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Originally Posted by truckntran
I am a holdout for crimp on connectors, properly crimped. Most of the sets out there have a cheap pliers type tool that will not give you a good crimp. If you use a long handled pliers style crimper you will have a much better success rate with crimp on connectors. I'm talking a tool that has no spot for strippers, and it puts a solid crimp in place, different one for insulated and uninsulated.
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I have that type of crimping pliers and have used them extensively. They definitely do a better crimp than most other pliers. However, my experience tells me they are still no match for soldered connections. They will still have a much greater chance of failure.
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Originally Posted by truckntran
I'd prefer uninsulated crimp style connectors and shrink tubing myself. There is the issue of the soldered joints flexing and cracking right at the end of the solder on things like trailer axles that see a lot of flexing.
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As to the cracking issue, I have wired multiple trailers and misc other as well. If the wires are routed properly, the wires will not break at the end of the solder. I have had zero problems with that.