Very few of your videos apply to anything I’d ever do but I watch them simply because you get to the point and do a good job. This one was needed because I’m going to be adding some fog lights and replacing the bumper reflectors in my car with lights…and you did the best job showing how to splice wires and the options you have while doing so. Making the whole job seem much less daunting. Thank you soooooo much!
How convenient. I'm actually about to hardwire my dash cam and this pops up in my alerts. I am literally in my car right now about to do this. Very nice this will help.
Maybe I am missing something here? Your crimper has a section for insulated and non-insulated connectors. Your are using the non-insulated/bare portion of the tool to crimp insulated connectors?? I use the Snap-On 29ACF crimper. It is the same design as the tool you are using. However, I use the insulated slot for connectors with insulation. Why are you doing the reverse in this video?? Just want to understand the reasoning. Great video covering all the basics of crimping. Enjoyed watching.
I am an old school car stereo / car alarm installer from 30+ years ago. When it comes to crimping the insulated connectors, all the installers I know always used the non-insulated crimp as that ensures a solid connection and the wire will not come out. The insulated die can work but you have to make sure the wire gauge and connector size are matched up properly or the wire might slip out.
hi, I love how you come straight to the point and cover all the basics without any BS aka background music. A quick Q - I am trying to connect the red & black wires from a wired car backup camera and its monitor to the rear and front 12V power sources. The supply wires from both the camera and monitor are very short hence I need to splice them to another pair of red+black wires to reach the 12V outlets. However, those wires are also quite thin (probably 26-24 or maybe even 30AWG) which makes it difficult if not impossible to get a tight crimp using typically available butt connectors that I could find locally (the smallest I could find was the red colored butt splice for 18-22 AWG from a local Walmart). Do you have any suggestions or ideas on how to splice and extend those kinds of thin guage wires?
If the wire is very thin, what you can do is strip it a little longer exposing more bare wire, then fold the end of the bare wires several times so you have a thicker area (about 1/4" of folded copper). Then put that into the red butt connector and crimp it.
Hey! I always love watching your videos, you really know what you’re doing 👍🏽 I’m base in SF, was wondering if you know anybody around this area that knows how to install dash cam and external battery. It always turns on and off by itself -___-“
What a great video. One question. Can I use regular pliers to crimp the wires to the butt connector? I'm only installing a hardwire kit for my Viofo A119v3 so i'm only going to crimp 2 wires. I'd hate to buy a crimper for just 2 wires. Thank you.
So in the crimping part at5:59, it does not matter if you are using a yellow, red or blue connector, they would all be crimped in this spot of the tool?
The purple butt connectors are actually the red ones but the manufacturer made it with purple color plastic. You can check out the links in the video description.
ScotchLok/T-tap... SACRILAGE!! cuts strands... reducing 18ga. to 20... Spade/bullet type connector rule of thumb: current source (i.e. "hot" side) - female connector, "load" - male connector: this way, "hot" lead remains insulated/protected... should they come apart.
Dont use them but connectors use the heat shrink ones . Those short out and get green death. And t taps are terrible aswell.make proper connections dont be cheap!
There is nothing wrong with using these connectors if you are using them correctly and in the right environment. Obviously these are not waterproof and there are other connectors designed for those application.
You went through the last ring connector so fast. If you have to cram things in rendering them useless, it is better to make a new video. Your ring connection at the end was garbage.
Such an easy to understand tutorial. Thanks
Your videos are some of the most informative and clear instructables available on UA-cam... Thanks so much
Very few of your videos apply to anything I’d ever do but I watch them simply because you get to the point and do a good job. This one was needed because I’m going to be adding some fog lights and replacing the bumper reflectors in my car with lights…and you did the best job showing how to splice wires and the options you have while doing so. Making the whole job seem much less daunting. Thank you soooooo much!
Really appreciate your comment. Enjoy your fog light install.
How convenient. I'm actually about to hardwire my dash cam and this pops up in my alerts. I am literally in my car right now about to do this. Very nice this will help.
Yes you can as long as the wire will fit in the butt connector.
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I love your no-nonsense vdo's. Straight to the point, nice clear explanations and demonstrations. Great help!
Damn good tutorial on wire crimping. 👍
best video on youtube for this info thanks
Thank you for sharing . Pleas make and share more videos like this one.
Have a nice time
Thanks for your comment. I have just uploaded the second video on soldering wires.
