soldering 4 ga copper wire?

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

OKay, here's another one. When you're building the harness for headlights, 
what's the best way to attach three of those fat (10 guage?) wires? I can't 
see anything at CTC that is big enough to get around them to crimp, so it's 
soldered, and surrounded with electrical tape and shrink tubing. But what's 
the best way. I got a sneaking suspicion I have another bunch of relays to 
do on a certain new white car.
Cathy


>From: Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>
>To: "T. Reed" <treed2@wsu.edu>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: soldering 4 ga copper wire?
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 02:30:14 -0800 (PST)
>
>Crimping is actually fine.  The way I look at it, there are millions upon 
>millions of cars out
>there running right now, with tons of miles on them, with crimps on the 
>+12V and ground cables.  I
>aply a little silicone grease before I crimp.  Also, I don't think solder 
>will be easy at all.  If
>you insist, you might try to crimp and then solder using a torch.  Have a 
>few lengths of heat
>shrink tube slipped over the cable to cover the end where you'll most 
>likely burn some insulation.
>
>AFA ground points, I agress those studs are great, but I've used a tranny 
>case bolt and a tranny
>mount bolt with no problems.  You might try an intake mani stud if it's a 
>16V (on 8Vs, it's too
>close to the exh. mani).
>
>Ron
>
>--- "T. Reed" <treed2@wsu.edu> wrote:
> > So I'm redoing my grounds.. and this time I'm determined to solder 
>instead
> > of crimp. Particularly after the no-starting fiasco I went through in
> > weeks past.
> >
> > Any tips on how to go about this? Obviously my little 25w iron isn't 
>going
> > to cut it. I'm afraid a propane torch will just burn off the 
>insulation..
> >
> > -Toby
> >
> > Also I'm looking for a good ground point. My lower starter bolt has 
>proven
> > to be a crappy one at best. I'd like to nab one of those A2
> > engine-to-tranny bolts that has the small stud protruding from the
> > bolt head designed specifically for this purpose, but the junkyards
> > around here are worth their weight in honduhs so I haven't had luck
> > finding one.
> >
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