Terminal types

[londonsean69]

Afternoon all.

For those of you who have/are going to make your own loom, what have you gone for in terms of terminals?

• Insulated
• Non-insulated with their little rubber covers
• Non-insulated with heat shrink over them

And, as an aside, have people crimped them, or soldered them?

Cheers

[David_17]

I use crimped insulated

[flyerncle]

For my two p's worth the rachet crimpers are good to use and get a good hold.

[steve8274]

hi
most of my joints will be soldered then heatshrink over.
the bits where i may have to disconnect i have used crimped connectors
not finished yet but so far no problems doing it this way
steve

[mr henderson]

I crimp mine with a decent ratchet, then give them a bit of a tug afterwards to check they are secure. Only time I use solder is when I need to join cables mid-length.

Insulator will depend in the circumstances, but I like to use the rigid black pastic tyopes that go on afterwards. If I can't use those due to space, or small terminal then I use heatshrink.