The ­American Boat and Yacht Council says that we can solder, but we must also use a mechanical connection. The thinking is that a ­soldered connection makes the wire brittle and, due to the natural ...

well I got a couple of molex adapters and the necessary male connectors. I cut a thicker gauge wire from an old fan as the Panaflo L1A leads were too thin to be crimped on the molex pins ...

I’ll confess: I really enjoy making a well-crafted solder join between two wires or soldering a component onto a PC board. There’s something very satisfying about the smell of the rosin (we won’t talk ...