Burgerman wrote:This looks a bit heath robinson, I've never seen one of these before. Maybe BM has?
Begs the question how hard to you whack it? A big whack or a little whack
Makes no difference how hard you wack it. That flimsy bit of copper they are calling a ring terminal can almost be crushed with your fingers. Certainly can be squashed flat with a very gentle tap with a glass. It makes zero difference how hard you hit it, because it just has not got the strength to stay that shape or to compress the joint hard enough. It springs back a little after you hit it. And it moves as you pull the cable, lets oxygen in to resuce the contact resistance, and expands and contracts and softens with the heat that generates under load. Till it fails... Or at least causes problems or gets yanked out or whatever.
So tap it enough to hold it, then solder the thing properly. Then solder it as expresso does. With a turbo lighter (amazon) in literally seconds.
Or get a REAL crimper, that is designed for the type of proper crimp you have, and use that. Te one shown is inconsistent, can cut through the wire, or leave it loose. No good used alone.
On one of these thick wall, or cast terminals, or use only proper crimps with proper tool, that holds the wire outer sheath as well, on small wires. As shown below:
Burgerman wrote:I buy 3 different sizes dep on what I am doing in paks of 10 on ebay. And 10 andersons does 5 connections. So frequently buy 20. And always run out. I use them everywhere...
Thick walled connector like ring terminals are practically impossible to find. Here a "lug" is an ear. If you are doing this to avoid soldering think again... Solder everything. So thick walled ones are not needed. Crimping alone is not good.
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