How to Crimp Various Electrical Wires: Beginner and Expert Tutorial

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[eastsideeddie]

Commenting long after the video, but this crimping tool he uses and suggests is THE. BEST. EVER. Mine came today and I started building my 14 gauge cables and I have never made such tight, accurate, beautiful crimps in my life. For less than 20 bucks, this is an amazing tool and you will be glad you have it.

[kdrdhlarry]

For the xt60, plug the other half of the plug in for soldering. It keeps the pins aligned incase you do melt the plastic. Let it cool before unplugging. An extra bit of wire on the dummy side will also help dissipate heat

[llewellynpatrick]

I came here after reading the NASA 'Workmanship Standard for Crimping, Interconnecting Cables, Harnesses, and Wiring' (NASA-STD-8739.4). It is a mine of information on how finished connections should be but your video makes it so much easier to see how to properly make them. Many thanks.

[williamjordan]

For weather proofing electrical tape wrapped ends, a good tip, is use PVC electrical tape, and use the same PVC Pipe glue you would used for PVC Pipes, just apply it to the outside with a light coating, it will meld all of the electrical tape and make it one solid covering providing a weather proof water tight covering so you will not have water infiltration between the end of the insulation into the wire end, that is as long as the extreme end of the wire is not exposed. Plus it keeps it from unraveling. Hope this helps Cheers...

[clovermark]

Was looking for ages and only one that explains it well is here. Thanks Will.

[wardprocter]

I'm sure someone's already mentioned but the hammer crimper you showed works great in a bench vise. Sort of a combination of the two methods you showed, allows for better crimping precision and cheaper for those of us that already have a vise.

[skybloo]

This is still solid advice and the kind of content I miss being the usual on YouTube

[ChrisParent-spxq]

Always great value, and a good reminder on how proper connections are made...
Thanks Will

[vtownpaddy]

I just bought your book and read it twice! This video helps with the set up of different gauge wires available locally. Thank You!

[lamaking]

This was really helpful man. Thanks for the solid tutorial. I need to connect lights to a switch but I’m not 100% sure how to do that with my set up. There’s a bunch of videos on it but nobody explains things as well as you.

[Linas_LYH]

This tutorial was fun to watch! As a radio amateur, I use the Anderson Powerpoles actually for all my 12V connections like equipment, batteries etc. While assembling the PP it is very important to push the connector into the red or black body until you here a clear "click". Then only the connector is properly installed. If no click, the wire will slide back pushed by the meeting connector, the contact will be loose. Pretty often, it is not possible to push the connector into the body just by holding the wire with your fingers since the wire is too flexible and tends to bend. I use a pair of pincers or long-nose tweezers to firmly hold the wire right at the connector's end and push it forwards firmly until that "click" sound. It's just my 2 pence :), Good luck! Linas (ham radio operator LY2H).

[brucecggallagher]

very thorough and easy to follow...thank you Will for all of your skill and help

[PlanePreacher]

Nearly 50 years of electronics both as hobby and professionally. I never realized the terminal crimp color corresponded to the blade fuse amperage!

[vhnetwork]

quite possibly, the most informative video on Youtube.

[donnaspinelli]

I crimped my first 3/0 wire tonight using a hammer crimper, worked thanks for the tips, need to get a wire stripper for 1/0, 2/0, and 3/0 could not find the one you use, is there a link where to buy it

[winospamo]

You are the crimp master, oh master of crimps

[laronis]

I was looking for the larger gauge wire crimps and did not find what I wanted so I watched your video and was trying to figure out the name of yours. All I got from watching was “Elect…” something. I searched but could not figure out the rest of the name. In the video the picture is blurry and you moved to fast for me to catch the name. Does anyone know?

[maggiesjourney]

You rock Will. I'm out in the desert helping a bunch of old ladies do solar. It's amazing how many of them know who you are and love you like I do. Doing Anderson connectors today for a patriot power station. I think I like these.

[marzsit]

i have one of the hammer-type crimpers, bought it off a snap-on truck in the 1980's but i rarely use it with a hammer.. when i can i use it in a hydraulic press or at least in a bench vise, gives much better control over the crimp. i've only used it with a hammer when doing on-the-road emergency repairs. at one time this was the best low-cost crimping option but today we have chinese hydraulic crimpers copied off the greenlee and thomas and betts pro crimpers, but instead of costing hundreds or in some cases thousands of dollars you can get a copy that works well for well under a hundred bucks and works much better than the hammer crimper.

[Michael-guki]

The stove. Why didn't I think of that for heat shrink. You're a beautiful person Will