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Crimping is better if you're an industrial facility and you can afford to scrap a few parts working out how to crimp them. If you're an individual making runs
by jstanley 4y ago
Crimping is better if you're an industrial facility and you can afford to scrap a few parts working out how to crimp them.
If you're an individual making runs of 1 and you have to crimp a different connector to a different wire every time, soldering is easier and more likely to result in a reliable connection.
- midoridensha 4y agoCrimping works really well when the parts are sized appropriately for each other (the correct size wire and matching-size terminal, for instance), AND when you have the exact correct crimp tool to do the crimping. Crimp tools can cost a small fortune, and are specific for the item they're crimping. You can't just use some generic crimp tool or pliers and get a good crimp connection. So in a factory setting with the correct parts and tools, crimps are actually superior. For prototypes or one-offs, soldering as you say is more likely to be reliable.
- tengwar2 4y agoCrimping is pretty easy if you have the right tool - not the "free" one made from stamped metal that comes with those cheap boxes of red/blue/yellow connectors, which crushes the connector flat rather than allowing it to retain the springiness on which a good crimp relies. I'd say that it's easier than soldering, but the tools are roughly comparable in price. However there is rarely a choice to be made: if you're attaching to a circuit board you're going to have to either solder wires on, or solder a connector (even if the wire or cable going to the connector is crimped). I just use crimping for motorcycle electrics, where vibration is an issue.