Re: [Amc-list] Fusible Link wire gage size

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also, the insulation is not your standard plastic. The 'Hypalon' doesn't melt 
like the usual stuff. Most of it stays on the wire.

Ken 

Quoting Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>:

> 
> Fusible links are not standard copper wire. The way they work is when 
> the system overloads, it creates heat and melts the wire (pretty much 
> the same way a fuse works). Soldering irons get much hotter than the 
> temperature they melt at so its easy to melt the wire trying to solder 
> it in.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On 7/26/2008 8:51 PM, David Crooks spouted this sage advice:
> >  > BTW, if you put a fusible link back in, *do not* solder it. Soldering
> >  > it will melt the wire. The proper way to fix it is to crimp it on and
> >  > use heat shrink tubing to seal it.
> > 
> > Ok I'll bite...
> > What kind of soldering iron are you using, that will melt copper
> > wire?  Time to put away your blow torches!
> > 
> > Soldering will not melt the wire...
> > 
> > There is a reason that crimping is preferred though.
> > Soldering tends to produce a very stiff section of wire, which
> > when subjected to a lot of vibration (like every engine bay
> > has!) is prone to metal fatigue and breaking.
> > 
> > Crimped connections are the way to go,
> > but not due to melted wires....
> > 
> > Dave 
> 
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