Hobie live well battery connector - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

tomahawk · 05-13-2013, 10:19 PM

i bought 10 from e-bay 2 months ago. I don't have the crimping tool, so I soldered them on. I soldered to 12 gage wire. Was a learning experience. I had a difficult time getting the pin to lock into the housing (maybe too much solder). Eventually I got it to work but if I had to do it again I would try to get the crimping tool. The way I did this was to strip about an 1/8 inch of shielding away. place the wire in the pin with the shield captured by the rear most set of prongs and the exposed wire captured by the next set of prongs. I crimped everything as best I could with the normal solderless crimp tool then soldered the exposed wire to the pin. In general I hate the solderless connections because I feel like they always loosen over time. I'd be interested to know what luck anyone has had with these and special crimping tool and where to get the tool.

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05-13-2013, 10:19 PM	#1
tomahawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 109	i bought 10 from e-bay 2 months ago. I don't have the crimping tool, so I soldered them on. I soldered to 12 gage wire. Was a learning experience. I had a difficult time getting the pin to lock into the housing (maybe too much solder). Eventually I got it to work but if I had to do it again I would try to get the crimping tool. The way I did this was to strip about an 1/8 inch of shielding away. place the wire in the pin with the shield captured by the rear most set of prongs and the exposed wire captured by the next set of prongs. I crimped everything as best I could with the normal solderless crimp tool then soldered the exposed wire to the pin. In general I hate the solderless connections because I feel like they always loosen over time. I'd be interested to know what luck anyone has had with these and special crimping tool and where to get the tool.