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bill.va3ol

Info needed on 'Crimping'

After year of using a simple crimper - you know the 5$ kind that do an ok
job. I bought a 7 pc quick change ratcheting wire terminal crimper kit.

Now, I need to know how to use it and the various 'jaws'. I have looked on
the internet, checked the local library and can't find much. Utube has a
bunch of videos but mainly they are not useful.

Does anyone have a 'crimper's bible' the kind of thing that tells me about
the various jaws and do I put the terminal in the front or back? I have
lots of questions but can't find much in the way of answers.

One of the reasons for this is that I have been playing with a 160 meter
antenna which needed to be lengthed. Other than using a torch in a forest
(not a great idea) I thought that butt connector would work for my
experiments. And they have; beats using up my long wire pieces on an
experiment.

Any help would be appreciated.

Bill, VA3OL
in beautiful Oro-Medonte Twp
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Peter Pauly

Re: Info needed on 'Crimping'

This is an okay introduction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjSGCSwNuAg

For Anderson powerpoles, you'll want to watch something specific to that
connector.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:36 PM, <[hidden email]> wrote:

> After year of using a simple crimper - you know the 5$ kind that do an ok
> job. I bought a 7 pc quick change ratcheting wire terminal crimper kit.
>
> Now, I need to know how to use it and the various 'jaws'. I have looked on
> the internet, checked the local library and can't find much. Utube has a
> bunch of videos but mainly they are not useful.
>
> Does anyone have a 'crimper's bible' the kind of thing that tells me about
> the various jaws and do I put the terminal in the front or back? I have
> lots of questions but can't find much in the way of answers.
>
> One of the reasons for this is that I have been playing with a 160 meter
> antenna which needed to be lengthed. Other than using a torch in a forest
> (not a great idea) I thought that butt connector would work for my
> experiments. And they have; beats using up my long wire pieces on an
> experiment.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Bill, VA3OL
> in beautiful Oro-Medonte Twp
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Fred Townsend-2

Re: Info needed on 'Crimping'

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At the request of the Video's author, I am reposting this information here. I have trimmed the message for brevity.

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A few pickups:

1.Many of the connectors are color coded. In your case the color was yellow which translates to 12-14 or 10-14 AWG in some cases. Your crimper was also color coded to make the selection of the die easy.

2.Your reference to spades should have been to 'faston'. Spades are the forked leads. Fastons depend on the proper friction and spring tension to work right which might have something to do with the failure of the fuse assembly. Incidentally glass fuses with cartridge holders should be avoided and are illegal in some applications. Likewise the green and yellow wire is defined by the EU as only for safety grounds (earths). It is OK to use for other applications in the USA but could get you into trouble in the EU countries.

3.While not specified, eye connectors should be used with brass bolts with flat and/or lock washers so as not to distort the eye.
Best regards,

Fred Townsend

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>From: Peter Pauly <[hidden email]>
>Sent: Oct 7, 2014 11:49 AM
>To: [hidden email]
>Cc: elecraft list <[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Info needed on 'Crimping'
>
>This is an okay introduction:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjSGCSwNuAg
>
>For Anderson powerpoles, you'll want to watch something specific to that
>connector.