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Originally Posted by kaigoss69
This may be an idiotic question but how did you manage to solder that (presumably) 8 gauge wire to the connector. I tried for like 30 minutes and the only thing getting hot was my fingers! I ended up crimping the damn thing, which of course is less than ideal.
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As mentioned in my post, I used a small but very hot blow torch to heat the exposed wire and the metal connector. I had just a little melting right at the beginning of the insulation, but it worked out pretty good. Oh, and it's a 4 gauge wire, not 8. 8 would probably be crimpable, no way with 4.