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A mechanical solder-free method of creating a gas-tight electrical connection, often between a wire or cable and a connector.

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Why do they crimp capacitor leads?

Most manufacturers produces crimped and straight lead pairs of their capacitors which has exactly same capacitance and voltage rating. Why do they bother crimping the leads? What advantage does it make? In which cases a crimped lead capacitor should…
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Are these pin connectors a standard part? If so, what are they called?

This is a "wet" temperature sensor for a Boilermate 2000 thermal store. The pin connectors are inserted into a plastic plug that connects to the control board (see 2nd image). The pins do not stick out from the plug (see 3rd image which shows that…
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Finding the correct crimping tool for your contacts

After choosing a Molex connector (C-Grid III 90142 series housing) for my PCB I ordered the corresponding crimp contacts. I assumed I would be able to crimp them using my Knippex crimping pliers. (source: knipex.com) I've used the knippex plier a…
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How are you supposed to know what crimp tool to use for a given connector?

There is a dizzying array of crimping tools available on digi-key, mouser, and other distributors. But they nearly always just say they're for specific wire gauges, without reference to what type of connector they're meant for--and just today I came…
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Crimping Connector Issues

I am attempting to make some of my own connectors to attach to a PCB I have made. This was the tool I used to perform the crimps: Source My primary issue is that the connector will not fit into the housing. The smaller fitting on the crimper will…
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What tool is used to crimp DIP connectors onto ribbon cable?

I have to attach some 14-pin DIP headers (looks like these) to a 14-connector ribbon cable. I have the headers and the cable, but realize I don't know how to crimp them on correctly. I'm sure there's a tool for this, but most ribbon cable crimp…
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Best way to crimping the outer tabs of a Crimp Terminal Contact

I'm trying to find the best way to crimp the JST VH series crimp terminal contact I'm using my Knippex tool to perform the crimp Now I always get good results with the inner tabs, but the outer tabs that need to grip with the insulation is never…
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good electrical terminal crimpers?

Anyone know of a good type of electrical terminal crimpers from a reputable manufacturer? The ones you find at Home Depot or Lowes are cheap, but they're simple lever systems for squishing the terminal collar, and don't do a particularly good job.…
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Should I repair this crimped terminal on a heater switch?

My 2000W heater started to produce electric arc noises for several seconds upon turning on. I opened it and found this had happened to the thermostat: My question is, should I sand the terminals and solder them together? Or sand the terminal on…
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Which crimp terminal is crimped correctly?

I've loaded the crimp terminal two different ways in my crimper, but I haven't the experience to say which is correct. Cursory web research doesn't seem to answer the question. Edit: this is the first halves of butt connectors. The other halves…
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What type of terminal is this

Okay, simple yet seemingly impossible question here... What type of terminal is this? It looks like exactly what we need, but I found the image on an advert for the shrink-wrap shown in the picture. The company don't know what it's called, none of…
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What is the name of this FASTON-like crimp terminal with a spring?

I use 2.2mm FASTON-like connectors (top of first image) to connect to the male terminals of the illuminated switch on the left, but they are a pain to connect and sometimes even damage the male terminal. I found a terminal that is way easier to…
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Reliable connection for thin wire

I am searching for a reliable wire-to-board connection. The wire is 0.1 mm enamelled wire. The wire is solderable, but the polymer is very temperature resistant and needs to be mechanically removed before the soldering process. Currently we are…
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How can I terminate a wire passing 32A

I have a cable with 3 X 10 AWG stranded conductors, L1, L2 and Earth. This cable will need to pass 32 amps of continuous current for 24+ hours at a time. I have this contactor: As you can see, the contactor has box screws (is that what they are…
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Crimping multiple wires to a single crimp

I need to connect a power supply to a device. The power supply provides 24V on a 2-pin Molex Mini-Fit Jr. header. The device has a 9-pin female D-Sub connector as input of which 3 pins are GND and 3 pins 24V. My idea would be to use a 6-conductor…
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