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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:04:44 -0500, "Hal Rosser"
wrote:

crimps can 'work loose'
Same reason you have 5 lug nuts on your wheel instead of 2 or 3.


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Nonsense.

Properly crimped, the wire will break before the crimp "works loose".

Your tire has multiple lug nuts to spread the stress, not because a
smaller number will "work loose".

73, Bill W6WRT