- bound to be some on the boat that needs doing....
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no I mean Do and Dont cock about doing it...Originally Posted by superquag
you want to do it to the standard such that the harbour perfectionist (there is ALWAYS a harbour perfectionist who would have done it just that much better) takes a look at it and ponders if you werent being just a touch pedantic.
some of this may be suck eggs but heres the tips I've worked out for doing cabling.
Slather the inside of the crimp with a waterproof electrically conductive grease.Do the same for the end of the cable. slide your heatshrink down before you put the crimp on, make it longer than you need its easy to make a bit of heatshink shorter after the event than it is to lengthen it after. When you crimp this setup some of the excess grease will be forced up in between the cables insulation and wires. When its time to shrink the shrink bring it as high up the crimp as you can, seal the end with some high temp sealastic and put a smear of the same on the end of the cable insulation under the heat shrink. Then shrink the heat shrink.
once the connections are made cover the terminals and screws in liquid electrical tape/sealant.
Use blind head crimps, not the ones that have a "Tunnel" look to them
if your going to bend the cable near the crimp make a pair of heat set plastic splints to provide relief to the cable and anchor these after you make the electical connection.
IF you have to bend the cable near the crimp, bend the cable first, then cut it, then strip it and crimp it with the bend already formed and held in place for each of those steps.
If the cable has to flex through somewhere that moves make the bend as long as possible and support it with a cable stay.
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