On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 08:30:22 -0500, Matt Colie
wrote:

Soldering #0 &2/0 is not at all tough if you do it the easy way.

It does take a little thing holder (my box had a generation old vacuum
base vice) and a soldering gun. I have a pair of loose tip nuts in the
box for a 240 watt soldering gun.

Put the lug on the cable and clamp it in the vise.
Put the nuts only in the soldering gun.
Put the nuts up against the lug and pull the trigger.
= In a very short time the lug will start accepting solder.

It you get it right the insulation doesn't show any heat effect, but but
put shrink on it any way.

The only problem is that this pretty much does require shore power.

Matt Colie
Sounds like a good option Matt. However shorepower is rarely
available, its bad enough heatshrinking with the gas powered hot air
gun. Maximum wattage I can find on a Weller in UK is 100W. The tools
used for plumbing work could be of interest though 2200W ;-)
I would still be concerned that all the heat was in the lug and little
in the cable though.
I will stay with my hydraulic crimper ;-)

Richard

Nb "Pound Eater" Parkend G+S