the splice.. we were taught by the best of the best to use quality butt splices.. not the crap you get at autozone.. but good stuff.

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2012-04-17 19:08:22

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Bump since this topic came up again.

Originally Posted by BenFenner

FYI: The factory Nissan harness has 10-20 crimp connections in it to begin with.

I finally got pics. From my build thread:

Originally Posted by BenFenner

I took a picture of this crimp in the factory wiring harness. There are dozens of these in a factory harness. This picture is for the folks who claim solder is best in the engine bay and don't believe me when I tell them OEM harnesses have crimps from the factory. I believe crimps are there because they are inexpensive to assemble thousands of in a row with repeatable results and more effective than solder in the engine bay.

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2012-04-17 22:15:35

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what i notice with soldering esp small wire is that that area solder becomes very hard and resists flexing, if the harness is in an area where theres gonna be flexing 90% of the time the wire will break right before the solder because that area doesnt flex. but i use both methods depending on what i am doing

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2012-04-20 17:53:35

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+1 for the heat shrink butt connectors.

and brush on electrical tape. stuff works great

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