COMM lost way to many times

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Monochron

We used ferrules on almost all of our weidmuller connections and found that the crimps eventually work their way out after heavy competition. We are using the correct tool (ratcheting style) and gauge for our wires but getting consistent crimps never seemed possible. We are considering moving to mostly solidcore wire to avoid troubles in the future.

If you have gotten consistent crimps that hold up to this year's game, do you think that our crimping tool might be bad? I'm not sure where the failure is, but right now we aren't able to rely on ferrules.

We are currently using 20 AWG ferrules for everything (we haven't purchased a full set yet). We had to adjust the tension on our crimper to get a tight hold and we crimp the insulation in addition to the terminal. We tug test every wire and didn't have any failures at Bayou. We are using generic cheap crimps and a crimper from china.