[Elecraft] Info needed on 'Crimping'

[Fred Townsend]

At the request of the Video's author, I am reposting this information here. I have trimmed the message for brevity.

 
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A few pickups: 

1.Many of the connectors are color coded. In your case the color was yellow which translates to 12-14 or 10-14 AWG in some cases. Your crimper was also color coded to make the selection of the die easy. 

2.Your reference to spades should have been to 'faston'. Spades are the forked leads. Fastons depend on the proper friction and spring tension to work right which might have something to do with the failure of the fuse assembly. Incidentally glass fuses with cartridge holders should be avoided and are illegal in some applications. Likewise the green and yellow wire is defined by the EU as only for safety grounds (earths). It is OK to use for other applications in the USA but could get you into trouble in the EU countries. 

3.While not specified, eye connectors should be used with brass bolts with flat and/or lock washers so as not to distort the eye.
Best regards,

Fred Townsend

-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Pauly <ppauly at gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 7, 2014 11:49 AM
>To: bill.va3ol at gmail.com
>Cc: elecraft list <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Info needed on 'Crimping'
>
>This is an okay introduction:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjSGCSwNuAg
>
>For Anderson powerpoles, you'll want to watch something specific to that
>connector.