== Tips for Crimping <ref name = "instructable">http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-A-Quality-Crimped-Joint/</ref>==

Depending on your application, you You may or may not have a choice on the say in deciding which wire to use, depending on your application. Firstly do not use Avoid solid cored wire, and if you want a reliable job definitely avoid solid wire.!

This The wire size may be listed in a number of several ways, the most common being . AWG (American Wire Gauge)(e.g. 16 AWG), Cross is the most common. Otherways are listing the cross sectional area in square mm millimeters (e.g. 1 sq mm) or strand and diameter count (e.g. 32/0.2). <br \>If you are buying a new wire, the its size will be listed on the reel or packet. <br \>Many These days, many wires are now have this information printed into in the insulation with this information , and repeated along the length. Insulation If you use standard wires, then insulation diameter should not give you a significant issue. In other cases, it is important very crucial for the most reliable crimps as it affects how the rear of the crimp grips the wire, however as long as you use standard wires, then this should not give you a significant issue.

Now you know what wire size you have, you will also need to work out what you need to connect to. There are many, many variations of crimp, but there are a handful of very common ones. <br \>The terminal must be of have sufficient cross section size and conductive material that it is as good as an electrical conductor <br \>The surfaces of the terminal and wire and terminal that are pressed into contact in the crimp must be clean and . They should be free of heavy, non-conductive films such as oxides, sulfides, and similar substances 

'''Pre-Insulated Terminals<ref name = "instructable"/>''' <br \>If you are using pre-insulated terminals have a heat sleeve to grip the wire insulation.All terminals are sold with a defined wire size range- this should be listed on the packet, but if not and you are using pre-insulated parts you can tell the wire size by looking at the colour of the sleevecolor.

There are other colours around, but you are unlikely not likely to come across these unless you are doing industrial, aerospace or military work.

 === Step 4: The Crimping Process ===See https://www.robotshop.com/blog/en/how-If you are done reading this page, you can go back to-crimp-connectors-4225. <br \>You can also watch a video tutorial here: https://www.youtube[[Mechanical Subsystem]].com/watch?v=kjSGCSwNuAg