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Originally Posted by MissMoppet
Now that's a dangerous topic. See here of many of the discussions of crimp or solder. This one says: "While it may be painful for some people to hear, the reality is that in the automotive industry this has long ago been settled. The gold standard is to (properly) crimp wires where possible. This is what industry does, and what you should do, too. Whether you’re splicing or attaching a terminal makes no difference. To verify this just take a look under the hood and you’ll find hundreds of crimps, but virtually no soldering. As long as you have the right tools, crimping is the way to go."
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As far as this quote is concerned, I suspect that the industry uses crimped joints because it's cheaper and quicker than soldering during assembly, not because it's more secure. There are, of course, thousands of soldered joints inside ECUs. I'd recommend following
Arctic's method.
Simon