CRIMP CONNECTORS how to crimp EASILY & SAFELY

hi youtube my name's jeff and i'm the bedroom guy i received a question the other day about cream connectors used in my reverse polarity dpdt switch video asking what sort of connectors they were well the answer was Spade connectors but I thought it was a valid question and one that I probably overlooked so today I'm gonna take a quick look at the most common types of crimp connectors their uses the different sizes how to crimp and my preferred method let's start with naming them and this in itself can be confusing as I'll explain first is the Spade connector called this because it looks like the garden Spade that you dig with if it helps think about when I built an extension at the side of my home and six foot deep footings have to be dug hours of back-breaking work went into that but luckily my wife recovered in the end next is the bullet connector and this is a rounded nose that looks a little bit like a bullet then there's the ring connector for obvious reason now comes to the fork connector and this is the one that can cause problems because it's often called the Spade connector when and why this confusion happened I don't know but if you search the Spade connectors don't be surprised if you see Forks so I'll call them Forks to avoid any mix-up finally there's the boot splice connector the Spade connector is the one you've seen use quite a lot there's a female connector and a male connector quite why they're called male and female I'll leave up to your imagination but if I don't stop showing this footage my channel is going to take on a whole new flavor the female connector is most commonly used as it Clips nicely onto the terminals of various electrical devices like switches and relays but remember one size does not fit all on this 70 and relay you can see how this Spade connector fits easily onto these terminals but a wider fitting is needed - these two Spade connectors can be bought without a plastic cover like this but I wouldn't recommend those if they come loose maybe inside your vehicle they can rattle around and accidentally strike for the metals and terminals possibly creating an electrical short if you've got this sort wrap them well with insulation tape before use Bullock connectors are also male and female and tend to be used together they're often used where a device may need to be easily disconnected after fitting for example let's say a motor so the wires to the motor connected using bullet connections and that way the motor can easily be removed and replaced if necessary without needing any major rewiring the ring connector is very versatile it's usually secured under a screw or a bolt and it's often seen on vehicles for grounding once Thunderbolt all screw he can't come away make it a very secure connection ring connectors have many size holes to accommodate different size fixings the fork is probably my favorite connector as it prevents a lot of swearing like the ring connector it goes under a screw or bolt but it has the advantage of not neat in the fixing to be fully removed first if you've ever tried to wrap a wire around a screw all terminal and watched it squeeze out with every turn of the screw your understand Woggle fault connectors and once you understand the use of the fault connector it's hard to imagine why it's sometimes called a spade connector and by the way this isn't one of those American and British things where we have different words for certain things I understand that it's called both names in both places if anyone knows the reason why perhaps they'll drop me a line finally we come to the book splice connector its job is to splice together two wires into one personally I prefer to splice using a soldering iron and I never use these connections at all but each to their own typically there are three colors of kriti connector and this relates not so much to the size of the fitting though there can be some differences there but manually to the thickness of the wire used it's not easy to show but hopefully you can see the insides of these three connectors if you look at the small silver circles this is where the wire is pushed in so the yellow can take a heavier gauge wire blue is a little less and red is the lightest gauge now whilst thicker heavier gauge wire can carry more current there's often no difference in the amount of current the connectors themselves can handle also as I've already shown connectors can be wider or have larger holes depending on their use so bear this in mind when you make any purchases before you do any crimpy you'll need crimping pliers these squash the connector onto the wire to form the bond and here you can see the three colors associated with the different colored connectors I'll demonstrate crimping with this mail bullet connector here's a small length of wire and as you can see I've stripped away a little of the sheathing to reveal the copper within make sure the copper is twisted neatly then push it inside the connector making sure the wire goes into the connection hole if the wire doesn't fit you'll need a larger connector if you look carefully you can see the copper sticking out here so we know it's inserted properly the connector is offered up to the crimping pliers and placed into the appropriately colored slot the pliers are then closed to squash the connector to the wire now I confess I'm not a big fan of print connectors I know a number of water electricians that swear by them but I've never found them reliable this one feels moves to me so I could beat a second and even a third time I've tried various players and different brands of connector but for me the connection never seems as good as when it's soldered so here's my preferred method of use in creating connections I'll use this male bully connector as an example and I start by removing the plastic cover this can be fiddly but it is necessary it may be possible to slide the plastic cover back onto the wire if not insulation tape will be required later next the wire is inserted the same way and this time ordinary pliers are used to squash the connection in place make sure it's not too flat otherwise the plastic cover will never slide back on the fitti is then rested on a hot soldering iron and allowed to heat up for several seconds then a little solder is dabbed onto the connection and the wire strands allowing the solder to melt all the way through the connector is then pulled away and dragged across the iron to prevent any bumps of solder forming once cool the plastic cover can be slid back in place or insulation tape can be added if you prefer to me this provides a very reliable connection but it does take a lot longer than crimping alone so the choice of method is down to you and I think we can call that a finished video I hope you enjoyed this one guys and if you did please like it if you've got any questions on the subject drop me a line don't forget to check out my website and please subscribe if you haven't done so already 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Keywords: Electrical Crimping Connectors, crimping, connectors, electrical, spade, ring, fork, bullet, butt splice, soldering, relays, switches, VegOilGuy, crimp, electric, terminal., vog, vogman

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Length: 8min 25sec (505 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 17 2018