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06-01-2014, 03:26 AM
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Crimping AMP ring terminals
Good day
I would like to crimp two #20AWG wires into a single ring terminal. They dont seem to fit together in a red terminal made for 22 to 18AWG wires. Can I just then use a blue terminal made for 16 to 14AWG wires , as the seem to fit together in the terminal body? This might be a silly question but just wanted to check.
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06-01-2014, 04:55 AM
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No expert here but I have done just that.
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06-01-2014, 06:09 AM
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No problem.
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06-01-2014, 06:34 AM
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06-01-2014, 08:23 AM
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crimp
In this situation, when having to use a "blue terminal vs. a "red" one, I've sometimes stripped the wire twice the normal distance and doubled the wire back on itself for two diameters in the terminal to fill the void for a better crimp.
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06-01-2014, 09:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mannanj
In this situation, when having to use a "blue terminal vs. a "red" one, I've sometimes stripped the wire twice the normal distance and doubled the wire back on itself for two diameters in the terminal to fill the void for a better crimp.
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Same here.
I would suggest you consider adding some shrink tubing as a strain relief if you feel it may be needed.
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Last edited by Mike S : 06-01-2014 at 09:41 AM.
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06-01-2014, 09:38 AM
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Rest easy...all techniques mentioned are done just this way in the big airplane world.
Multiple smaller wires in a larger terminal, mixtures of different size wires in larger terminals, if not enough to fill the terminal, filler wire is used or doubled over as mentioned.
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06-01-2014, 10:24 AM
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