Thread: Max Wiring Amps
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Unread 01-17-2005, 01:22 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by CoolROD
Ben I know that you know this, but some readers may not:
Solder is not a good conductor!
Use a good physical connection (I use crimped noninsulated but splices) and then sweat the connection with good solder to fill the voids -which does boost connection efficiency.

-->just my 2c
It's not that bad. Solder is 8 times less conductive than copper (4 times less than 6061 Al), but that doesn't make it unable to carry a decent current.
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