These for Insulated / Quick Connect terminals,
and these for open barrel, molex:
Why two, when both have interchangeable dies? Glad you asked! These were both 23.99, free 2 day shpg.
A set of dies costs about $25, some with, some without free shipping. So, it's either a free die or a free ratchet.
That's a very good deal for me, because my wife is off becoming an Instrument Tech (she always thought my
job was interesting...) She's gonna need a crimper, so next holiday she'll come back try them both, and pilfer one
to go with the rest of
my electronic gear which is kinda
our gear which means it's really
her gear.
(And that's fab, really, because I can get new gear, she'll take that, and I'll get my old reliables back and she can
have new reliables - win-win!)
So, I'll have to buy either a set of dies for both of us, or two more crimpers - and it ends up being okay cost wise,
'cause I really dislike changing dies, blades, etc. and she gets new stuff and we're all happy, nie? ja!
both had 4+ star ratings, so they should be great (?) - funny how the 2x and 3x and 4x 'brand' stuff looks very similar.
The 10x stuff is definitely usually probably better, but I don't do thousands of terminations any more (I'm a Hydro Power
Control Center Operator now!) so if they last 1000 crimps each, I'm happy.
Now, my reply was supposed to start out referencing splices - which I do do for permanent connections or extensions - nice nasa
/ western union / lineman splices usually (if applicable):
. See sec 4.07 of
http://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2% ... meset.html for more info (although, honestly,
the W.U. they show for NASA-STD-8739.3 [13.6] looks like cr^p - looks to be 2.5 wraps ...)
... and splices are fine, jge, unless you need to replace the components they connect - hence my need for connectors. One can,
in the direst of situations, bereft of logistical support, do tinned loops for ring conns or trimmed tinned loops for spades,
and be well thought of for doing so when it accomplishes the mission, BUT ... but, it should be considered a temporary sol-
ution. As soon as practical, one should re-terminate those connections! (It's good for the equipment and the connectors industry
which employs thousands worldwide.)
Tinned wire splices vs tinned and non-tinned crimped splices vs non-tinned wire splices - and all those with or without minimal or
additional heatshrink / insulation / strain relief? To address that question properly, we'll have define parameters. First, operating
enviro - oh, yeah, my bad...
so, that's what I ordered... them two up there.
Pars
did I mention lap splices?
