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Pro tip: I was crimping D-sub pins for years before a guy in Anchorage pointed out my tool was set wrong.
I was getting intermittent comms faults on a G1000 install and couldn't figure it out. He watched me for two minutes and said my crimp tool's die was one notch too open, so the pins weren't biting the wire strands right. How many of you actually check your crimp tool adjustment against a gauge before starting a harness?
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ivanscott3mo ago
Honestly I probably crimped a thousand pins wrong before someone caught it. My old boss called my wiring a "time bomb" and he wasn't wrong. I just never thought to check the tool itself.
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the_harper3mo ago
Had that exact same problem with some sensor wiring. Bought a cheap gauge block online and now I check it every time I open the kit. Saves so much headache.
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the_anthony1mo ago
Time bomb" is a generous way to describe my early work too. I think my first crimps were more like a misfire than a bomb.
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