dude who publicly calls himself "dazed and confuzed" be advised that you are
arguing against something the professionals determined decades ago. Give it
up, or look even more a fool.

-0500, dazed and confuzed
wrote:



if a connection is properly engineered, I.E., the terminal and wire are
sized correctly, the breaker is sized correctly, and the post that the
terminal is connected to is the correct size, then the solder will not
melt before the breaker trips.


Wanna bet your life on everything being perfect and staying that way?

BB
In the real world nothing is perfect. You are betting your life on the
fact that a crimp is perfect as well. Most (not all) solder terminals
have some sort of minimal mechanical connection to hold the conductor in
the terminal until it is soldered.

How do you know that the crimp terminal was done properly? Yet you are
willing to "bet your life" on the fact that it is. It's harder to tell
if a crimped terminal is done improperly than a soldered one.

There is a place for soldered and a place for crimped connections. Yet
either is a good connection IF done properly. If not, either will fail.

The fools are the ones that crimp and then solder.

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the most committed always win