A terminal of the desired type and correct size for the
cable is selected.
The terminal is slipped over the cable and pushed on
until the insulation is felt to butt up inside. The correct
colour coded compression section of the tool is then
placed over the terminal and squeezed as tight as
possible to ‘crimp’ the terminal onto the cable.
The finished joint is neat and not at all distorted.
Finally, always give the terminal a good hard tug to
ensure it is properly crimped on. It should be almost
impossible to pull off a properly crimped terminal. The
only time I have known a crimp to fail is when a large
terminal is used on undersized cable.
Next issue we will be looking at the galley
and gas system.