Small Anderson Power Pole Connectors 1, Mex 0
I am fighting the insertion of assembled connector conductor into plastic base, and I shouldn't have to. I am using a standard peg imprint uninsulated terminal (T&B) crimper. After assembly the termin...
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ktmrfs wrote:Snowman9000 wrote:
I think the problem arises when as Mex says, the crimp is too big in one direction or another. You can't really squish it outward at all, hardly. Once you have a conforming crimp, the terminal will go in without much fuss. imo.
From my experience, If I use genuine anderson connectors rather than second source parts, crimp doesn't seem to matter, they snap in. My experience is that there are non anderson connectors that are too short between where the crimp housing ends and the tip tang starts. so when the "neck" hits the wall in the housing, the tip isn't past the metal tag that holds it in place.
At first I thought I was doing something wrong. I was, had some connectors that weren't anderson and that was the problem.
when I talk about connectors, it's the metal contact, NOT the plastic housing.
My terminals came from Powerwerx, so I'm sure they are legit. But I did have the same trouble as Mex. I tried to follow the advice shown in this article:
http://www.wb3w.net/powerpoleinst.htm
Other ideas
I had some crimps which were too big to fit, and some wires pull out of the terminals. So overall, if I had it to do over, I might spring for the Anderson crimper. But I think next time I will see if there is an appropriate die set in my China hydraulic crimper.
