23-04-2020, 01:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-04-2020, 01:31 PM by Steve Jones.)
Whilst crimping is great, it's not, really, an option if you have to buy a decent crimper to do a job you'll do once a flood. I solder mine the only potential issue is melting the plastic insulation near to the terminal as you solder. However, you can avoid that with the following.
1. Cut back the insulation to expose enough bare cable to fill the open end of the terminal.
2. Clamp the terminal in the vice with the open end pointing upwards.
3. Apply flux into the open end.
4. Cut off a few short lengths of solder and place them in the open end.
5. Apply flux to the exposed end of the cable.
6. With the cable in one hand and a soldering torch in the other, heat the open end of the terminal until the solder in it melts.
7. Push the exposed end of the cable into the melted solder in the open end of the terminal.
I then normally put a short length of shrink sleeve over the joint of the terminal/cable to finish it off neatly.
Steve
1. Cut back the insulation to expose enough bare cable to fill the open end of the terminal.
2. Clamp the terminal in the vice with the open end pointing upwards.
3. Apply flux into the open end.
4. Cut off a few short lengths of solder and place them in the open end.
5. Apply flux to the exposed end of the cable.
6. With the cable in one hand and a soldering torch in the other, heat the open end of the terminal until the solder in it melts.
7. Push the exposed end of the cable into the melted solder in the open end of the terminal.
I then normally put a short length of shrink sleeve over the joint of the terminal/cable to finish it off neatly.
Steve