Crimping wire
There are many kinds of connectors that crimp onto a wire. These connectors serve a wide variety of purposes, which all relate to joining wires together to make circuits.
A crimp-on connector has an end of a wire inserted into it, and then you crush the connector in a specific way so that it grabs the end of the wire. Often one uses a crimping tool, but in some cases pliers can do the job. In some cases there are special purpose crimping tools for specific connectors.
It is arguably a good idea to also solder a wire to a crimp on connector. Many claim that a crimp on connection doesn't give a good enough electrical connection, and that soldering does a much better job. Some do not crimp at all but only solder. While others only crimp and do not solder. Clearly to each their own.
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Re: Crimping wire
It's great the you are adding some basic instructional information.
Wonderful idea, but some pictures may also be nice, for the "visual learners" out there.
Re: Crimping wire
If you only crimp and do not solder than it is advised to dip the wire into a antioxider like noox if the connector is exposed to moisture or salt water (sea watter or salted streets for freezing weather )soldering will prevent a bad connection but the copper wire will corrode at the end and into the rubber or plastic sheething and rot the wire without the added protection. a lot of headlight and taillight malfunctions are because of wet conditions . :P
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Re: Crimping wire
That's why it's good to use an adhesive lined heat-shrink tube over the end.
Here's some: EV Source.
For crimping large lugs, a hammer crimper may be used. It is probably necessary to buy heavy type lugs that are designed for crimping. EV source carries some.
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