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Quick question on quick disconnects, before I finish my first CP
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Violineb on February 05, 2004, 06:30:01 pm ---There's only enough space in the QD to put the strands of both wires (not the red casing) Is that okay? I tried crimping the QD but ended up destroying the red cap and the wire came out with a little tug. Do most of you resort to soldering it into the QD?
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KEY point here - You want the metal part of the QD to crimp onto the bare strands of the wire, not the red casing (insulation). ALWAYS! Not just when you have two wires going into the QD. For two wires, normally you would strip a 1/4 to 3/8" of insulation off the end of the wires, twist them together, and insert them into the QD only until the casing is just outside the metal part.
For single wires, if you can't get a snug fit with the wire stripped, you might need to strip 1/2" off the wire and double it over, or longer and triple it back.
And get a pair of crimpers, should be less than $10 at a hardware store, auto parts store, or electronics store.
screaming:
I don't know if I'm going to be able to describe this accurately, but I'll try.
For reference, I went the parallel cable route and cut a 10' parallel cable in half and wired one end to the buttons and the other end to the IPAC. I don't know what gauge the wire is inside one of those cables, but it's pretty damn small (the wire thickness, not the AWG ;) ). In each of the wires there were 7 very tiny stranded wires.
Here is what I did with my quick disconnects and it works great and feels very secure even with such thin wires.
1) Stripped off about an inch and a half of shielding
2) Stuck it all the way into the QD until the end of he shielding met the inside metal part of the QD.
3) wrapped whatever came out the top around the top of the QD, right where the red plastic part ends, at the base of where it starts flaring out.
4) crimped using a crimper.
5) Repeat 49 more times (dang those 4p CPs have a lot of buttons!)
/Steve
RandyT:
--- Quote from: screaming on February 06, 2004, 08:21:50 am --- I don't know if I'm going to be able to describe this accurately, but I'll try.
For reference, I went the parallel cable route and cut a 10' parallel cable in half and wired one end to the buttons and the other end to the IPAC. I don't know what gauge the wire is inside one of those cables, but it's pretty damn small (the wire thickness, not the AWG ;) ). In each of the wires there were 7 very tiny stranded wires.
Here is what I did with my quick disconnects and it works great and feels very secure even with such thin wires.
3) wrapped whatever came out the top around the top of the QD, right where the red plastic part ends, at the base of where it starts flaring out.
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Be careful with this one. That insulated jacket is on there to keep everything neat and tidy, as well as minimize possible shorts from stray strands of wire. By extending the exposed cable beyond the jacket and wrapping it around the metal part, you might be opening yourself up for future problems.
The best solution is a good crimp, and if you have extra wire sticking out, cut it off.
That being said, if you intend to blow $10 on a set of crimpers, you might as blow a few bux more and get a ratcheting set. They work a lot better than the "pliers" type.
RandyT
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