Servo Plug Fitting
I used to coil them up but they eventually slacken, so I bought the kit to shorten them from www.cpc.co.uk
Tool; Multicomp HT-225D (CPC Part CN16614)
Crimps; Multicomp 2226TG (CPC Part CN14576)
Housing; Multicomp 2226A-03 (CPC part CN14556 )
The housing's not an exact version of a servo plug, it doesn't have chamfers on the underside, but not many of my receivers have chamfered apertures now anyway.
It's also possible to get the old plug off without wrecking it, so replacement housings aren't always necessary.
First step - Remove wires from housing
Lift up the locking device with a thin blade - if it seems stuck, push the wires towards the end of the plug to disengage the lock from the crimp - they move forward about a millimetre
Then cut the crimps off, and shorten the wires
The wire needs stripping to match the crimp - about 3mm of insulation needs to come off
A crimp in all its glory
insert the crimp into the tool and compress it ever-so-slightly to form a round tunnel (this also traps the crimp in the tool and stops it falling out
insert wire, you can feel when the insulation bottoms out against the section of the crimp that retains the exposed wire
Squeeze handles to crimp the assembly, it should look like this afterwards
Then slide it back into the housing
The weapons
Comments
Crash Cramer
I always find it fun to get the proper new crimp metal 'fingers' that will fit the different styles of servo plug.
Mad Zero
Reading this made me realise I have all this stuff (inc the crimps) available to me at work.. yet I always coil or fold my servo leads up.. Doh!
SpZero
I could do with some of those, nice write up!
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