I am curious, have you ever caught yourself making any of these mistakes? Some are actually quite common!

@thesnowflakesaremelting1016

Ай бұрын

Yes, I think I’ve made every single one of these mistakes, I had no idea what the colours represented, and no idea there was a tool to actually crimp these properly other than pliers 😀 great video with lots of information 👍👍

@gnic76

Ай бұрын

As a teenager, didn't have good crimpers, would pull the insulated part off, use pliers to crimp, then heat shrink or tape the connector. I'd even solder them if I couldn't get a crimp tight enough.

I confess, I have had to use too large of crimp connector so I stripped extra insulation off, gave them a twist, then folded the wires over to double up the amount of wire for crimping. Probably not a good practice but seems to work ok. Great video though, nice explanation on everything. 👍

I used to be electrician/technician and my hands looked just like yours with many small wounds. It's hard to do electrical work while wearing gloves. I do crimp connections just like you so to but I always put conductive grease on the wire before I crimp it. I prefer soldered connections if possible.

@lwfeagan

Ай бұрын

I hear ya. I finally found a pair of gloves thin enough for me to work with small parts. MaxiFlex makes a model called Elite, intended for workers doing electronics assembly. First pair of gloves this sweaty guy can wear all day without even thinking of taking them off.

Great video. I’m putting 14 gauge connectors onto speaker wire and I wasted about 4-6 of the connectors because I didn’t do extensive research beforehand (fortunately I purchased a 100 pack of both and I haven’t cut the wire at the reel side yet lol, I knew that was gonna end up coming in handy)

Love your videos. I've made some of the mistakes you've called out for sure.

Always something to learn, thanks

Great info thanks for sharing.

Awesome information as always! Thank you 😊

Great Video. Thank you for sharing. Have a nice weekend

👍Ratchet crimpers are the best, you can get different dies to crimp a variety of things.

Allowing backpressure of the big picture (the whole job) to interfere with somones attention to detail can cause all kinds of problems. Something as small as crimping can sabotage the install. Proper tool for the job. Heard that for decades. Good stuff. Thanks.

Great video, thanks for sharing. One of the few videos that bothers to point out that a terminal has a top and bottom…

good info

I do a bit of electronics and have that same Klein tool and another one from Vise Grip - that is an automated wire stripper. Several companies make them. IMO, if you find yourself stripping wire and making / adding connectors these are well worth the investment. It will make all your work better, cleaner and easier and you won't get so frustrated with yourself. All the cable cuts and crimps will turn out perfect every time.

You’re a genius

Great to know the difference in the crimp tool, I was using it on the wrong sided. Can always trust advice from scarred hands

Wow. The stuff I didn’t know I didn’t know.

as a professional ag auto electrician^tm if it fits it ships, as long as she passes the tug test shes golden

I was wondering if you or someone on here could recommend crimpers for insulated terminals and heat shrink terminals. Should I go with 2 sets of crimpers or get a set with interchangeable heads ? The heat shrink would be for utility trailer lights and the insulated would be for a low current application on the interior of a Boler rv trailer. Thanks for the video. I will be using it. Lol. I very seldom crimp and generally solder so I don't want to break the bank.

See ya!

Those are 'Sta-Kon' type terminals... for eons 'Thomas & Betts' has been the premier name in crimpers.

I like to tin the wire. A little solder on the wire makes a sturdy area for the crimp to take hold.

@tookitogo

12 күн бұрын

Never, ever do this!!! Solder cold-flows under pressure, so it’ll be nice and tight initially, but will loosen over time.

@RVH-io3dr

11 күн бұрын

@@tookitogo Maybe times have changed. That is what I was taught in High reliability soldering course back in the day.

@tookitogo

10 күн бұрын

@@RVH-io3dr I dunno. I’m a ridiculous nerd who has spent entirely unhealthy amounts of my free time gorging on connector information, and have actually looked at old military and NASA electronics training materials (going back to the 1940s at least), and I don’t ever recall having seen any recommendations to tin before crimping. Early materials (1950s) were still skeptical of crimping and treated it as borderline experimental; when they did start adopting it in the 60s, the requirements were already more or less the same as today’s. I do remember finding _some_ instruction in the old manuals that diametrically contradicted modern recommendations, but I don’t remember what it was. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t this exact issue, though. What I can say with certainty is that today’s electronics technician training - I graduated in 2023 - and the current military and aerospace standards all concur that crimping onto solder-tinned wire is an absolute no-no. Same with screw terminals: tinning with solder is strictly prohibited. (It is OK with spring clamp terminals like WAGO, since the spring will automatically compensate for any cold flow.)

I prefer non-insulated terminals. Crimp and solder, then use heat shrink tube with heat activated sealer. Obviously takes longer but lasts forever.

A video on quality insulateed and non insulated connectors and butt plugs. Compare them to cheap amascam ones and the dangers of using them

I think the reason why the crimp produced at 9:45 by the cheaper tooth-and-slot crimping tool isn't as flattened as the crimp produced by the Klein crimping tool is that the slot of the cheaper tool is curved, while the slots of the Klein (shown at 12:43) are flat. With the cheaper tool, I would crimp twice... first using the slot area to start the crimp, and then using a flat area of the tool to complete the flattening.

