It’s not easy, either, unless you have some practice. Before you start digging in to a pile of connectors, crimp terminals, and wire, it’s a good idea to know what you’re getting into and ...

Almost every project of mine from the last quarter century, if it has contained any wiring, has featured somewhere at least one crimp connector. There are a multiplicity of different types of ...

Precision crimping techniques prove crucial to the optimal performance of heat-shrink electrical connectors. A poor crimp can lead to a loose wire that draws excessive amps and overheats. A punctured ...

Compared to crimp connectors, solder seal connectors are ... A solder seal butt connector for 10-12 gauge wire. Solder seal butt connectors are made of a clear, heat shrink tube, with a low ...

These connectors easily snap together or into an electrical port ... We ordered the ECT47 to crimp the pins to the exposed wire and crimp the rubber seal to the wire insulation. Tip: Before creating a ...

the ones that hold it all together - the crimp and the solder joints. Crimping was invented by Amp Incorporated in 1941 as a solderless method for terminating wires and connectors. Crimping ...

We'll let Wire 1's Ken Whitney land the first blow: "When using a quality tool and when done properly, a crimp is every bit as good as any soldered joint. The conductivity and strength are both ...

Bulkhead connectors may be more popular for passing wires and cables through walls, but for many applications, feedthrough connectors can handle the task more elegantly and more economically.

Recently, I attended a presentation on connector reliability and what happens when connectors ... wire strands that caused overheating. The flag connector's specifications for crimping clearly specify ...

Phoenix Contact has created a wire-to-board connector whose wires are initially installed using push-in action. Called the DD31PS series, they are effectively two connectors in one, with a end to ...