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Female quick disconnects vs. soldering microswitches

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severdhed:


--- Quote from: Blanka on August 30, 2010, 04:00:24 pm ---Soldering is faster and cheaper than quick disconnects. Its easier to solder than too clamp an insulated disconnect on a cable. And they can be pretty expensive too.
But the best: buy a harness for your controller. Let the Chinese do the work :D. The harness is already cheaper than cable + disconnects, and does not need any additional work too!

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that depends on how good you are at soldering.  i've soldered lots of things, but i am still pretty clumsy at it.  either way you have to strip the wire, personally i think it is quicker to slip a quick connect on and crimp it than it is to solder.  however you are right, they are expensive.

releasedtruth:

I soldered the common in a right nice circuit, then used disconnects. Worked out pretty well, until I decided to take my control panel apart. Still not sure why I was that stupid, but disconnects definitely take more space while adding flexibility.

JODY:

Just make sure you have the proper crimper for the disconnects.  Bad crimps will result in wires falling out or bad connections.


DillonFoulds:

I solder anything and everything I can....

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...EXCEPT MICROSWITCHES!

If you're really worried about saving the cost of crimper + QDs then by all means go the solder route. But as with most things, you're better off spending a couple more dollars and buy new. Buy QDs and MATCHING WIRE! I've gone with cat5e and QDs, cat5e and soldering, and in the end, i think the best wiring method was brand new 22awg wire, with all new 18-22awg QDs. If you go much bigger than the lowest gauge your QD accepts, you'll have a messier time when you're daisy-chaning the ground lines.

CheffoJeffo:

I think the wire gauge comment is a particularly good one to make.

I've got tons of Cat3 and Cat5 cable lying around and won't ever use it to wire up controls because, while you can make it work and it can neaten things up, it isn't worth the time.

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