<div dir="ltr">Here's my $0.02. I have the cheap "junk" MPI crimper and I've used an actual Molex brand crimper so both ends of the spectrum. My observations are: The MPI crimper will make perfectly good crimps/connectors but it is a lot more fiddly. You have to get the connector in the crimper just so and it takes practice to learn what is just so. One issue is that the jaws are shallow, you have to be careful or the connector will twist as you squeeze and be ruined. Look at the Hansen one that is highly recommended (and some of the others as well, the jaws are much deeper, as they are on the Molex brand crimpers. Also on the MPI crimper if the connector is not placed just right it will be bent slightly and difficult to fit into the housing. Again, it will make perfectly good crimps, its just a bit fiddly. <div><br></div><div>Second big issue is placing the wire in the connector as you close the jaws. In too far and the insulation gets crimped into the area that is supposed to be only wire. In not far enough and the strain relief area doesn't grab the insulation. On the MPI crimper you can't see and have to guess (or mark the insulation to give you a gauge mark). On the Molex crimper one side is open and you can see the wire as it is going into the jaws. <div><br></div><div>So a question for you all, on any of the other recommended crimpers can you see the wire as you are closing the jaws? </div></div><div><br></div><div>Ed</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Ronald Van Putte via NSRCA-discussion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">BP Hobbies sells one: <a href="http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=A0320106&pid=F2893843" target="_blank">http://www.bphobbies.com/view.asp?id=A0320106&pid=F2893843</a><div><br></div><div>Ron</div><span class=""><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 19, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Jas via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto"><div>I am wanting to make custom length leads for my S-BUS set-up in my Worlds planes but don't know which crimping tool to get. Anyone using one with success over the years, or even ones to stay away from? I know MPI makes one, don't know who else.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jason</div><table border="0" cellspacing="1" width="100%" style="font-family:Times;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody></tbody></table><div>Sent from my iP</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target="_blank">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></span></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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