On July 25, 2014 at 18:46, highfigh said...
Rather than solder, you could look for the HeatNSeal butt splices that use low temperature solder in the ferrule as well as the glue. I used them when I worked on boats and they're good. Not cheap, but the trade-off is parts cost vs time spent soldering/wrapping/waiting. NAPA sells them and some of the electronics parts places do, too.
Are you talking about butt splices for RG59? It sounds like you are.
Boat manufacturers usually use a regular, cheap butt splice and they last for years, if not decades, without problems. It's amazing, but true. I would never use them if I was a manufacturer.
You should look into them to see what makes them work. A properly crimped butt splice has compressed the metals to the point where there is what's called "cold flow" that results in intimate metal to metal contact with no space between. I don't think a soldered connection is any better than this! And I mean technically speaking.
