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I admit im just using a pair of long-nosed pliers to bend the pins and make it fit. I want to buy a crimper however im not sure which one i should be buying. if anyone has any good links i would really appreciate it.
As for IDC connectors, i don't really see how they are unreliable, expecially ones that are brought in from companies like Amphanol built as a 150mm cable with 2 IDCs on each end. Expecially considering that many computers and very old peices of equipment use them and are still running fine 20 years later.
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Because of the pinball connection, I got my crimpers from Ed at Great Plains Electronics: https://www.greatplainselectronics.com/default.asp. He is a good guy and the prices seem pretty good. Obviously more attuned to pinball than general electronics.
I have: 1026-CT, 1028-CT, 3135-CT & 3136-CT. All are good tools. If you are going to be crimping a lot of 0.1" connectors, 3135-CT is your friend but that will set you back USD100.
When I was commenting on IDC connectors, I was commenting on the 0.1" version of IDC connectors (which is what you were presumably referring to) although my comments also apply to 0.156: connectors. I was not commenting on the ones attached to ribbon cables in PCs. Many pinball manufacturers used IDC 0.1" and 0.156" connectors on their pinball machines (presumably because they were quick to install). These regularly need to be replaced and are normally replaced with crimp style connectors. (Trifurcon style if you are talking 0.156".)
BTW I am not surprised that you cannot get the connectors to work properly if you are using long-nosed pliers. But I do not think that is a fair test.
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mbd wrote ...
Because of the pinball connection, I got my crimpers from Ed at Great Plains Electronics: https://www.greatplainselectronics.com/default.asp. He is a good guy and the prices seem pretty good. Obviously more attuned to pinball than general electronics.
I have: 1026-CT, 1028-CT, 3135-CT & 3136-CT. All are good tools. If you are going to be crimping a lot of 0.1" connectors, 3135-CT is your friend but that will set you back USD100.
When I was commenting on IDC connectors, I was commenting on the 0.1" version of IDC connectors (which is what you were presumably referring to) although my comments also apply to 0.156: connectors. I was not commenting on the ones attached to ribbon cables in PCs. Many pinball manufacturers used IDC 0.1" and 0.156" connectors on their pinball machines (presumably because they were quick to install). These regularly need to be replaced and are normally replaced with crimp style connectors. (Trifurcon style if you are talking 0.156".)
BTW I am not surprised that you cannot get the connectors to work properly if you are using long-nosed pliers. But I do not think that is a fair test.
MBD
Ah okey, that makes sense then :) Thanks for the help everyone, im gonna go buy the crimps i linked too... while Dr. H' s ones were cheaper, they don't seem to have as much variance as the ones i found.
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Okey, the crimps arrived this morning and i crimped one of those pins before trying to insert it... and it didnt work, it went just the same deph it usually does when i use the pliers. This is rather annoying really. do you think the pins are just the wrong ones.... somehow?
Just gave it a try with a 4 pin housing i have that looked very similar, that worked! :), i guess i just need to order some different plastic housings those 2 pin ones just don't work with the pins i have.
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Well the part numbers look ok to me but then again I find ordering Molex parts challenging.
I hate to ask this question, but I will anyway. Are you certain that you are inserting the pins the right way round? (I have certainly inserted some the wrong way in the past with varying unacceptable results.)
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Yes i am. i managed to get the 4 pin connector working fine, it was the 2 pin one that wasn't.... maybe i just ordered the wrong ones This crimp tool works really well. even though it was admittedly designed for a different connector and markedted under a different section of Molex's products. It covers a much bigger range of crimps and works very well :)
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i use this. since it was a bit mad to make connectors by soldering wires to 1mm pitch connectors. This does work much better, up to 2,54mm spacing connectors what i use
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Molex connector crimps.
