What is a good way to reinforce wire soldered to solder lugs?

Question

I have a number of different switches, all with solder lugs more or less similar to this:

I have soldered some stranded wire to it, using a method I found in a video where the stranded wire is stripped, the exposed strands twisted and soldered together, then put through the hole in the lug and soldered to the lug. The electrical connection works great, but I worry about the mechanical stress on the connection. Here is a picture of the soldering job itself:

I can easily bend the wire 90 degrees from the contact point if I wanted to, which doesn't give me much confidence in the mechanical strength of the connection. Is this a job that shrink wrap/electrical tape could fix? Or should I be soldering this differently?

Answer 1

You can use Heat-shrink tubing to reinforce the connection.

Answer 2

It is good engineering practise not to use an electrical connection to serve as mechanical connection as well.

In my opinion, heat shrink does not provide a solid mechanical connection.
It does provide isolation when soldered to the switch and also provides a chance the cable will still be isolated when the solder connection breaks (i.e. when the cable comes loose with the heatshrink is still on the cable covering the bare copper wire(s)).

I think a better solution is to use hot glue between the lugs of the connector up to the outer sheath/jacket of both cables.

Another solution is a kind of (DIY made) strain release that is fixed to the switch or to the panel which holds the switch, and fixates the cable (on its outer sheath/jacket).