I bought some AMP MTA Connectors and want to know if I have to buy the Insertion Tool ($20) or if I can hand-crimp them in some way.
AMP MTA Connector Tool?
Dec 26, 2005
6 Replies
To terminate them properly you do indeed need the tool.
Graham
Is it true that some people use a mallet or a screwdriver?
If they want to make a bad job of it I expect.
Graham
There's a lot more metallurgy goes into crimped terminals than most people realize. The manufacturer's recommended tool is the only way to be sure of the right degree of compression.
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)
The MTA I'm thinking of is discrete IDC btw. Those tools are *very* specific.
Graham
Yep, those are the people that screw them up and have to pay someone, with what we like to call the right tool, to fix them. Even the T-Handle tool can do a crappy job if you are not careful.
Jim
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