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Originally Posted by Richard Wooldridge
Crimp and use heat shrink tubing for at least 1/2" on each side of crimped connection. The soldered connection will act like a solid piece of wire, and will cause breakage at the edge of the soldered area.
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The solder is not there to make the connection, it's really only there to hold the wire and connector together and to prevent corrosion. A
properly crimped and insulated connector will also do this, without the breakage problem. Aerospace connections are
all crimped for that reason.