Why bother to crimp? On the face of it, it seems barking mad – squeezing some metal around a wire and expecting it to hold fast and create a good electrical contact. This is a very common practice amongst Makers and one that I used myself on many occasions. It’s worth at this point, taking a moment to consider the other option, which of course is to solder the crimp contacts. As they hadn’t, there followed a discussion on the options which basically fell into two camps: buy the genuine Molex crimp tool ( 63811-8200) for the eye-watering price of £240, or go for a cheaper more generic crimp tool. These leads were terminated on one end by the common 0.1″ molex KK connectors and I enquired whether they had a crimp tool for these. I was recently discussing some equipment repairs and refurbishments with a new sub-contractor and the subject of replacing a number of leads came up.
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