Crimping vs. Soldering

[RETed]

Originally Posted by Rtrhead

As a Master MECP and an A&P I can say that both systems are useful and have no discernible drawbacks in signal quality, flexibility, durability, given they are executed IAW quality supplies and tools and are appropriate to the given application. there have been many studies to support this as well as my experiments with the old scope and meter.

Maybe you can answer one of my questions...

I have never had good luck with trying to solder fine-stranded, "OFC" wire - usually speaker wire - for car audio use.
Any significant amount of heat will degrade to the OFC wire to the point where it starts to oxidize and turn green within a few days.
What's the point using this OFC wire if it's going to oxidize, right?
Do I need to sit there for hours with a 5-watt pencil iron just to solder this correctly?
Usually, I'm impatient about wiring the car up, so I don't like to waste time like that.
I end up crimping all OFC wire connections nowadays.


-Ted

[Madaz]

In most cases crimping will suffice however when the voltage is low (under 24V) and/or when current is low (under 500mA) I would always recommend soldering.