Here's a dumb question, but I am sitting out the cold weather wondering how to do this is an efficient way without spending hours in the cold garage. I bought a kit from Speedway for a remote battery location and I have set up a battery box on the rear of the frame so I am ready to install the cables. The kit came with lug connectors that just have a tubular shank and the copper stranded cable fits in there nicely but HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FASTEN THE CABLE? If I use a butane torch to sweat solder into the joint I will burn the insulation off the cable. If I use a soldering iron it will have to be a VERY hot iron to bring enough heat to melt the solder (I only have a small electronics soldering gun). It looks to me that a simple crimp will not be a good connection. I know this is a simple problem, is there a simple answer? Maybe this is a "technique" issue and the trick is to just heat the lug enough to melt the solder while not burning much of the insulation?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder