Originally Posted by
Dignity
Scottar, i dont use resin cored solder any more due to some rolls I've had that just wouldn't stick to anything which is why I now have plain solder and use the flux. I still have sticks of solder for the bigger cables.
I have managed the knack of using the butane torch on virtually all size cables as lost my good old soldering iron during a shift, bought a cheapy which worked ok, took forever to heat up and eventually hardly heated at all. Pulled it apart and found the connections barely making contact, still buried in the back of a box somewhere.
Mind you I do have the luxury of being able to do most if my work away from confined spaces or near fuel, that then changes things.