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Either AMP "red & blues" P/N 59250; or Daniels HX4 with Y501 dies. The
Daniels tools are often on eBay, and reasonably priced as pro tools go. The AMP crimper is harder to find and more expensive. The AMP crimpers are in my AOG bag, and the Daniels' are in the big toolbox because they can be used on coax too. Bob |
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Robert Murray wrote:
Either AMP "red & blues" P/N 59250; or Daniels HX4 with Y501 dies. The Daniels tools are often on eBay, and reasonably priced as pro tools go. The AMP crimper is harder to find and more expensive. The AMP crimpers are in my AOG bag, and the Daniels' are in the big toolbox because they can be used on coax too. Bob I use Daniels HX-4 and did so in the service with good results. Like any other tool it must be inspected from time to time using the correct GO-NO - GO gauge. As for connectors I prefer cannon plugs with crimp pins. Again I use Daniels tools for this too. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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![]() "Dan" wrote in message news:e4EWg.6357$eZ4.5677@dukeread06... I use Daniels HX-4 and did so in the service with good results. Like any other tool it must be inspected from time to time using the correct GO-NO - GO gauge. As for connectors I prefer cannon plugs with crimp pins. Again I use Daniels tools for this too. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Yep! Faster and no cold solder joints to chase. Bob |
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Robert Murray wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message news:e4EWg.6357$eZ4.5677@dukeread06... I use Daniels HX-4 and did so in the service with good results. Like any other tool it must be inspected from time to time using the correct GO-NO - GO gauge. As for connectors I prefer cannon plugs with crimp pins. Again I use Daniels tools for this too. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Yep! Faster and no cold solder joints to chase. Bob You haven't lived until you have had to repair a solder joint in the middle of a 100 pin cannon plug ![]() Then again, it's a good idea to lock your work away from the geniuses who want to help. I once spent 16 hours cutting wires to length, marking them and soldering on end into one of three bulkhead disconnects. Please note I said I cut the wires to length. The other ends had to go to various points on an instrument panel. While I was home sound asleep some genius decided to tidy everything up by cutting everything to one length. Would anyone venture a guess as to my reaction when I showed up for my next shift? Go ahead, guess. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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"Dan" wrote in message
news:_8PWg.6620$eZ4.4208@dukeread06... Robert Murray wrote: "Dan" wrote in message news:e4EWg.6357$eZ4.5677@dukeread06... I use Daniels HX-4 and did so in the service with good results. Like any other tool it must be inspected from time to time using the correct GO-NO - GO gauge. As for connectors I prefer cannon plugs with crimp pins. Again I use Daniels tools for this too. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Yep! Faster and no cold solder joints to chase. Bob You haven't lived until you have had to repair a solder joint in the middle of a 100 pin cannon plug ![]() Then again, it's a good idea to lock your work away from the geniuses who want to help. I once spent 16 hours cutting wires to length, marking them and soldering on end into one of three bulkhead disconnects. Please note I said I cut the wires to length. The other ends had to go to various points on an instrument panel. While I was home sound asleep some genius decided to tidy everything up by cutting everything to one length. Would anyone venture a guess as to my reaction when I showed up for my next shift? Go ahead, guess. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Well, you're out and about. You obviously didn't over react. G Peter (Equally mild mannered) |
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Peter Dohm wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message news:_8PWg.6620$eZ4.4208@dukeread06... Robert Murray wrote: "Dan" wrote in message news:e4EWg.6357$eZ4.5677@dukeread06... I use Daniels HX-4 and did so in the service with good results. Like any other tool it must be inspected from time to time using the correct GO-NO - GO gauge. As for connectors I prefer cannon plugs with crimp pins. Again I use Daniels tools for this too. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Yep! Faster and no cold solder joints to chase. Bob You haven't lived until you have had to repair a solder joint in the middle of a 100 pin cannon plug ![]() Then again, it's a good idea to lock your work away from the geniuses who want to help. I once spent 16 hours cutting wires to length, marking them and soldering on end into one of three bulkhead disconnects. Please note I said I cut the wires to length. The other ends had to go to various points on an instrument panel. While I was home sound asleep some genius decided to tidy everything up by cutting everything to one length. Would anyone venture a guess as to my reaction when I showed up for my next shift? Go ahead, guess. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Well, you're out and about. You obviously didn't over react. G Peter (Equally mild mannered) What saved that jerk's life, besides being sent home before I got in, was he spent the day cutting and marking new wires. I cleaned up the connectors and started over. Day shift, I was working swings, installed the other ends and I got to put the instrument panel in the airplane. It's truly amazing how many circuit breakers can pop at one time ![]() ADI and HSI each had 50 something pin connectors I got to redo. Instruments that were supposed to have red lighting had white lighting, how does one mess up a 3 pin connector? Usually they wanted 2 weeks notice for a leave request. My shop chief suggested I take a week off "starting tomorrow." And that, your honour, is why I didn't get life in Leavenworth. As an aside crimp connectors aren't dummy proof either. At another base a decade later a SSgt was happily soldering crimp pins before inserting them into a cannon plug on a C-130. She had never been taught to use a crimper and didn't know she was supposed to use one. I was an avionics shift chief at the time and went out to check on her an hour before shift change. She had spent several hours working on a 54 pin connector that should have taken 30 minutes. The look on her face when I showed her how to use a crimper was priceless. And that's trained personnel, some of the work I have seen on home builts makes me cringe. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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"Dan" wrote
And that's trained personnel, some of the work I have seen on home builts makes me cringe. Do you know of a text, or other reading, that one could study to learn out about how to do wiring up to your specifications? -- Jim in NC |
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