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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ttocs" data-source="post: 1471835" data-attributes="member: 11896">if you don't put some good heat shrink over those the connections inside will slowly corrode.  I also can't help but notice that the crimps on the butt connectors looks like they were crimped with a krimper similar to this style?<a href="https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-Terminal-and-Crimping-Tool-Kit-GS-67K/202518592?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US" target="_blank">https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-Terminal-and-Crimping-Tool-Kit-GS-67K/202518592?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US</a>If that is the case then its time to upgrade your tools a little bit to get a better connection.  This is the style that is universally used in the automotive world for making solid/one time crimps.  You can get them at homedepot in the electrical section(not in the tool area).  Those flat crimpers just do not get the pressure in the right place to lock them in even if you do a double crimp as it looks like your doing.When your done with a crimp, or with any connection your final test should be to give the connection a solid tug/pull to ensure it will not come apart with only slight pressure.  If it can't handle 5-10 lbs, its not a good crimp.</blockquote>