You can also just put the blade at the bottom of tabs, turn it 45° while applying pressure and pull the cables out, without damaging the housing

@MarinusMakesStuff

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! This is what I always do. If you do it with care the tabs will not bend too far and will not fatigue so you will be able to use them safely.

@Username-qx9gk

Жыл бұрын

@@MarinusMakesStuff Yes, important caveat I should have mentioned, thank you

@anthonystownsend

Жыл бұрын

Holy crap, I didn't even think of this. I've been doing it the sucker's way all these years.

Most helpful video on KZread ever, thank you!

Hahaha, I used 10s of thousands JST PH connectors since donkeys years and do exactly this whenever I need to seperate the crimps from the housing. Brilliant idea to make a less than 1 minute video about it. This will be very helpful to a lot of people.

Now, how do you crimp a cable in a way that doesn’t look like the crimping tool gnawed it closed? Bonus points if the “proper tool” doesn’t cost as much as an SUV.

Tidbits of knowledge from you are always appreciated!

You already had the right tool in hand.. just used it the wrong way.. slip the knife under the tabs, lift it up and pull on wire... I never really needed the crimps as they are dirt cheap.. you usually run out of plastic connector.

Nice tip, thanks Mike!

Awesome tip

Wow, Great party trick. Love it, NO joke

Very helpful, thanks

very helpful, thanks !

What is the best place to find pre-made JST cables and similar cables online?

@mikeselectricstuff

Жыл бұрын

Aliexpress - search connector type plus "wire"|

Do they still make the pin remover ? Hollow tube tool you insert in the end which closes the metal tabs,

@mikebarrett2621

Жыл бұрын

That wass for a differnet type of connector with round pins, these ones are approx. square cross section.

Pro tip from heaven ☺️ Thanks bud!

Quick, easy, reliable method......perfect!

I have bunch of these from ebay/ali and 50% are not crimped, cable core is too small :/ better check each one

@randybb

Жыл бұрын

Noooo..I ordered precrimped wires (jst gh and "dupont") for 28 euro last night :D

Way faster than prying them up :)

Nice :)

There are some 3d-printable jigs to help with this as well, but the one I tried for jst ph was not very effective. jst xh a little better, but i suspect your method is the fastest if you dont care about the shell 👍

@mikeselectricstuff

Жыл бұрын

PH4 shells at LCSC are a third of a cent!

@KadahCoba

Жыл бұрын

LCSC is good for that stuff. For the price of 1-2 small assorted boxes from Amazon of one type of JST connector, I got 100-500 qty of serval difference types and sizes from 3-12 pin with matching headers and full spools of crimps.

Bruuuutal! =^_^=

Fast & destructive. No reuse. I sincerely hope that the waste is recycled.

for on site issues, totally rocks, but in the shop I would build a jig from a cutter-blade and piece of wood.. for example

Why?

@jamesbrown99991

Жыл бұрын

So you can put the crimped wire in different-sized connector housings without having to crimp any wires yourself

@Engineer_Stepanov

Жыл бұрын

But what to do with the second end of the wire? And these are already worn out connectors, oxidized. This reduces reliability. It's better not to break the technology.

@victortitov1740

Жыл бұрын

@@Engineer_Stepanov they aren't worn out, they are new. When you are doing small production runs yourself, you need all the speed you can get, and wasting a bunch of dirt-cheap housings is totally worth it.

First

@Engineer_Stepanov

Жыл бұрын

Yep)

Yeah but now you have destroyed a perfectly good connector. I hold the connector in a small vise and lift the tabs with a #SK5 X-Acto blade to remove or change around the wires with no waste. I keep the reusable connectors in a small box.

@SeanBZA

Жыл бұрын

Yes but if you are buying them in packs of 200 throwing those away is no issue, especially if you buy wider ones that you do not use often, needing 3 pin ones more than 4 pin.

@mikeselectricstuff

Жыл бұрын

PH4 shells are a third of a cent at LCSC. Nobody;s time is worth less than that

@tinygriffy

Жыл бұрын

also, there are microorganisms now that live on and from plastic waste, wouldn't want to disappoint them ;)

@lasersbee

Жыл бұрын

Gee guys... Just saying what I do. Don't eat your socks...😉

@tinygriffy

Жыл бұрын

@@lasersbee too late, and I will not regurgitate them ! 🤐