Re: (ET) cable terminals

["harry landis" <hlandis hotmail com>]

Bury the wire in a well melted lump of solder making sure it is well wetted. 
Solder is stronger than lead, so the clamp material will fail first in any 
case.

Harry Landis

E8M, E12S
Landis charger controllers

From: "David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden ald net>
To: Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) cable terminals
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:50:14 -0500

On 4 Feb 2005 at 5:24, harry landis wrote:

> For those who like the lead clamp on terminals, you can take a regular
> cheap one with the steel clamp and throw away the clamp and bolts and
> solder the cable directly to the lead.

Have you found this to be durable?  In most electrical work, solder 
normally
augments and seals an already-sound mechanical connection (a good old
Western Union splice, for example).  The solder strengthens the connection
and excludes air and contaminants.  But generally solder alone isn't
considered to be strong enough to make a secure connection.




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