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Lobo:
Alan, Clive…. would stripping (eg) 25 mm of thin wall, and then winding this down around the insulation work effectively for crimping?
How do the manufacturers achieve quality thin wall crimps?
At the mo, given the size of (eg) the spade terminals involved, I’m shying away from Thin wall tbh - there’s no point if connections are in any doubt?
bruxby-clive:
Simon, I have never had any issues with a successful crimp on the cable where the insulation is, it is the stripped end that causes me the issue, only on the 1mm cable, 2mm crimps just fine, that's why I decided to bend mine over before crimping, doesn't look quite so tidy as just the straight bit of cable being joined to the connector, but mechanically stronger. Also as Alan mentioned I always give each joint a pull, before I make the crimp to the insulated part of the cable. Would probably be easier with ratchet crimper but I haven't got one. As for how the manufacturers do it I have no idea, but guess they may have an individual tool for each individual type of connector. Hope this helps.
BigAl (Alan):
Simon, as mentioned, providing that you do some trial/error work before hand, you should be able to satisfy yourself as to what crimp tool/terminals work best for you. Cable sizes would also be a factor, Clive mentioned that doubling over 1.00mm wire within the terminals helps to provide a satisfactory crimped connection, of which I agree. I mainly use 2.00mm thin-wall insulated cable on most of my looms, it helps to minimise volt-drop and the overall thickness of the harness is no different to the OE harness. Recently replaced the OE loom on my XL500s (6 volt system) due to poor indicator & brake lighting to one of my replica looms with 2.00mm thin-wall...it made a big difference to the lighting brightness,
Lobo:
Thanks Al, Clive - I guess that’s the answer, ie choosing a thin wall diameter to suit the terminals rather than the (low required) current rating.
I noticed a bootlace crimped in your kit Al (I have one too), have you experimented with crimping a small ferrule onto the thin wall, and then crimping this ferrule into the spade / bullet / etc connector with the quality ratchet crimper? Or is this all too ‘clunky’?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Is old fashioned solder not a good idea?
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