50% Failure Rate! How To Install Crimp Connectors Like The Pros!

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Ай бұрын

In This video I go over some of the biggest mistakes that DIYers don't know they are making when installing crimp connectors. I will then show how to fix these mistakes and how to properly install crimped terminal connectors!
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@HowToHomeDIY Ай бұрын

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.

@lcee6592 Ай бұрын

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. 👍

@victoroneill7924 Ай бұрын

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.

@gnic76 Ай бұрын

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

@zeb3050 Ай бұрын

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

@HWCism Ай бұрын

Always something to learn, thanks

@shangrilahomestead9930 Ай бұрын

Awesome information as always! Thank you 😊

@ronec2092 Ай бұрын

Great info thanks for sharing.

@zekenzy6486 Ай бұрын

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

@wyattandwill12 21 күн бұрын

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)

@haint7709 Ай бұрын

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.

@dougc78 Ай бұрын

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

@BradPalmer28 Ай бұрын

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.

@missingpiece2071 Ай бұрын

good info

@MyGuyKirby Ай бұрын

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

@Mike-ig2zq Ай бұрын

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.

@bruceglisson1720 Ай бұрын

You’re a genius

@logical_volcel Ай бұрын

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

@rwbishop Ай бұрын

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

@RVH-io3dr 22 күн бұрын

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

@tookitogo 16 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 16 күн бұрын

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

@tookitogo 15 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.)

@yvonnejackson1696 Ай бұрын

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

@jcuprisi Ай бұрын

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

@terrienhumain6723 Ай бұрын

See ya!

@brothermine2292 Ай бұрын

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.

@Longtrailside Ай бұрын

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

@Rhaspun 6 күн бұрын

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 6 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.

@jarikinnunen1718 24 күн бұрын

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

@HR-rt9nh Ай бұрын

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

@HowToHomeDIY Ай бұрын

🤣 Fair point!

@robotica6089 Ай бұрын

💙

@chogardjr. Ай бұрын

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.

@LTVoyager Ай бұрын

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.

@rock7282 19 күн бұрын

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

@robinmelanie2529 Ай бұрын

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 24 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 16 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.)

@JakeLightswitch 4 күн бұрын

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

@KE5ZZO Ай бұрын

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. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hsdyqJqi3t2meYU.htmlsi=b7HFI_ipv5rFYZeA

@TheRugghead 26 күн бұрын

Hee hee hee hee... You said butt

@HowToHomeDIY 26 күн бұрын

🤣

@sziltner Ай 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 16 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 16 күн бұрын

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

@tookitogo 15 күн бұрын

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

@kikiv1993 Ай бұрын

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.