By heat gun insulator can remove and put in place after shrinking.

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I've seen comments from other channels where they said crimping isn't a good way of connecting wires. According to them they've seen many crimps fail. Every time I see those comments I wonder what tool was used to do the crimping and whether or not they had follow some other practices. Even NASA likes crimping and they have specific procedures and practices to follow for correct crimping. It's the same thing with soldering. To do it correctly there are certain practices to follow for a good soldering job.

@HowToHomeDIY

Күн бұрын

Just like anything if done correctly it is a great way of connecting wires in specific situations. No different than installing a wire nut or any other splicing device.

Nec stats wire not to be twisted more than the natural lay of the wire.

I really feel you should have shown the Klein have an alternate set of crimping teeth for the non-insulated terminals. Otherwise, this was a great beginners crimping video.

@HowToHomeDIY

Ай бұрын

I showed both sets of teeth on it and explained them.

I had to use a large crimp connector with a small wire in my car because I was going to ground and the ground screw was really large. What should I have done?

@chettiarsirusraj9501

19 күн бұрын

I'll say remove more insulation from the wire you are adding then fold the excess wire in a zig-zag pattern or roll it on to itself properly give you more wire for your crimper to crimp on and get a better wire crimping done with the small wire on to the larger crimp connector, that's the best way to make the most of what you have at hand the best.

@tookitogo

12 күн бұрын

You can buy terminals with huge rings or forks, but for small wire. You won’t find these at your local hardware store, but well-stocked mail-order electrical/electronics distributors (like Digi-Key) have them. If your terminal is for somewhat larger wire (e.g. 2x the cross section), folding it back once is an accepted practice. (For example, 24ga in a 20ga terminal, or 20ga in a 16ga terminal.) If you have to use a terminal for much larger wire than you are connecting, then get a short piece of the larger wire the terminal is designed for, and crimp it in with your thin wire. (For example, for a 24ga wire in an 8ga terminal, crimp a short stub of 8ga in with your 24ga.)

its also a good idea to not have a few snorts of scotch before crimping....

@HowToHomeDIY

Ай бұрын

🤣 Fair point!

If you want reliable connections, you don’t use insulated auto style terminals. These are notoriously unreliable. If you want reliable connections, you use either open barrel terminals crimped with the proper tool that rolls the ears into the wire or closed barrel terminals crimped with a good tool such as as those made by DMC that do an 8 point crimp. Then after inspecting the crimp quality you apply shrink tubing for insulation.

0:01 most dyi people? Hahah trust me I was an electrician and a lot of those people wouldn't know that either.

I just put wire in terminal slide off plastic cover. Solder wire to connector slide back on color cover. Crimp is unreliable solder isn’t

@LTVoyager

Ай бұрын

An improper solder joint is very unreliable. A cold solder joint is worse than a poorly crimped connection.

@KE5ZZO

Ай бұрын

@@LTVoyager an experienced person does not do cold solder joint.

@LTVoyager

Ай бұрын

@@KE5ZZO An experienced person doesn’t do a bad crimp either.

@KE5ZZO

Ай бұрын

@@LTVoyager hmmm let see auto manufacturers do not crimp battery cables. They are soldered because crimp come loose over time

@LTVoyager

Ай бұрын

@@KE5ZZO You better do your homework. This hasn’t been true for probably 40 years. Most lead terminals are swaged at the factory, which is essentially a crimp on steroids. Steel or copper terminals are crimped as is clearly stated in this AC Delco video that is 11 years old so crimping has been in use a long time in the auto world. Same in the aviation world. Crimps everywhere, no solder. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpV215mqqdqoebQ.htmlsi=b7HFI_ipv5rFYZeA

Hee hee hee hee... You said butt

@HowToHomeDIY

21 күн бұрын

🤣

If it's important, I crimp and solder!

@LTVoyager

Ай бұрын

If it is important, I use a good open or closed barrel terminal crimped with a good ratcheting crimp tool such as made by DMC.

@tookitogo

12 күн бұрын

@@LTVoyager 100% agree. I’ve given up on cheap crimp tools and terminals, and just buy name brand. I have managed to buy various crimp tools from TE, Molex, and DMC on auction sites (some used, many brand new) for a fraction of the original price.

@LTVoyager

11 күн бұрын

@@tookitogo Yes, a good used DMC tool will work better and last longer than a brand new chinesium tool.

@tookitogo

10 күн бұрын

@@LTVoyager Yep. Heck, a worn-out DMC/Molex/Amphenol/TE/JST tool will perform better than a new chinesium one!

None that you have shown is correct. First, dump that crimper and buy something decent, second, the copper is not supposed to stick out at the top, it's supposed to be level. And it's not any kind of vision, but standards from civilized countries.

@HowToHomeDIY

Ай бұрын

Nothing you said was fact or correct. You are probably not from the US, which this video is more directed towards.

@kikiv1993

Ай бұрын

@@HowToHomeDIY The way the connectors are crimped is determined by international standards, not your ridiculous NEMA which is about 50 years behind.

@HowToHomeDIY

Ай бұрын

@kikiv1993 thank you for confirming what I suspected. You don’t live here and don’t know our codes and procedures. You’re incorrect.