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Re: Wiring basics - Oh No! Big point missed!

To: "Charley & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Subject: Re: Wiring basics - Oh No! Big point missed!
From: "Ptegler" <ptegler@gouldfo.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 23:08:02 -0500
yep. a ' welded' connection of course would be best.
A crimp is a close as you can get.

After crimping... solder it.   :-)

Paul Tegler      ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charley & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins@ktc.com>
To: "Ptegler" <ptegler@gouldfo.com>
Cc: "Douglas" <mup1dm@surrey.ac.uk>; "mgs"
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: Wiring basics - Oh No! Big point missed!


> Paul,
>
>   Back when I worked for the army in the electronic
instrumentation
> field, I ran into a guy who was a tech rep for a company
which sold
> crimp-on connectors and crimping tools therefore.  He had
some brochures
> on crimpimg.  These missives had it that a quality crimp
involved a
> pressure-weld situation where the metals in the connector
and the wire
> actually intermingled.  The claim was that this action
produced the
> lowest possible crimp-joint resistance.  The brochures
went on to say
> that because of this, the right connector, crimped at the
right prassure
> for the wire in use was very important.  Your post called
that from
> memory.  Ring a bell?
>
>   Cheers,
>
>   CR

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