Phenomenal Instructional video... Great explanation. Thank you for posting
Best instruction video ever!
Solid video. Gonna setup a new double din radio by myself. Let's get it 👌
Thank you, very informational and to the point ☝️
Thank you for sharing this tutorial, very informative straight to the point.
Excellent video!
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Incredibly helpful video - thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
You were so clear, very helpful. Great job
Wish I saw this a month ago! Great reference.
Thank you so much please keep doing videos please
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Great video. I learned so much
Well done sir, most educational!
Thank you for the informative video
Maybe I am missing something here? Your crimper has a section for insulated and non-insulated connectors. Your are using the non-insulated/bare portion of the tool to crimp insulated connectors??
I use the Snap-On 29ACF crimper. It is the same design as the tool you are using. However, I use the insulated slot for connectors with insulation.
Why are you doing the reverse in this video?? Just want to understand the reasoning.
Great video covering all the basics of crimping. Enjoyed watching.
I am an old school car stereo / car alarm installer from 30+ years ago. When it comes to crimping the insulated connectors, all the installers I know always used the non-insulated crimp as that ensures a solid connection and the wire will not come out. The insulated die can work but you have to make sure the wire gauge and connector size are matched up properly or the wire might slip out.
fantastic
Thank you very much for this video sir!!
Thank you so much!
very helpful and useful video
hi, I love how you come straight to the point and cover all the basics without any BS aka background music.
A quick Q - I am trying to connect the red & black wires from a wired car backup camera and its monitor to the rear and front 12V power sources. The supply wires from both the camera and monitor are very short hence I need to splice them to another pair of red+black wires to reach the 12V outlets. However, those wires are also quite thin (probably 26-24 or maybe even 30AWG) which makes it difficult if not impossible to get a tight crimp using typically available butt connectors that I could find locally (the smallest I could find was the red colored butt splice for 18-22 AWG from a local Walmart). Do you have any suggestions or ideas on how to splice and extend those kinds of thin guage wires?
If the wire is very thin, what you can do is strip it a little longer exposing more bare wire, then fold the end of the bare wires several times so you have a thicker area (about 1/4" of folded copper). Then put that into the red butt connector and crimp it.
Thank you
best way to connect a bigger gauge wire to smaller gauge ?
so helpful!
Awesome thanks buddy
Hey! I always love watching your videos, you really know what you’re doing 👍🏽 I’m base in SF, was wondering if you know anybody around this area that knows how to install dash cam and external battery. It always turns on and off by itself -___-“
And also make another video about posi taps and mention it in the video next time plz
can you do a update on your home network like the changes you have done to it
Hi there, honestly nothing has changed. I did replace the switch, but that's it. It's working and didn't have to change anything.
@@dial2fast ok
What a great video.
One question. Can I use regular pliers to crimp the wires to the butt connector? I'm only installing a hardwire kit for my Viofo A119v3 so i'm only going to crimp 2 wires. I'd hate to buy a crimper for just 2 wires.
Thank you.
So in the crimping part at5:59, it does not matter if you are using a yellow, red or blue connector, they would all be crimped in this spot of the tool?
The crimping tool I used in the video will work for all 3 (yellow, blue, red) crimp connectors. This tool is commonly used by car audio installers.
Where’d you get those purple but connectors at you showed at the end of the video?
The purple butt connectors are actually the red ones but the manufacturer made it with purple color plastic. You can check out the links in the video description.
ScotchLok/T-tap... SACRILAGE!! cuts strands... reducing 18ga. to 20...
Spade/bullet type connector rule of thumb: current source (i.e. "hot" side) - female connector, "load" - male connector: this way, "hot" lead remains insulated/protected... should they come apart.
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And how to crimp solid wire? All wires in your video stranded.
Dont use them but connectors use the heat shrink ones . Those short out and get green death. And t taps are terrible aswell.make proper connections dont be cheap!
There is nothing wrong with using these connectors if you are using them correctly and in the right environment. Obviously these are not waterproof and there are other connectors designed for those application.
who else is here after you almost burned down your truck?
So many bot comments holy shit
You went through the last ring connector so fast. If you have to cram things in rendering them useless, it is better to make a new video. Your ring connection at the end was garbage.
What a joke. Guy doesn't know how to properly crimp an insulated terminal end.
Thank you for making this video, very informative.