Quote: Originally Posted by
lez 
Nice to see for only your third post on here you having a knock noob.....
1) I crimped it with the side cutters I admit, reason, they were to hand, it applies pressure in a thin solid line, just what you want with a crimp, not a broad area that reduces the amount of pressure, like you get with most $5 crimp tools, dont go even thinking of telling people to but $70 tools, its never going to happen among a group of people that are into self build.
I had a guy the other day telling me how good a mechanic he was as all his tools were snapon, makes no difference where the tools come form, its whose hands they are in that makes the difference.
2) its a 5c connector, If you dont move the sleeve up the wire, it melts. Doh!
using the right tool always does the job right in the right hands
if you are melting the sleeve then the person is using a soldering iron to hot or not soldering correctly
Alot of people solder by putting the solder onto tip and think it shold flow incorrect, tin tip of gun, the put tip onto the area to be soldered and put solder directly onto work
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~jkoch/soldering.html
also you sholdnt twist wiring with your hands if going to solder as oil and fat from your fingers can prevent solder from flowing
the $70 tool here in nz so other places shold be hell of alot cheaper, very handy as they crimp 3 diff sizes, if you dont lose it you will keep it for years