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But what about good ratcheting crimpers? The ones I have crimp perfectly every time. And not just that, they crimp TIGHT. I take a piece of 18 gauge wire and crimp both sides together to make a circle. Then I try to break it apart. I usually can't with the hands and have to step on it and pull up to break. 90% of the time, the wiring rips somewhere but doesn't slide out of the crimped butt connector. Isn't that good enough for installs? I can't think of any situation where the wire would be pulled that hard under normal driving and operation. And this was done with good Metra Install Bay connectors, not cheap generic ones. Cheap ones use softer metal or something and the wiring pulls out easy.
So why do so many people seem to hate them. most people in the marine industry use crimp connections only. Solder corrodes and/or fails over time. I work in aviation maintenance and all I see are crimped connections because they are good with vibration and it's easier to calculate resistance with crimped connections since with solder there's human error(too much/too little) that can affect performance or signal.
So is it ok to make good crimp connections for alarms or is solder still better for some reason? Keep in mind that I use a good ratcheting crimp tool, not the cheap ones that flex and bend all over the place.

