For a crimp that’s strong, the wire diameter must match the connector using the AWG (American Wire Gauge) standard. The wire size is marked on the spool and the insulation. To make matchups easy, the ...

One way to test the insulation crimp is by bending the wire several times and then evaluating the movement of the insulation and wire strands. As a general rule, the insulation crimp should withstand ...

Most crimping tooling also takes care of strain relief by lightly crimping a second set of legs onto the plastic insulation of the wire. Care is generally taken not to pierce or otherwise mar the ...

(Credit: Matt Millman) While the resulting crimp is acceptable, it does crush the insulation when using AWG 24 (0.205 mm 2) wire, and with AWG 28 (0.0810 mm 2) wire the insulation is crimped fine ...

High performance is all about doing the job right. MSD recently improved its spark-plug wire ends to include a different type of crimp process that is far better than the old way but requires a ...

If it doesn't, oxidizing elements like the air around us will wick along the wire strands inside the terminal and corrode the wire well under the insulation ... by crimping or deforming terminals ...

There are two crimps to make, one on the stranded wire itself and a second over the insulation. This crimp is fussy to perform even with the right tool. I recommend practicing on a piece of scrap.

Audio and Video Cables are not just dependent on the wire or cable used, or the connectors used. The quality of the connection between the wire or cable and connector is just as important, if not more ...