23 Feb
2007
23 Feb
'07
3:16 p.m.
Glen wrote...
My experience of similar connecotrs is that if you don't have the right
crimping tool and die, it's best to crimp the contacts as best you can
with needle-nose pliers and then solder them. At which point it doesn't
really matter waht size wire the pin is designed for.
Of course id you do have the right tool, you should get the pins for the
size of resistor lead you're using.
We've had the discussion of reliabiliy of crimp .vs. solder connections
before. I am sure a properly-done crimp (right tool and die, right size
pin for the wire) is more reliable than a soldered connection. But a
badly done crimp is a lot less reliable than a soldered connection, so,
not being able to adfford all the crimp tools and dies I'd need for all
the connecotrs I work with, for stuff I'm using myself I just solder them.
-tony
Thanks Jay. I had given up trying to find the
right connectors new.
Mouser lists part 1-640511-0 as No Stock, but Digi-Key lists them in
stock $1.11
I think for most typical resistors you'd put in the housing, the appropriate
pin is the one for 24awg. I already have a few spare connectors that were
cut from cables, so I plan to just get new pins for those. I'll crimp the
new pins on a resistor, pull all the old pins & wires and I should be good
to go. If I need more then I'll buy a few of the housings too.