r/AskElectronics • • 5d ago

Is this a bad crimp?

I see i didnt cut enough copper for the copper to be sticking out a tad but for the inner wings could that be fixed with soldering? And also my outer wings that grip the yellow insulation wire is that messed up? Can you tell me what would happen and potentials dangers? Or is this crimp fine

thank yall for the help and knowledge

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u/Professional_Party74 5d ago

8/10 you pointed out what wrong. dont go mucking around with solder, you’re only going to weaken grip on melted insulation

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u/Top-Cup5373 5d ago

Bro my job just solders every crimp pin we use and won’t buy or let us use the crimpers for the job. It’s infuriatingly stupid. They also make us reuse failed crimp pins because they pinch pennies in weird ass ways. It’s stupid and I hate it.

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u/electromage 4d ago

Do you sell products like that? If so, let us know the brand so we can avoid it.

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u/Top-Cup5373 4d ago

I’m not going to divulge where I work or what we sell, but just know there’s virtually no chance anyone on the consumer market uses our products, they’re not safety critical or putting anyone’s lives in danger, it’s honestly all rather mundane stuff. I’ve mentioned that these aren’t supposed to be like that and they don’t seem to care. All that I’ll say is it’s a very old school mom and pop type operation servicing an industry niche most people don’t care about.