At 12:36 AM 7/13/2010 Tuesday, Tom Hargrave wrote: >A solder connection is good in that it excludes moisture at the joint, >something important in marine applications. But it can make a "hard spot" In the last ten years or so there are marine-grade crimp connectors with shrink tubing and a sealing goo already installed -- in fact my trailer lighting tap came with them. Without...all the crimp connections on Scamp (salt water) failed in the first fifteen years or so, by verdigris eating the wire off flush with the end of the connector barrel. The amazing thing was that these connections, or the first few at least, were carrying full working loads of several amps without noticeable problems right up to the moment they literally fell apart -- the corrosive action was so localized that the break was extremely short, so even one strand of wire could carry the load. After the first few failed I replaced all of them and painted the ends with a couple coats of PVC "Liquid Electrical Tape." No further probs in the subsequent 25 years or so. Yrs, d |
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