What did you buy today

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Hate scotch locks should never be used for any installation.

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They are perfectly fine for a static installation.

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Originally Posted by Winnie

They are perfectly fine for a static installation.

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Agree... and your landline won't work without them either.

If you want to see a Telstra Tech cry, take his scotchlocks off him

Not going to argue about it but any wiring job that has a SL somewhere in the system
that will be the weak spot and it will fail on a 4x4... TJM wired my trailer plug with scotch locks
as it was time effective [cheap] had a huge talk about why they shouldn't be used.

Now all TJM shops use solder and heatshrink on all
trailer plug installs never had a problem since

Solder might be better than scotch locks but it will fail way before a proper crimp. That's why NASA solders nothing.

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Originally Posted by AGman

Solder might be better than scotch locks but it will fail way before a proper crimp. That's why NASA solders nothing.

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I agree for the most part but, actually, NASA soldered everything when they alledgedly lobbed a few blokes onto the Moon.

NASA set a standard called HRHS (High Reliability Hand Soldering) which was a bastard qualification to get but set the bar for the best part of 30 years.
I must have soldered about 200 bifurcates before I got enough to pass.

Crimping is now the standard in aerospace and rightfully so due to repeatability, quality assurance, ease of inspection and weight saving.

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Originally Posted by the evil twin

I agree for the most part but, actually, NASA soldered everything when they alledgedly lobbed a few blokes onto the Moon.

NASA set a standard called HRHS (High Reliability Hand Soldering) which was a bastard qualification to get but set the bar for the best part of 30 years.
I must have soldered about 200 bifurcates before I got enough to pass.

Crimping is now the standard in aerospace and rightfully so due to repeatability, quality assurance, ease of inspection and weight saving.

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You're so clever evil

>>>tappin from tassie

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Originally Posted by the evil twin

I agree for the most part but, actually, NASA soldered everything when they alledgedly lobbed a few blokes onto the Moon.

NASA set a standard called HRHS (High Reliability Hand Soldering) which was a bastard qualification to get but set the bar for the best part of 30 years.
I must have soldered about 200 bifurcates before I got enough to pass.

Crimping is now the standard in aerospace and rightfully so due to repeatability, quality assurance, ease of inspection and weight saving.

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PCBs were soldered, interconnections were actually wire wrapped...the most reliable method of all.

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Originally Posted by taslucas

You're so clever evil

>>>tappin from tassie

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... I try... I fail a lot but I try :icon_bonk:

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Originally Posted by AGman

PCBs were soldered, interconnections were actually wire wrapped...the most reliable method of all.

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Pretty much all the interconnects from my era were soldered.

Thought I had seen the last of them when I left the RAAF but a heap of telemetry gear I am changing out at the moment (80's vintage) over here in W.A. has 2 PCB's with 50 odd soldered bifurcate terminals on them.

Glad to see the last of those suckers I tell ya.

Therm-a-Rest BaseCamp self-inflating mattress. XL version will fit nicely in my ARB single swag...just have to wait for it from the 'States now...:(

We splice joined 7 /067 cable then soldered at tech when doing our apprenticeships, never used it in the field.
That takes me back