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This document was written by Chris Hansen.
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Making a Female Servo Connector With the Economy Crimping Tool:
Whichever housings you decide to use, making the connector is the same. The gold terminals we sell fit all of the .1” and servo connectors we
sell. Here I
1) Strip the wires as describe above.
2) Set a female terminal in the larger set of teeth and close the jaws to lightly hold it in place. Do not press down.
3) Starting with the BLACK wire, slide the stripped end in until you feel the insulated part of the wire hit the change in tooth depth.
4) Crimp by pressing the handles until the jaws close completely.
5) Remove the crimped terminal and set it in the smaller set of teeth and recrimp, pressing good and hard.
6) If the terminal gets stuck in the teeth (and it probably will if you pressed hard) I pop it out with a hobby knife as shown.
7) Insert the female pins into a connector housing until the little flaps lock the pins into place.
Notes: If the terminal is not crimped with
enough pressure then the wire could pull out
of the terminal during use. I’ve destroyed
dozens of servo connectors, including those
made by just about every radio manufacturer.
In strength tests, a well crimped terminal will
break through the plastic housing before the
wire pulls out of the terminal. Even when
pulled on with pliers, the strands of the wire
will usually fail and break before they’re pulled
out of the terminal.
The reason I crimp the contact twice when
using the Economy Crimper is that I feel that
the crimp is shaped (or annealed) better by
first crimping in the large, then the small
teeth.
The crimp can be further strengthened by
soldering the strands to the terminal, although
this is probably overkill and could make the
wire prone to breaking if the solder were to
wick up the wire (making it brittle). I would
not recommend soldering.
If using our deluxe tool you should start with
the white wire, since the teeth are flipped on
that tool.