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[QUOTE="djgra79, post: 82576, member: 1447"] Hi Keither, welcome to the fun*!! Others will have their own reasons for soldering but my own personal 2c is I very rarely solder. We mostly all use waterproof plugs/pigtails to connect our elements to power & data cables to then connect to PSU & controllers. This way it is a matter of just unplugging the elements and wrapping up the cables for easy storage during the off season. I guess if you use the same wiring standard throughout your display the cables can be used across different areas as needed. I only twist connect the wires in all my connectors & cables, then heat shrink the join, and then another heat shrink over the top to mate it weatherproof. It also ensures my connection stays tight and worse case if I need to repair or make adjustments, I just cut the shrink off and untwist the wires, saving me time & energy un-soldering and re-soldering everything. Cheers, Graham *actually, madhouse :) [/QUOTE]
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