Crimping

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Crimping
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Crimping

• Crimping is a quick an easy method of connecting
  two wires

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Materials Needed

• Crimper (any kind)
• Regular crimper
• Blue-handled crimper with insulation color
  indicators
• Crimps
• Wire (any gauge)

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Crimpers

• blue-handled ones with insulation colors listed

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Crimpers

• normal ones

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Crimps
male
female
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Instructions

• Strip the wire according to the type of crimp
  (generally about 1 cm)
• Push the wire into the circular tube of the crimp
  from the bottom

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Instructions (contd.)

• Stick the crimp and wire between the two sides of
  the crimper
• Be sure that the crimper is on the front part of
  the crimp

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• Push the handles of the crimper together until
  the crimp is flattened out
• Pull the wire and crimp in opposite directions to
  check whether or not it is fully crimped

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This is what the wire should look like once you
have finished crimping it