I don’t have a soldering iron or anything. :-\ I very rarely am doing any type of electrical work. The original wire was just crimped. I’m trying to replace a broken cable.
I’m anticipating zero force ever being applied to this internal cable, so I don’t need maximum hold. Just want to make sure it’s even possible to crimp this right angle terminal without a special tool.
@CIFilter It's going to be pretty hard to crimp the connector in a way that you don't maul/break the crimp area and also make a good mechanical connection to the wire. Part of making the crimp mechanically strong is to make sure that you don't have a place for corrosion to form between the wire and the connector.
The bad tool for it is pretty cheap - harborfreight.com/… and will get the job done eventually. A ratcheting crimper is ideal, but probably not necessary for how much you plan on using it.
So my dad has that tool that I’m borrowing. So I’ll have a regular crimping tool. You’re saying that will work, if not as well as a specialized one for angle connector crimping?
@CIFilter It's not specialized to right-angle connectors, it'll work on most crimp connectors you get at a hardware store. The cheap tool will work, but I'd recommend having a few extra to practice on. The goal is that you shouldn't be able to pull off the connector by hand after it's crimped.
