Anderson plugs

Colin Penrose · Senior Member

Anderson plugs

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Crimp . Some / most good lineman pliers have a crimp behind handle with dent to realy hold .

-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 03:56:21 PM

agro · Veteran Member

Solder.. It is made for solder. Agro

hako · Guru

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 · Guru

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 · Senior Member

Use crimping tool all the time - never used solder!

Dougwe · Chief one feather

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 · Chief one feather

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 · Guru

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 · Veteran Member

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 · Guru

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

LLD · Senior Member

Vice does good.

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Am I the strange one who crimps and adds solder , heat shrink ..

LLD · Senior Member

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 · Guru

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 · Senior Member

Thanks guys I have just ordered an Anderson Plug crimping tool off Ebay.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

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 · Guru

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 · Guru

Yea I bend them straight again though .. Holding connecter end in vice between two pieces of softwood ..

macka17 · Guru

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 · Senior Member

Got the crimpers. $18 off Ebay. Job done. Brilliant.