Solder Seal Butt Connectors are stronger, ... The connector is slipped over one of the wires to be spliced together and then the stripped ends of each wire are pushed into each other.

Then, you slide the solder seal connector over the join ... I never want to cut the existing bus so it is always stripping and soldering a wire on and then taping with super 88 or 3M 37 tape as it ...

In practice these soldering joints aren’t quite so magical, but they are pretty darn close. I’ve run into problems with the big sizes (10-12 AWG) and the smallest sizes (24-26 AWG).

Steel wire, screwdrivers, nails, and Alan wrenches are all potential tools for your emergency soldering. Just heat your wire or other steel tool over some open flame for 20-30 seconds and then ...

I now have a pre-heater and hot air, and if there are connectors on the pcb I can use low melt solder (4.50 euros for 17cm wire) or heat the pcb from the bottom, which may result in burn marks.

To Solder Or Not To SolderIf there's a single most contended subject in the crimping world, it's the solder debate. We'll let Wire 1's Ken Whitney land the first blow: "When using a quality tool ...