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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:23 pm Post subject: Risks associated with unproven crimp tools . . .

At 13:10 2015-02-17, you wrote:

Bob, had any experience soldering terminals to copper-cladded 

aluminum (CCA) cable?  I tried a couple of time using a propane torch 

with flux added and without flux.  The solder just did not want to 

merge with the materials.  Always found it pretty easy with copper cable.

-kent



    Yes. At least the cable that Eric was selling

    a few years ago. He sent me a sample and I successfully

    crimped and soldered terminals to the wire.



    Not sure about how much copper cladding 'washes'

    off into the solder/copper amalgam of a finished

    joint. To be sure, if the copper is too thin to

    solder, aluminum exposed by solder at the base

    of the melt would pose new questions as to the

    joint's quality.



    But of course, copper terminals onto copper wire

    is a low-risk effort.





   Bob . . .

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