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I have my first RevC board built, but I'm a little confused about how to get the female faston connectors onto my wires.
I assume there's some fancy crimp tool that you folks use, but I don't think it would make sense to buy one just for assembling my kits. For the polarized 2-pin connectors, it's easy enough to solder the ends onto wires, and then crimp carefully using some needle-nose pliers.
In the case of the faston connectors, it would appear that the pink shielding plastic won't be so easily crimped. Also, soldering the wire into the connector no longer seems like an option.
So, what should I do? Is there an easy way to remove the sleeve and re-attach it? Do you folks remove the sleeve even when using the crimp tool, or does the crimp tool work around that?
Also, what gauge wire is ideal for the faston connectors?
Any help would be great -- thanks!
Chris
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liscio wrote:I have my first RevC board built, but I'm a little confused about how to get the female faston connectors onto my wires.
I assume there's some fancy crimp tool that you folks use, but I don't think it would make sense to buy one just for assembling my kits. For the polarized 2-pin connectors, it's easy enough to solder the ends onto wires, and then crimp carefully using some needle-nose pliers.
In the case of the faston connectors, it would appear that the pink shielding plastic won't be so easily crimped. Also, soldering the wire into the connector no longer seems like an option.
So, what should I do? Is there an easy way to remove the sleeve and re-attach it? Do you folks remove the sleeve even when using the crimp tool, or does the crimp tool work around that?
Also, what gauge wire is ideal for the faston connectors?
Any help would be great -- thanks!
Chris 16 to 18 gage wire works fine. The tool to use for crimping those faston connectors is a simple wire striper/crimper you can get at almost any hardware store. You can also use a dedicated crimper. You can get one like this pretty cheap. I have opne like it, they work fine. :) If you don't want to buy one, try to find one to borrow. http://www.sargentwelch....Wire+Cutter%2FCrimper_E_Cheers! Russ
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Hi,
Soldering the wires to the Faston connectors is easily done. Just firmly crimp down the connector tabs onto the wire ends with long nose pliers, then using the fine point soldering iron you hopefully are using to solder the components with, carefully solder the connection. It will be soldered in the wink of the eye, as is is so small. I used silver content solder for all the soldering, to aid conduction.
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After seeing Russ' suggested tool, I realized it looked very similar to an el-cheapo RG-6 crimper that I had in my toolbox. Unfortunately, none of the crimp holes were sufficient for the faston connector, but there was a point in the crimper just before the pivot that seemed to fit well enough. That made short work of the crimping, and I did not require any solder at all.
After my crimping job, and hooking everything up, I have 1/2 built & working RevC amps, front-ended by a Kookaburra. It also looks like I might be able to salvage my original case from my toasted LM4780-based amp. I find it amazing how I pull this stuff off with such ease, given that I very rarely break out the iron to start out with -- it's like riding a bike. :)
Looks like another late night of soldering to build #2!
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I use a crimper from Klien, that actually indents the connection, rather than just squeezing it. Alternatively, you could alwyas just solder the wires in the holes provided next to each faston.
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