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Your standard electronics solder is not going to stick to nichrome anyway. You have to seek out special brazing materials and difficult fluxes to even get that

Your standard electronics solder is not going to stick to nichrome anyway. You have to seek out special brazing materials and difficult fluxes to even get that far. This article tries to use large solder blobs to mechanically trap the nichrome wire, which I don't recommend for the reasons above. You really should use a crimp connection.

analog31 1y ago
The appliances I've opened up used spot welding.
- IAmBroom 1y ago
  So, not soldered.
  - analog31 1y ago
    Correct. Typical electrical solder won't stick to nichrome, and encapsulating the wire in a blob of solder sounds short term at best. If it's not a good connection, it will heat up and eventually melt the joint.