Pieyed47
Senior Member
I am getting ready to install an inverter/charger in the boat. Can you folks give me any advice about where I might get the best price for marine wiring?
Thanks JD
Thanks JD
Tinned goes without saying, IMO everywhere not just engine room.Buy the good stuff, not Chinesium. Also, get tinned if its to go in the engine room.
After a thread awhile back on batteries, I did a lot of research on tinned wire. Most of what I found was tinning was not needed or was even detrimental. I've always tinned, but I'm now going the other way. Heat shrink is better against corrosion than tinning. When you tin, you effectively turn a stranded wire in to a solid wire that is way more subject to failure in a vibrating environment. I'm going to dig deeper in to this.
That's fine for those with high level skills and long experience soldering.
For those new to the game, IMO crimp-only is the way to go.
Yes you need proper tools, if you think $75 is a lot (really?) then just order what you need custom made from genuinedealz.com
I believe Exide Battery suggests crimp and solder for a low resistance terminal.....probably posted the link last year
That is because most people are not going to spring for the right crimping tool and their crimps are as bad as most people's soldering.
So the combo might be actually the best practice for the common man.....along the lines FF suggests.
I am sorry if the question looks stupid but is the wire is well crimped what is the goal to solder it? I would have thought that it would have been better to cover the crimp with shrinked plastic than to solder it?
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If the crimp is done properly, not just watertight but fused gastight, then adhesive lined heatshrinkI am sorry if the question looks stupid but is the wire is well crimped what is the goal to solder it? I would have thought that it would have been better to cover the crimp with shrinked plastic than to solder it?
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