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Ice-Tea:
YYyyyyiiiieeeeeaaahh....



Slightly worying: I think I heard a double pop. So either this was a two stage rocket or there's another one lurking somewhere in the dark.

Also lurking in the dark:  :palm:




Specmaster:

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--- Quote from: bd139 on June 30, 2022, 09:17:54 pm ---Random weird night out, in Brentford of all places! One for the London locals…

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Did you drop into the Flying Swan for a pint of Large?

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Or the Fisherman Arms?

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Had no idea the Brentford Trilogy Existed.

Alas the pub of choice was The Brewery Tap (pizza delivered to table from there) followed by The Beehive  :-DD

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Do they still have live music in the Brewery Tap? Have been in there a few times as well, can't say I know the Beehive, although it is possible as I've done a few pub crawls in Brentford  :-DD

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Yeah they do but not last night. We were mostly having to listen to the dude who runs the local porn shop, obvious because of the promotional t-shirt advertising his business. Oh and some passing Real Ale Twats



The Beehive is one with, well a beehive on the top on the corner by Morrisons...



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Oh yeah, the one that's right next to the cop shop, (for obvious reasons) so that means you must have been pretty well-behaved for a change otherwise you'd be kicking your heels in the cells while sobering up  :-+ :-+ :-+

Used to work just passed Brentford Lock, in Commerce Road, before moving to Syon Gate Way, behind the BMW dealers on Great West Road, before moving out to Twyford.

Specmaster:

--- Quote from: Ice-Tea on July 01, 2022, 10:48:29 am ---YYyyyyiiiieeeeeaaahh....



Slightly worying: I think I heard a double pop. So either this was a two stage rocket or there's another one lurking somewhere in the dark.

Also lurking in the dark:  :palm:






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Argh, I can smell em, take them away quick. Evil things they are, even worse than tants!  >:D

Specmaster:

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Crimping is an efficient and highly reliable method to assemble and terminate conductors, and typically provides a stronger, more reliable termination method than that achieved by soldering.[/i]

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No. Just no.

Solder joints are more difficult to do correctly, but when done so are almost always the better choice. The vibration point is a good one, but not really applicable for a home solar PV installation, unless you live directly above a seriously active tectonic fault zone.

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The "more difficult" part together with vibration which quite often is applicable, will make a proper crimped joint the winner in most practical scenarios. We're talking about something that gets done in awkward positions by people longing not for the ultimate in low resistance but for a pint at the pub.

I have an Elpress (which is the Nice Brand here in Sweden; they do the most popular and approved crimpers for both small wires and coax) crimper that goes to 70mm2; it's a "hardened ball" version so pretty close to the hammer crimper anvil but not as chaotic. Long nice handles and very sexy gunmetal finishing. I've done my UPS battery link cables with it and similar. I would not try soldering in those applications; the heat transfer would be complicated to achieve and cause problems with insulation pooling on the floor..

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I have to disagree, a soldered joint is the best one in this instance. I used to after nearly 200 buses and coaches, all were 24V with 4 huge great 6V batteries all connected in series and the interconnecting links and the leads to and from the batteries and the huge great starter motors all had soldered connections. As all we know, buses in particular are real bone crushers in their riding and so the leads were constantly being subjected to massive vibrations and I never had a single failure of these connections and if you consider not only the jarring harsh ride of buses, but the huge amount of vibrations generated just by the diesel engines themselves and the fairly large amount of engine flexing being brought to bear on the cables in particular on the starter motors and alternators, it stands testimony to the suitability of those cables being soldered.

Messtechniker:
What kind of soldering (station?) are you using for thick cables?
Our everyday 80 W soldering station wont cut it, right?

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