Simple.....if you have a gas stove just hold the terminal over the flame and fit the bare wire to the terminal and feed resin core solder until the connector is full of solder.
More than one way to skin a cat.
Good luck.
Ron-D said
06:21 PM Aug 2, 2016
Yeah I can't see why you can't crimp it,the holes in the Anderson plug are made to be soldered,just wondering has any one here
tried using a crimping tool for the job, it would make the job easier...
Treecrest14 said
06:23 PM Aug 2, 2016
Use crimping tool all the time - never used solder!
Dougwe said
06:50 PM Aug 2, 2016
I crimp all the time. Just did 4 plugs today. Easy as. I did buy a proper crimper many moons back from evilbay though.
Dougwe said
06:56 PM Aug 2, 2016
hako wrote:
Simple.....if you have a gas stove just hold the terminal over the flame and fit the bare wire to the terminal and feed resin core solder until the connector is full of solder. More than one way to skin a cat. Good luck.
Wouldn't you burn your fingures though Denis :)
macka17 said
07:22 PM Aug 2, 2016
Hmmm.
I nearly always get a "curve " in them when I try crimping.
Battery soldering iron for around $20 and clip it onto car battery while eng running.
I use both.
Weedpharma said
07:44 PM Aug 2, 2016
These connectors are made to be crimped. Crimping is better as it is more reliable. Soldering will work if the joint is fixed so it cannot flex the joint.
In a crimped joint the wires can move over each other when flexed. Solder has a fixed point that over time can fracture due to fatigue.
In any high reliability use, the joint is always crimped. Backyard cable makers use solder as it is easier.
I know many have had success with solder over many years. This does not change the fact that crimp is better.
Weedpharma
Phillipn said
09:02 PM Aug 2, 2016
Check out Agwholesalers web site for a good crimper. Cost $30 + postage. I have crimped 50 and 175amp Anderson plugs with them.
Am I the strange one who crimps and adds solder , heat shrink ..
LLD said
08:25 AM Aug 3, 2016
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Am I the strange one who crimps and adds solder , heat shrink ..
To be sure, to be sure, to be sure (with an Irish accent).
Ron-D said
08:39 AM Aug 3, 2016
Yes just like LLD I have always used the vice but I have always made my Anderson plug connections at home,on the road crimping players would be a lot less mucking around Than fiddling around with solder...
Colin Penrose said
11:10 AM Aug 3, 2016
Thanks guys I have just ordered an Anderson Plug crimping tool off Ebay.
Dougwe said
12:35 PM Aug 3, 2016
Good move Colin, well done, it will make the job easy as mate. I use a flat screw driver to push the lug into the Anderson Plug, it makes that job easy too. I also buy my Andetson Plugs of evilbay as they are much cheaper. Just make sure they are AP not a replica. Although I have a couple of replivas in action and seem ok so far.
macka17 said
01:41 PM Aug 3, 2016
I Dunno.
Over the yrs my kit has a No 2 No 4 No 7 with different heads for crinping standing rigging etc.
and a No 11. from that link. Not same mfg's though.
some would be 4o yr old.(no 11)
And I still tend to "curve" them Anderson bloody things.
So solder it is. After a Light crimp to hold wires.
Aus-Kiwi said
01:58 PM Aug 3, 2016
Yea I bend them straight again though .. Holding connecter end in vice between two pieces of softwood ..
macka17 said
09:38 PM Aug 3, 2016
Kiwi.
I got half a box of the ooooold plumbers 14in "lead sticks" they used to use for sweating copper pipes and juct,
Remains of a job around 45 yrs ago.
nice and soft. not like todays modern mixes with internal flux.
Can't use on small jobs though.
two or three drops fills an Anderson tail.
Colin Penrose said
03:36 PM Aug 5, 2016
Got the crimpers. $18 off Ebay. Job done. Brilliant.
Hi. What is the easiest way to connect wires to Anderson plug pins if you don't have a soldering iron ?
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 03:56:21 PM
Yeah I can't see why you can't crimp it,the holes in the Anderson plug are made to be soldered,just wondering has any one here
tried using a crimping tool for the job, it would make the job easier...
Wouldn't you burn your fingures though Denis :)
I nearly always get a "curve " in them when I try crimping.
Battery soldering iron for around $20 and clip it onto car battery while eng running.
I use both.
In a crimped joint the wires can move over each other when flexed. Solder has a fixed point that over time can fracture due to fatigue.
In any high reliability use, the joint is always crimped. Backyard cable makers use solder as it is easier.
I know many have had success with solder over many years. This does not change the fact that crimp is better.
Weedpharma
Check out Agwholesalers web site for a good crimper. Cost $30 + postage. I have crimped 50 and 175amp Anderson plugs with them.
www.agwholersalers.com.au
To be sure, to be sure, to be sure (with an Irish accent).
Yes just like LLD I have always used the vice but I have always made my Anderson plug connections at home,on the road crimping players would be a lot less mucking around Than fiddling around with solder...
Over the yrs my kit has a No 2 No 4 No 7 with different heads for crinping standing rigging etc.
and a No 11. from that link. Not same mfg's though.
some would be 4o yr old.(no 11)
And I still tend to "curve" them Anderson bloody things.
So solder it is. After a Light crimp to hold wires.
I got half a box of the ooooold plumbers 14in "lead sticks" they used to use for sweating copper pipes and juct,
Remains of a job around 45 yrs ago.
nice and soft. not like todays modern mixes with internal flux.
Can't use on small jobs though.
two or three drops fills an Anderson tail.
Got the crimpers. $18 off Ebay. Job done. Brilliant.